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Rosecanadian, aka, Carol, lives in Calgary in zone 3-4 and overwinters her many roses in a heated garage. They are all potted and her husband wheels them out to join the rest of the plants in her garden when it's warm enough. They are outside until the fall at this point. You should join us on the spring seasonal thread which she hosts, and her posts are all over the forum.Good luck with your new rose. We're all plant addicts here. Diane
I have one flourishing in essentially full shade with a ton of buds. It is under open sky but the sun beams never really directly hit it due to the position of the building next-door. I didn't have space for it in the fall so just stuck it in a pot in a holding pattern until spring, and am really sort of amazed it seems so happy in that spot (so it's staying there). Very few roses would seem to bloom like that with so little direct sun? I feel that both my own root and grafted ones are taking off with little effort on my part. (In Europe, there is different rootstock than in the US). For the moment, they are short and bushy, so good for the front of a border (or a pot).
I put together this tour of my front yard today! I had intended it the video to be about 5 minutes, but it took 20! I am slow and verbose.
@Heather RR (PNW 8b) are you in luck! I just happen to have Paul Barden's upload of Ralph Moore's writings which are now archived on the Wayback Machine book marked! There is no one better to learn from than the gentleman who created the American Miniature Rose market. You can't find most of his writings easily now and when you do, they are expensive. I helped a European rose friend obtain one of Mr. Moore's rose books recently and he had to pay $65 for a book I purchased from Mr. Moore nearly 40 years ago for less than $5! (No, I didn't sell him my book, but the seller wouldn't ship overseas so I received it and forwarded it to him in Germany.) Here is a treasure trove of wonder! Now, for the BEST selection of minis at the BEST prices from a marvelous source you will adore, please contact Burling at Burlington Roses and ask for both her mini and full size rose lists. Her prices are SIGNIFICANTLY "friendlier" than anyone else's and she caries SIGNIFICANTLY more varieties! burlingtonroses@aol.com https://web.archive.org/web/20161208182907/http://paulbardenroses.com/ralphmoore/contents/index.html
they are very thorny so i dodnt remove them yet , but the roots are visible in the bottom of the pot
here is st ethel
ill probably plant them today and ill let you know rifis :)
I've never seen an own-root rose that looks like that last photo. Not ever. It looks more like a Grade 1 grafted rose, especially when you keep citing the "pencil" reference. Own-root roses don't work that way.
I agree with the above two comments. I've NEVER seen an own root rose that looked like that picture. Wow, is that real? I've been ordering own root roses for years and that would faint if I got one like that. Don't know that I would trust a random picture from Reddit of all places.