Gift Wrapped 'Birthday Boy' Rose Bushes

Gift Wrapped 'Birthday Boy' Hybrid Tea Rose Bushes

Birthday Boy has large blowsy, double, cupped blooms with a strong scent, a vibrant lilac-pink colour, and good vase life. The stems have a few thorns. To 1m.

Browse all our other Garden Gifts, more Potted Gift Roses, or buy this rose without the gift wrapping. 

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Great for your garden

Like all hybrid teas, Birthday Boy prefers to be planted in good soil in a sheltered, sunny spot given the choice. However, the perfect location is not essential; all hybrid tea roses grow on roots descended from some of the most resilient wild roses in the UK.
So cold and/or wet are no problem, but plenty of direct sun is important for strong blooming & sturdy growth.

Birthday Boy is ideal for the front of a border and is small enough to be grown successfully in a container.
It is also a prolific flowerer, so if you have the luxury of a cutting bed, pop one in there if you cannot find her a home anywhere else.

Features

• Gift wrapped in hessian bag
• Add your own note during checkout & we will handwrite it
• Size: 1m
• Colour: Pink - lilac
• Shape: Double, cupped, large
• Scent: Excellent
• Flowering: Repeats June-November
• Type: Hybrid Tea
• Good vase life

Trivia

Bred in 2002 by Hans JC

Its registration code is Tan97607.

How to plant Birthday Boy Roses

You can order bareroot roses at any time and plant them from November to April, or container roses are available all year round.

Choose a spot in the border with good light. Dig a hole deep enough so that the rose will be planted with the graft union at soil level and with plenty of room for its roots. Improve the soil from the hole by removing roots, weeds, large stones and other detritus and mixing in a good measure of well rotted compost or manure. Add Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi in the botton of the hole so it will make contact with the roots. If planting pot grown roses gently loosen some roots out of the ball before planting.

Position your Birthday Boy rose so its roots are spread out and backfill the hole with soil, firming it gently as you go. Keep the union at the level of the surrounding soil. Water in thoroughly.