..what you can do, and should do really, is to heel them in... simply take them out the packet, keep all tied up together with the string - there is no need to separate them out - and just dig a makeshift hole somewhere in your garden and plonk the whole lot in burying the roots, just leaving the green canes showing on top.. this way you can bury 5 or 6 roses all together in the same hole... firm the soil and just leave until you are ready to dig them up again, separate them out, and plant them...
...professionals do it this way all the time...
..alternatively, as VS said, you could leave them in that packet in a shed for a few days... or even put them all in a bucket of water for a week or so, if no freezes are forecast... it won't hurt them..
...here's a photo I took of an informal mixture of roses grown in a line... nothing to worry about with roses, do as you please, and remember, if you haven't moved a rose at least 2 or 3 times in the first couple of years... they can think themselves very lucky roses..
Thank you for the advice and that picture shows roses are lovely in a row too. I might not get time to dig hole in garden but I have some old recycling boxes. I can bury roots in compost in those.
I’m still plugging away digging my new rose border, think this ground is the toughest I have had to hack out yet... the boulder pile is growing and growing... so it’s good to look at some lovely borders and dream!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I like Pinterest for gardening inspiration. Here is one example of a lovely board but you can find many more and save pictures you like on your own boards.
Both links have beautiful gardens. It is nice to keep looking at pictures to keep us motivated.
I am also digging and preparing beds for roses. The soil is not hard. It had rained a lot more than usual. But the soil is very very sticky clay. Also with a toddler and full time job, i get very little time for garden. Anyway, i will keep digging a bit at a time, hopefully it will all be ready by spring.
..just to say as it's the end of the season and few of us posting here now, it seems an opportune moment to close this thread for the year... perhaps someone would like to start a new one next Spring?.. I'm not sure if they close threads after so many posts, and this one seems to have had over 2000... but it would be silly to start another...
...so if that's ok I'll close this thread tomorrow... so thanks to everyone for contributing and for your helpful advice offered and photos freely given... let's hope we have a good 2020 with so many lovely roses …. until then...
Hi Marlorena, thanks for a lovely rose forum I’ve learned a lot, I received my papa meilland roses the other day and it says likes a warm place. My other papa Meilland in the garden hasn’t done too well, not big and bushy for second year. Do you think this is why it is not great and should I relocate the new roses to greenhouse in pots. I live in a warm place near the sea, south devon, do you think that is enough. Papa Meilland is my cutting rose and it has everything I love about roses. Regards Valerie
Just a few buds and a couple of open flowers remaining on my Rambling Rosie this year - after a shaky start this David Austin rose promises to be a success, whether it will work with the companion Montana Clematis we will have to see next flowering season.
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...professionals do it this way all the time...
..alternatively, as VS said, you could leave them in that packet in a shed for a few days... or even put them all in a bucket of water for a week or so, if no freezes are forecast... it won't hurt them..
...here's a photo I took of an informal mixture of roses grown in a line... nothing to worry about with roses, do as you please, and remember, if you haven't moved a rose at least 2 or 3 times in the first couple of years... they can think themselves very lucky roses..
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4hTX8VAQox/
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/gallery/rose-borders/
I’m still plugging away digging my new rose border, think this ground is the toughest I have had to hack out yet... the boulder pile is growing and growing... so it’s good to look at some lovely borders and dream!
I am also digging and preparing beds for roses. The soil is not hard. It had rained a lot more than usual. But the soil is very very sticky clay. Also with a toddler and full time job, i get very little time for garden. Anyway, i will keep digging a bit at a time, hopefully it will all be ready by spring.
meanwhile looking at photos to keep me motivated.
...so if that's ok I'll close this thread tomorrow... so thanks to everyone for contributing and for your helpful advice offered and photos freely given... let's hope we have a good 2020 with so many lovely roses …. until then...
thanks for a lovely rose forum I’ve learned a lot, I received my papa meilland roses the other day and it says likes a warm place. My other papa Meilland in the garden hasn’t done too well, not big and bushy for second year. Do you think this is why it is not great and should I relocate the new roses to greenhouse in pots. I live in a warm place near the sea, south devon, do you think that is enough. Papa Meilland is my cutting rose and it has everything I love about roses.
Regards Valerie
Many thanks @Marlorena for your lovely photos and kind advice this last year.
Here's to next and perfect roses!