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Fixing Alkaline Soil for Roses in Houston: Coffee Grounds, Raised Beds, and Top Varieties

Quick Acidification

Work used coffee grounds into the soil, let compost a few weeks, retest. Free, organic, effective.

Better: Replace the Planting Zone

Dig a hole 3× the root ball size. Backfill with bagged Rose Soil (Lowe's, Houston Garden Center). This bypasses the native clay/alkaline mix entirely.

Moss

Scrape it off, trash it. Spray area with fungicide. Refill with good planting mix.

Top Houston/Katy Varieties (All Disease-Resistant)

Belinda's Dream, Knockout, Angel Face, Europeana, Confetti, Gene Boerner, Buff Beauty, Penelope, Don Juan (climber), Mrs. B.R. Cant, Duchesse de Brabant, Nearly Wild, Bonica, Chrysler Imperial, Veteran's Honor, Gold Medal.

Buy at Walmart, Lowe's, Houston Garden Center, or online: Chamblees Roses, Antique Rose Emporium.

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