I hope someone with EA specifically in a container steps in. I have several Roses in containers and as long as they are draining well and large enough ( 18" plus), they do fine. You do have to water them more than a rose you would plant in the ground.

If you don’t have enough light I think Olivia Austin will work better than EA.

I have both in 5 gallon nursery pots on my patio this year. They get about the same amount of light, 4 hours. EA has flushes, 5 blooms a flush and not much branching. OLivia gives me 10 blooms per flush and there is always a bud here and there so it’s almost continuous. Olivia is also growing a lot basal shoots and branches so I think it will soon look a lot fuller.

I just saw that you bought EA already... you will love it. EA’s blooms are beautiful. More fragrant than Olivia. I am planting mine in the ground this fall in full sun and hope it will grow more next year.

EA bloom

Olivia

Shoots coming up from the base of Olivia after I cleared the old leaves at the bottom

Good luck with your EA. One of my favorite blooms this year.

- Stacy

@dianela7analabama Oh I love yours!! So beautiful! I can’t wait until mine grows up. Thank you so much for sharing. So the photo you send it only 1 EA? Or do I see all 3 of yours?

@sbrklyn_7bny thank you For your suggestions! That is one beautiful bloom! if its not a bother, would you mind taking a photo of the EA from further back so I can see the full look?

And what about the winter? Are yours OK or you put them In the ground?

HU- that is I think just the front plant. I will take a picture in a little while of the entire clump from farther away all so you can see it. The plant definitely fills in well, but it needs a few years. Did you buy own root? They seem to take longer own root, but maybe be easier to control in a pot.

@dianela7analabama

actually I have no idea what own root means 😬

I’m really new to all of this and it’s my first ride bush

i bought this:

https://www.heirloomroses.com/earth-angeltm.html

Also, how much sunlight does yours get a day?

HU- it is totally ok. I just started gardening 4 years ago also so I am pretty new and there is always something to learn. Heirloom roses only sells own root plants. That means that they are grown from a cutting of the plant 🌱 instead of grafting the rose you want onto a rootstock variety.

Own root plants tend to take a little while longer to perform in the garden as they need some time to grow. The grafted ones usually have extra “juice” from the graft and start blooming earlier. Whether one of the other is better for your garden probably depends on temperature lows and soil. I am in North Alabama and both own root and grafted varieties do very well here so far. I buy my David Austins grafted from the David Austin website, but all my Kordes are own root except the earth angels and Pomponella from Palatine.

Here is my two earth angels from Palatine roses. They are grafted. You can see they look very large for first year plants. I am so far very very happy with my grafted ones

here are my own root 3rd year plants. I drew a line for you as close as could get to dividing my plants. The own roots do very well but have taken much longer to get there. If yours do not perform as expected, consider trying grafted plants from Palatine roses.

I love this rose. She has exceptional resistance to blackspot and great scent. Here she could make a good short climber.

sorry I forgot to say, all of mine get sun from 10 am to evening so almost full day. Here my Kordes want at least 6 hours.

Thank you so much @dianela7analabama

that was really kind of you to share your advice and pics! I can’t wait until mine looks like yours :)

Taken last year in June, 2019.