Cultivating Beauty Peter Beales Roses advises on the best roses to plant if you have poor soil One of the world leaders in rose cultivation, Britain’s own Peter Beales Roses, has an unrivalled breadth of experience and archive of wisdom about growing and tending the ‘Queen of Flowers’. Whilst roses love rich, nutrient-dense soil, most homes are not blessed with gardens full of peat-enriched growing media or animals to help fertilise the earth. In fact, the opposite is more likely to be true, with many new houses built on top of rubble and crude, nutrient-poor soil. There is nothing like a few beautifully blooming rose bushes to make a new place look and feel like home, which is why the Peter Beales experts share their top picks if you have relatively poor soil in your garden.