If they are in a heavy potting mix I would put them in a light loose mix like aged bark and use a tall pot with a shallow amount of soil. You can trim out the bad looking leaves. Mine grow like weeds potted like this for 10+ years. I clean them up about twice a year and add small amounts of aged bark a tiny bit of time release fertilzer.

Water. Try not to skip a day, it is too hot there and the roots are not long enough yet to survive any drying out. The rose is still in "transplant shock" and will need time to get used to its new home and to settle in. Many people do remove the buds on newly planted own-root roses. First, they leave on one bud to allow it to bloom and to make sure that is it the correct rose. If you are OK that ir is Belinda's Dream then you can skip this part. They then remove all new buds until the plant gets to be more robust. Some folks do this for the entire first growing season in the ground. I do it until I feel confident that the rose is growing strongly. Much of the guidance for planting is really meant for grafted roses and colder zones. With own-root roses I usually plant them so that the entire root structure and a little of the canes above it are buried. Don't prune it, it is young and needs its leaves. I wouldn't do any pruning until next spring (when the forsythia is in bloom is the usual guide). When pruning before transplanting, that is usually referring to moving established roses with a large rootball. When moving new potted plants into the ground, I don't prune anything back. Fertilizing: organic or organic-based fertilizers work very well. There might be a product that is similar to Mills Mix that you can find in a smaller container that would do your roses just fine. Alfalfa (meal or pellets) is excellent for plants. I would say a weak solution of fish emulsion would be OK now, but the most important need for your plant is water. Fertilizing can wait. And from here I'll leave it to the all-organic folks for more recommendations for you.

Sorry! I was posting while others posted. I wish I was at home so I could implement the changes you guys have suggested. My3dogs - I love your arrangement. I have seen it on other threads and it is so beautiful. Pier One had some berries that would have paired beautifully with the lanterns. I'll have to go buy some and see how they work. I wasn't really planning on this arrangement just being for fall. I love the color orange (in moderation), and really need some color in my LR. That pillar was going bye-bye, but i do have some raffia that I could wrap around it and maybe find something for the pillar to sit on. rob333 - I have some glass pebbles somewhere...hmm...where are those things? I was planning to cut the lanterns (if I decided to keep them!) and then add something to the bottom to help them stand up straight. I also have some moss laying around here somewhere. I must find something to go underneath. We are a young couple starting off, so I'm gradually adding as I go. However, I have always collected family pieces knowing that someday I would have a home I could display them in. I am wracking my brain though, trying to figure out WHAT could go underneath there that I already have. I'm not a basket kind of girl, but maybe a basket and load it up with pillars of varying heights and some sort of filler in it as well? I do have pillars of more "harvest" colors that I will switch out for the white. I was lucky enough to work for a product design firm fresh out of collage, and I benefited from returned merchandise and/or damaged packaging.

You may have thought I was kidding about the Hunter Orange, I'm not. There are three houses on my street that have Hunter Orange (or close to it) front doors and they look good. It gives the house an anomaly to stimulate the senses, enhance the experience of the architecture, and create topic of conversation for first time visitors. Too many times houses are ordinary and mundane. Your grand space inside your home needs the proper introduction, do something outside the box for the color of the front door.