Large-flowered rose ‘Pullman Orient Express’

You will receive the large-flowered rose ‘Pullman Orient Express' from us with bare roots. Soak the roots overnight in a bucket of lukewarm water. Prepare a large planting hole, loosen the soil and improve it with compost and granulated cow manure. Spread the roots of the rose, and place the bush at the correct depth. This means that the frost sensitive graft union (the thickening where the branches form) should be about 5 cm beneath the soil. Fill the planting hole with the improved soil, press firmly with your foot and water generously.

The large flowers of the 'Pullman Orient Express' are excellent as cut flowers. They also look splendid in a garden flowerbed. The special yellow-pink colour is a wonderful combination and blends perfectly with other roses or for example with lavender.

Rosa ‘Pullman Orient Express’ is a rose bush with very large multi-coloured flowers. The heart of the flower is warm yellow and the petals are soft yellow with a fresh pink edging. The double flowers spread a delightful scent and are borne on strong dark stems. When planting in the border, always plant three bushes together in a bed.

Rosa ‘Pullman Orient Express’ needs a lot of food for an abundance of flowers, therefore it is important to fertilize regularly. In winter put granulated cow manure around the base of the bush. Early spring apply a mixed organic fertilizer or bone meal and in July use a special rose fertilizer. Look on the package for the correct dosage.

Rosa ‘Pullman Orient Express’ should be pruned every spring. This is actually very simple: in March prune the branches back to within 3 to 5 eyes (buds). Leave about five big branches per bush. The roses you receive from us have already been pruned, so you do not have to prune for another eighteen months. In the summer remove any ‘wild shoots’ that can grow from the trunk or the roots. You can identify a wild shoot by the many thorns and the seven small leaves (leaflets).