I WILL place them in pots, as there is a good chance my buying has moved way ahead of digging and even planning for spaces. After all the areas are planted, and if I have extra roses, they will go into pots for a short-term time period while I evaluate what is best where of what was planted. My idea of what is best where could change; especially in regards to color placement etc., and one of the potted roses could be perfect for a space. After that, roses I do not love, or have issues with, are gifted to family members. Although, I always find a space for the roses I really love.

Lynn

I don't get many new roses now but I used to plant quite a few roses in very bad spots. All were found roses given to me in 2010 but I couldn't say no thank you to the kind giver and didn't have the time or energy to make a proper planting hole in a good spot just then or even think of a good spot. I'll move all of them this year. I've given many roses to our local rose society to use for lottery prizes.

I don't leave them in pots for very long because I'm not a good pot steward. Well, the pots are actually fine but the roses in them die. I have no friends or neighbors who are interested in rose gifts, and I usually weed out planted roses that aren't doing well. However, I don't usually buy roses unless I'm fairly sure I can find a spot for them. I'm long over the addiction phase and now it's just a matter of how many I can keep alive in the drought. We still have a drought here; El Nino has gone to the north.

Pots! And lots of them, lol. I have a huge permanent pot garden on my patio because I don't have enough room in the beds. At one point I had over 60 in pots but Mother Nature and I pared that down to about 35 now. Sometimes it's a hassle but then a lot of the time it's well worth it.

In places where water availability is an issue, roses in pots is a very iffy proposition.

Thanks for your thoughts. The climate here forces me not to have roses in pots since they dry out in a matter of hours or I have to make sure they have a saucer filled with water under them every morning. If they are in direct sunlight, the pots get so hot that the roots fry. But I think I've done all of the above (which is, of course, how I knew to mention them).

I have stopped buying until I have all the roses that have come over the winter in the ground. I do a lot of partial shade planting having a forest to plant in, but I try to put the ones that can take shade in the shadier areas. There will be a limit to where I can put roses but I can clear a lot of brush before I reach that limit. I've only just started.

I love that our rose society donates roses to be auctioned off so they can make room for the new varieties.... I actually purchased Neptune; who, for some reason I like to call Poseidon...Maybe I just wish it was the Kordes rose :P I also purchased Nostalgie, Philatelie and a mini called Kristen.

The Kordes Poseidon (Novalis) can be glorious over here in the rare cases where it's flushes are not fried by the sun or destroyed by rain or morning dew.. It also grows too tall to be considered in any spot other than the back of the border. It's also totally scentless to my nose. Worse thing is that it has been totally healthy for me so I hesitate to use the shovel on the two specimens I have.

I'm giving Novalis/ Poseidon until winter to shape up or be shipped out for much the same reasons Nik has given. It's already had 2 years. I have a collection of potted roses that I can choose a replacement from, also some that will arrive bare root in winter. Those will be potted until I'm ready to place them.

hmmm good to know, makes me wonder if it would do well over in my zone 8b. We're practically underwater during our winters but our summers are dry and mild. My biggest problem with this temperate climate is, it makes a comfortable home for downey mildew and black spot.

I also like tall. I like to be dwarfed by my plants lol! you both may be unintentionally selling me on this one :D

It's pretty tall but in the HT not the fuller 'shrub' kind of way.

I have the exact same experience with Poseiden. It is six feet right now before the growing season even starts, and truth be told, it looks ridiculous in the border it lives in because everything around is 'regular sized' while Poseiden towers above. This plant is always healthy and obviously happy, so there's no great reason for it to leave, and yet... it's not my favorite. Still, I tend to be lazy, and since it would take a tractor to get it out, I daresay Poseiden will remain for the foreseeable future.

Well, first I put them on probation. My current list includes some that were great when they were planted but have gone downhill. (I notice several of these came from the same supplier but it's too soon to point a finger.) I don't bother to move these laggards to another location or to a pot, I just pitch them. I have also replanted some in the antique garden at the arboretum where I volunteer. I love the idea of setting them out at curbside to be adopted!

A lot of gardeners go through a cycle of rapid expansion, then evaluation and editing, then slower expansion, perhaps repeat this a couple of times, and then finally reach a stable number of roses. At this point they only add roses when plants fail and need to be replaced or if something really exceptional comes along.

This is not the only path, but it is the one I took. While I take great pleasure in my garden work, I also take great pleasure in a number of other activities. As it is, I don't have nearly enough time to do all the things I love to do.

What ever choice you make, I would not recommend overcrowding. Not only does it spoil the beauty of the individual roses, but also it can compromise their health.

Rosefolly

If someone needs to see what the Poseidon rose looks like, check it out here in this video (just click on the link): Roses . Also including other beautiful varieties. Regarding the comments above, if you decide to throw yours away, I'd be overjoyed to receive it. :)

Here is my Poseidon. For some reason it wants to climb now. I started it up a leg of my tripod arch trellis (2 Quicksilvers will be on the other sides). I dont know how tall it is now. Way taller than I am,lol. It had lots of blooms so its not like it only blooms on the tops. The blooms are all spent and I deadheaded a few days ago and cut it back a little. Its putting out some new canes at the bottom.

All of the above. My name is Judy and I'm a roseaholic!!!

Like rose folly said

I had 2 roses then it increased to 25+ within a couple of weeks although a few are cuttings which I will only need 1 of so after they grow and i get one in the ground I will give them away

now it either has to standout or replace a rose if it's lost

I have two rose friends who are just getting started and they are eager to make a home for anything I care to pass on. EVEN the once-blooming, massive Mme. Plantier which I received in error some years back.

Lions Rose will be leaving me soon-- it got stuck with a bad spot, just not enough sun. Such a great performer deserves full sun and I'm out of that!

Conveniently there's also space for a few more shrub roses at the arboretum where i volunteer.

Anyway, I can't put anything in the ground at the house until I get ahead of the vole problem --ARGH! I've had to dig almost everything so my pot ghetto is huge right now.

My lawn is shrinking.......and my pots # is growing. Not sure all the pots can fit in the garage for this coming winter. Will worry about that in Nov. :-)

My roses are planted much closer than what is usually recommended. I will always find the space when the will is strong! Having said that, I have been more picky in buying roses because I don't have much room. I still have some space reserved for future roses.