katortott, if you do decide to repot it eventually, try to follow karls advice on not disturbing the rootball when taking the rose out of it's pot. Here is something that'll help. It worked great for me Posted by karl_bapst_rosenut 5a, NW Indiana (rosenut@rosenut.com) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 14:37 If the soil was lost, the feeder roots were lost also. The small white roots you saw were anchor roots. Feeder roots are tiny and almost invisible that fall away with the soil. To plant a potted bush without losing the soil cut the bottom off the pot with a razor knife, but first dig the hole making it half again as wide as the pot. Cut up opposite sides of the pot half way. Secure the cut sides with masking tape wrapped around the pot. Finish cutting the pot the rest of the way to the top, then secure it with masking tape wrapped around the top. You'll end up with a pot cut into three pieces but held together with masking tape. You can also use rubber bands or string to secure the two pot halves. Pick up the pot holding the cut bottom in place to make sure the bush and soil don't fall out the bottom. Place the pot in the hole and slide the bottom out from under the pot. Pull soil in around the pot to just below the lower piece of masking tape. Cut the tape on both sides. Continue pulling soil in until just the top tape is exposed. cut that tape on both sides. Pull the two pot sides straight up. (The soil pulled in around the pot will hold the root ball together.) Finish filling the hole and water to fill in any voids. If done properly, the bush will not know it's been moved and should continue to grow normally. Keep it watered well until it shows signs of growth, then water as you normally would. If done correctly, it'll experience no planting stress. You should water the potted plant well before you transplant to help keep the soil together, not so important if planted as directed above. I'd get them transplanted as soon as possible to allow plenty of time for the roots to grow into the surrounding soil and get well established before winter. For plants in thick vinyl pots that won't cut easily with a razor knife, I use a saber saw or Dremel rotary saw to cut away the bottom and up the sides.

Every rose grower can have a different answer to a rose problem but here is mine. Because you don't know if the rose has been severely damaged, I would heel it into the garden and leave it there until it is warm enough in the spring to plant. By heeling in I mean to dig a hole deep enough that when you lay the plant on it's side, you can cover it over with about 12 inches of soil. Don't forget to put some sort of marker near it. In the spring when you have had the last of the hard frosts, dig it up and re-plant it in the garden. Because it has been through H**L and back, the dampness in the soil should help with the dried out canes. If your friend has grown it in the same area as you live in then it will be a hardy enough rose for your garden. The rose may struggle and look sad but in the spring sprinkle a handful of any rose type fertilizer all around the base and then place some sort of mulch around the base too such as compost, wood chips or anything you can get in your area. Because the roots are damaged you will have to do the job of the roots so make sure it is watered well even in the summer. Don't give up as the rose may take a summer warmth to respond to your kindness. However be prepared that this rose may have been killed by slicing too deeply through the middle as most roses are budded onto what is called an under stock and if this is damaged then that is not a good thing for the rose. However keeping it in the soil over the winter may encourage some feeder roots to grow or even it's own roots. Again many gardeners have brought back roses from near death so don't give up.

Just got back from the store...the floral manager let me have 11 of the poor things for $1 each! Woohoo! Now, to see if I can save the dears... any suggestions on reviving them??? I'll post a photo of them in a little while. I told the manager (she was a young girl) that if she ever had any more she needed to be rescued, to call me!

There's no need to separate the rootings. You can plant your rose(s) as if it were one plant in one pot. Nurseries commonly multi-stick cuttings for the mist house to guarantee a better take. When the whole thing is planted as one rose it does just fine. Some people "pot-up" their roses, but I have always put my plants into the pot they are going to live in for the rest of their rosy lives and they have thrived. Just make sure they have good drainage and enough sun and don't let them get completely dry. I also make a practice of washing the underside of the leaves of my potted roses to avoid infestations of spider mites. When I plant a mini into a pot, I put in about a tbsp of bone meal and a tbsp of 10-10-10 time released fertilizer at the bottom of the planting hole and then don't feed the plant again until I see new growth. Good luck with your new rose. Smiles, Lyn