Sharing with you my beautiful ‘Kate’ rose — grown from a medium-sized own-root rose plant.
I brought this rose into Singapore in mid-March 2026 and patiently nursed it until this mid-May, when I was finally rewarded with its very first blooming flowers. 🌹
With the extreme hot weather in Singapore now, it is already not easy to maintain roses healthy, not to mention achieving blooms as beautiful as my Kate. Yet seeing these deep fuchsia-pink petals slowly unfold makes every effort worthwhile.
At SG Rose Corner, we have gone through many failures while learning how to grow own-root roses successfully in Singapore’s tropical climate, especially during the hottest season of the year. Burnt leaves, root stress, transplant shock, fungal issues during sudden rain… we have experienced them all.
But through every failure, we continue to learn, adjust, and try again.
There are many small tips and growing methods that SG Rose Corner has slowly discovered through real experience — from acclimating own-root roses, improving drainage and airflow, to building a healthier root system that can better handle Singapore’s heat and humidity.
One thing we never stop believing in is:
✨ “The way to succeed is simply to try one more time.” ✨
Growing roses in the tropics is never easy.
But perhaps that is why every beautiful bloom feels even more precious. ❤️🌹