Hi, gardening experts! I just added about 7-8 new roses to an overgrown “wild” (ignored for 3 years) rose garden. I added fertilizer to the old roses too. Everything pruned and ready. (Socal).
My question for you all is, without herbicides or hard work (weeding), how can I make the ground outside the plants look decent? Is there something to put over it, some mulch that doesn’t allow weeds, or any shortcuts for the lazy yet organic??? Thanks.
Lay down cardboard or thick layers of newspapers (B&W pages only) all around the rosebushes and then cover with mulch.
That’ll take care of a good part of the weeding. Leave some room around the base of the roses so they can get rain or watering.
You could control the remaining weeds with an organic weed killer such as Bonide ‘Burn Out’ or a pre emergent like Preen.
leaf compost