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Emily Smith

Alan Titchmarsh says you need to feed 'greedy' roses with fruitcake-textured compost to achieve incredible blooms

Picture of pink roses in garden with a cut out image of alan titchmarsh layered over top.

Roses are one of the most rewarding plants to grow in your garden and are often deemed rather low-maintenance. One part of their care that is often forgotten, though, is just how hungry they get during the summer.

Whether or not you know how to grow roses, it's often easy to forget to feed the plants, especially during summer when we see the plants thriving in the warmer weather. But the truth is, that these beloved florals are incredibly hungry for nutrients and need to be given these via their roots.

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