How to Grow Black Roses in Your Rose Garden

Decide on how you want to present the black rose. You can put it in with your new hybrid roses. It's a great addition to an antique rose garden. It's beautiful enough to stand on its own in a small bed surrounded by annuals and would stand like a beautiful queen in the middle of a perennial bed.

Determine the kind of black rose you want.
The most popular roses are:
Rosa Black Magic tea rose is the darkest of the roses. It has a long stem and dark glossy foliage.
Black Baccara is a tea rose and has almost black buds and lots of blooms. It's easy to grow and suitable for wetter climates.
Black Cherry floribunda rose. Flowers are red with a black tip. These are smaller than the tea roses but will bloom proficiently and is the most disease resistant.

Go to your local garden center or go online to determine which rose is the best for your zone. There are black roses that grow in zones 4-9. But not all are suitable for all zones. Buy the rose best for your zone.

Prepare soil for the rose by turning soil with a spading fork. Add mulch and fertilizer to soil. Dig a hole just as deep as the roots and twice as wide. Place plant in hole. Cover roots with mulch. Pack soil gently around plant to get out air pockets. Water plant, soaking soil all the way to bottom of roots.