Repot it and move it outside. Once it's outside, do one of two things. 1---Put it on the south side of your home away from north winds until the middle of March. then move it to your deck. 2---Put it on your deck and if you get a freeze, wrap it up with an old blanket until it warms past freeze. I've got a young mini I just repoted, on the south side of the house with a little straw on it. Been there since early Dec. Checked it today and it looks healthy and ready for spring.

Hi Lime. My property is surrounded by gigantic trees and we probably get depths of more like four feet of leaves every week for about two months straight here. It's my worst gardening nightmare every year! I usually just handpick out as many leaves as I can between the canes and whatever is left in Spring I deal with it then, and hopefully some of them have turned themselves into fallen compost/mulch. It'll be interesting to see if anyone has another way of dealing with this that's easier. As I read this I was thinking maybe those plasic milk carton crates would work somewhat, but then you'd have to look at that ugliness lurking outside, and you'd be adding shade that's not wanted in the process. -Nan

Pappu, I think that is a VERY appropriate theme for your garden! When I look at your pictures my heart starts racing, drool starts falling and eyes start twitching and bulging out. Death seems imminent. LOL. Seriously, you have whatever it takes to grow gorgeous roses! Kudos to you and keep those pictures coming! Even at the risk of death! April

I'm in the Metro Detroit area so our winters are probably quite similar. I don't recommend wintering roses inside the house. You can keep them going for a little while but eventually they start to dwindle and die off. The light is one problem but the humidity is usually the biggest problem. You would not be comfortable in a house damp enough to keep a rose happy. Unless you have a small greenhouse with full spectrum lights and misters to keep the humidity high the roses will only limp along for the winter. Mine always decided to die about a week or two before I could take them out, lol. January is way to soon to take them out around here. I couldn't get anything out much before mid-March. And even then it depends on how cold the nights get. Roses will take temps down to about 28 degrees without damage but anything lower than that and they'll suffer die back. Otherwise you'd have to take them out during the day and bring them back in every night until temps stay above freezing.