What makes you think it doesn't have roots??

Sorry I wasn’t clearer. It obviously has roots. But it only has a small ball of soil so as I repot do I need to worry about it re-establishing itself in the larger pot or do just repot and water only sporadically? THANKS.

Where are you?

(the number of people who post here who obviously don't know is astonishing)

Its in my query (albeit with a typo): Zone 7a.

Im Rosa. i must have forgotten ny password at some point and set up another account. I will consolidate the accounts after this discussion.

I have just been sticking my bare roots in a bucket of water in sun. Not only do they not have a problem with it, they all grew little white roots over the weeks

Carla in Sac

Thanks sautesmom. This is essentially a potted plant rather than bare roots. I think I will just keep it in my unheated garage and hope the cold and low light force it into dormancy. It’s a good two months at least before I would be comfortable putting it in the ground.

Zone 7a is NOT a PLACE.

(another person who obviously does not know where they are)

Mad_gallica: I’m not sure why you need to know where I am beyond the Zone for this question. I’m in Northern Virginia. I’m not sure why you’re being rude. I’m sorry if you’re having a rough day or are just generally a curmudgeon. If you feel you don’t wish to contribute to this particular topic, you’re free to ignore it.

How rude Mad-galica .That isn't a very nice way to help someone asking for help.

Yvonne, what are your daytime temperatures ? Could you give it a few hours of sun and then back in the house.

I have done that with grocery store minis that I have gotten at Valentine's day and that worked.

Kristine: Thanks for the tip. Daytime temps for the next five days range from 42-45F with predicted temps below freezing at night for 3 of those 5 days. So I can definitely get it out in the sun and then bring it in.

It is a pain but you feel such a sense of satisfaction that you kept it alive lol

I'm not sure about a grow light situation but that might work

too

Kristine: Thanks. It’s such a beautiful rose so will keep at it and do my best. Hopefully I will have beautiful blooms if it survives. I have over 200 roses but this one will be a favorite if it survives!

You do get bonded to the ones that you have to save.

Yes! Information! Something I can work with!

People forget that the only information we have is what we are either told or shown. Many, many things that OPs think are obvious because they are obvious to them, really aren't. Zone only gives the average winter minimum temperature, and nothing else. In this case, the most important piece of information is how many days before the rose can reasonably be planted. Then there is how likely is relatively severe cold to hit between now and then, and what resources may be commonly available in that region.

This came from the National Arboretum. IME leafed out roses are OK down to about 28°. So to be safe, this is getting planted around the middle of April. It can be shuffled in and out of the garage, but that is a long time to be schlepping a rose around. *IF* there is a cool place inside, it can be kept there under lights. Unheated basements are good, though sometimes attics will work, or attached garages. Cooler temperatures help control spider mites and aphids, the biggest pests of indoor roses, and also allow the rose to survive with less light than full outdoor sun. So long as it is above freezing, the cooler the better. I kept roses under lights in my unheated basement for years, which was about 60°. You don't need fancy lights - regular fluorescents work fine. However, for a rose that size, I'd want four bulbs, and they should be almost touching the top of the foliage.

Or it can go into the garage when it's cold, and come back out when it's not cold, repeat, repeat, repeat.

mad_gallica & erasmus_gw: thanks very much for this very clear advice. Since our basement is very warm, i will go the garage route and schlep it in and out. I will report later in the growing season how it works out.

I also keep all my plants outside even the cuttings unless it gets super low. I am in 7b north Alabama but we are on the cooler side of the range (we get into the low 20s and teens regularly) I would just keep it in the garage as suggested since it came from California. I also think if you plant it outside in the ground it will be perfectly fine even if it loses its foliage. I think in this case either option is feasible.

K

Keep your rose as it is in its current container in the coldest, but above freezing, sunniest location you can find inside any place available: garage, cold sunroom, etc., until all danger of frost is past then plant it in the ground.ep your rose as it is in its current container in the coldest, but above freezing, sunniest location you can find inside any place available: garage, cold sunroom, etc., until all danger of frost is past then plant it in the ground.

BTW, that's a very nicely shaped, healthy looking bush. Be careful not to over water it while potted.

onon. On days that are aabove freezing, it can go outside then, but back inside when it is freezing. The rose 'shuffle,' is what we do when a bush In leaf arrives before we can plant it outside.

MosesMosesMosesMosesMosesMMoses

(Please excuse the spellingspelling and mistakes. Trying to make corrections is an exercise in futility. Blame Houzz for the outrageous 'editing,' it's not my fault. Some Roses Forum members, like me, have a big cyber gremlinsgremlin problem, only with posting on Houzz.)

Yvonne TYvonnp/Rosa,

In your heading, if you could incorporate city and state along with your agricultural zone, zone 7a, anyone responding to your postsposts has more definitive information that will greatly help in the specifics needed to communicate more accurately.

7aa in hot, humid Virginia is a very different climate compared with 7a in cool, drydry summers, Washington State.

MosesSMosesMosesSMosesMosesSMosesMosesSMossesSMosesMosesSMosesMYvonne,

Thanks Moses. will try again the way you’ve done yours. I was Rosa Z 7a at one point.

Moses: Thanks for the confirmation of how to handle my Constance. The ”shuffle” will be worth it if she ends up looking anywhere close to this.

I agree zone is not the whole story. Mad was just trying to help. Putting location in is essential to gardening help. I wish everyone could put location in their headline.

Just curious how you got hold of Constance!

Just plant it. It won't kill you until minus 15. Pour water through.

Deborah , often on etsy you can find these or private sellers

Hi Deborah: Etsy. Will check the name of the seller as I ordered from a couple.

Deborah: WQRoseGardenCraft

HU- Thanks. I kind of missed the window as I’m now on bed rest following surgery. Hubby is not thrilled at shuffling the plant in and out of the garage but he doesn’t plant either so 😂

这是个枝条细软的品种。多给点肥料。This is a variety with soft branches. Give me more fertilizer.

Yvonne T. If you have a hard plastic covered window well that lets sunshine in that is BELOW GROUND level, you can put it in there and check on it to water it if neccessary. Depending on how deep the window well is, I would put a box or something on the bottom to raise it up to get the sun. Put a thermometer in there as well to see the temp during the day to make sure it doesn't get too hot. It's like a little greenhouse.

BE CAREFUL ABOUT BRINGING PLANTS INSIDE THE HOUSE THAT WERE GROWN IN A GREENHOUSE! I learned that lesson the hard way and had ZILLIONS OF GNATS that I WAS CHASING AROUND MY HOUSE WITH THE VACCUM CLEANER, until I figured out that they came in the dirt. I got rid of the dirt, rinsed all the roots off and put new soil in the pots. I put them under the grow lights again, and they did just fine.

Rebecca