Sterling Roses

Plants
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Sterling Roses

Sterling Roses are also known as sterling silver, it
is a tea rose with large lavender flowers crowning tall stalks. Sterling rose is relatively thornless and has a sweet fragrance.

Sunlight

Requirement of direct sunlight for sterling Rose at least six hours of per day to thrive, well-drained, loamy soil and provide regular moisture while the plants are establishing roots and during dry spells thereafter.

Protection

This flowers and it’s offspring might need winter protection when grown in the cooler parts of their hardiness zones. Covers are used to protect the plants from being damaged by late spring frosts.

Uses

  1. They look lovely when they paired with other plants such as lavender.
  2. They are available in climbing forms, which can add beauty to arches, trellises and other small spaces.
  3. They uses in a wedding decoration.

Sterling Roses Bouquet

Bouquet of sterling Roses made with tightly arranged Roses and Your choice of accent Roses and fillers.

How they grow

Experienced gardener should be needed to grow sterling Roses and may be slightly challenging for the first two years, however, once it becomes established it is a fabulous rose.

Care and handling

  1. Rehydration and cutting of stem upon receipt and the farm sleeve and protective cardboard insert should be left on for the first 4 hours of hydration.
  2. These hydrated roses must be clean and bacteria free. Major floral preservative manufacturers have cleaning agents.
  3. Hydrated by using cool or room temperature water 10 to 20°C and, when using a proper floral preservative, can be hydrated in the cooler.
  4. Specific and improved preservatives are used which make roses last longer.

packaging

  1. Sterling Roses should be packaged for export using absorbent paper, polypro plastic sleeve and square pack cardboard protector.
  2. Roses of export quality should have variety name on each sleeve.
  3. Export quality boxes must be clearly identified with quantity, variety name, colour mix and grade.

Quality

  1. Sterling Roses should be properly hydrated before shipping.
  2. Each Variety’s cut stage should be adjusted to ensure maximum vase life and performance.

Grading

Sterling Roses are graded by stem length in cm, the shortest stem in the bunch should meet the grade length.
They will generally have a larger heads than a shorter grade of the same variety.

Pricing

4 major pricing categories of sterling Roses are, from the most expensive to the most affordable by the farms. Categorized as AA, A, B and C, generally based on productivity of each variety, market demand for new varieties, quantities available in production and vase life.