Know Your Soil Roses like rich loamy clay. Roses tolerate light, sandy soils. Roses like neutral and alkaline soils.
Roses tolerate acid soil.
New roses don't like old rose beds. Dig in organic matter to improve structure. Dig in 6X to feed new roots. Top-dress with rose fertiliser. Add 2 good handfuls of planting mix to the spoil-heap and make sure the base of the hole is not panned.