Growing tips for perennials, small fruits, roses or fruit trees

We thank you for your trust, Your order includes perennial plants or vegetable plants, rose bushes, small fruits or fruit trees, some varieties have some specificities, here are some tips to guide you. Our advice for growing perennials or vegetable plants Our perennials are grown in Anjou outdoors or in a cold greenhouse, seasonal plants hardened naturally to cold will be able to face the cold season. During the winter the plants are pruned and therefore less developed or lose their foliage but will resume their normal development in the spring. Wild garlic: during the summer and winter, wild garlic is in a vegetative rest period without foliage but its root system is there, it will start again next spring. Daubenton perpetual cabbage: we prune them at the end of summer and in autumn, do not hesitate to plant them halfway up the stem, they will start again better in the spring. Beware of slugs and snails which are fond of their foliage. Mexican Agastache, Chervis, Japanese Ginger, Marshmallow, Daylily, Mints, Rhubarb, Jerusalem Artichoke, Valerian: lose their foliage or disappear completely in autumn/winter but the root system is still present. They will restart next spring. Mertensia Maritima: the foliage turns yellow then disappears during the winter, it will reappear in the spring. Plant it in a mixture of garden soil/sand and be careful of overwatering! Strawberries: strawberries do not freeze, you can plant them all year round. How to plant your perennials? 1. Prepare your soil and add an amendment, deep and loose soil is a considerable asset for good recovery. 2. When planting, soak the root ball for 15 minutes. Extract the root ball from the pot and you have two choices: 3. If the roots form a dense mass and curl around themselves, do not hesitate to prune and break up the node which would prevent the plant from developing properly. 4. If the roots appear only on the periphery of the root ball, do not touch anything. 5. Using a transplanter, dig a hole and place the root ball. Check that the root collar, that is to say the base of the stems, is well above the level of the soil. Fill with soil and pack down properly. 6. Water well at the base. Your perennials will regain their vigor in the spring. Be sure to protect your frost-sensitive plants during the winter by protecting them with leaf mulch, a wintering fleece or by bringing them into a frost-free shelter. Which vegetable plants should you mulch during the winter? We recommend mulching your artichoke plants to protect them from frost. Which plants should be overwintered in a frost-free environment? Several of the plants we offer are sensitive to frost, so we recommend overwintering the following varieties in a frost-free environment: common chervil; Gabon lemongrass; Coleus Canina; Vietnamese coriander; pear melon; patchouli; pelargonium; sage; lemon verbena; sweet verbena. Our rose growing tips Our roses are grown in Anjou. They are in clods: the roots are wrapped in a substrate that allows them to travel without risking their recovery or their life. This substrate, in order to maintain it around the clod, is tied in a biodegradable net. You can plant your roses in the fall or spring; they are frost-resistant. You can also keep them for a maximum of one month in a sand gauge before planting. 1. Dig a sufficiently large hole (40 to 50 cm on each side) then place a mixture of garden soil, compost or organic amendment and a handful of bone meal or horn meal in it. Place a layer of garden soil at the bottom to cover this mixture. (The roots should not be in direct contact with it). 2. Remove the netting and then fluff up the root ball. Soak the roots in praline for about fifteen minutes. 3. Place the rose bush at the bottom of the hole without burying the graft point (which is located between the roots and the beginning of the branches, a slightly swollen part). Fill with soil and firm down regularly. 4. Water. Our tips for growing berries Our berries are grown outdoors in Anjou. Seasonal plants that are naturally cold-hardened will be able to withstand the cold season. Planting berries is ideally done in the fall or spring. You should know that in the fall and during the winter, berries are in a dormant period (ideal planting period), so it is completely normal for them to have no leaves, whether they are pricked or pruned. They will resume their development next spring. 1. Soak the bucket in water then remove the root ball. 2. Place it at the bottom of the hole (diameter slightly larger than that of the pot) 3. Form a basin with the soil to facilitate watering. 4. Water. For growing in pots, provide a mixture of soil, compost and sand in equal proportions as well as good drainage (clay balls or pottery shards). Our tips for growing fruit trees Our fruit trees are grown in Anjou and the Pyrenees depending on the variety. Bare-root fruit trees are planted from mid-October to the end of April, preferably in autumn and early winter. Make sure to plant them as soon as you receive them to ensure they take root or place them in a sand gauge for a few days or in case of frost. 1. After digging a deep enough hole, remove any broken or overly long roots using pruning shears. Also check that the volume of the branches is balanced with that of the root system, otherwise reduce the branches. 8. When placing the tree at the bottom of the hole, make sure that the graft point, if it exists (which is located between the r