I think with roses it’s caveat emptor on the thorn front, @Ditsy! There is an option to select ‘low thorn’ on their website, most rose suppliers have that option, but it does reduce your choices a lot.
Well, received wisdom for potted roses is to choose the biggest pot you can, ideally 50x50cm, say, for an average shrub rose, but of course you can get away with smaller pots for more compact varieties, or for a year or two - no harm in starting small and potting on to bigger ones. A square pot gives more root space than a round one, a tall, tapered pot can be unstable. If in doubt, go for a straight-sided pot that is slightly taller than wide, as roses have a deep root run. Climbing roses aren’t really suited to permanent life in a pot, except maybe the patio type climbers. These ‘rules’ are of course made to be broken at any time 😊 The main thing is to use a good, loam-based compost (more oomph) and really keep on top of watering and feeding. Since they can’t extract goodness or moisture from the ground, potted roses are like dependent pets.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks @Tack. Have you used any special compost or anything? Pot growing anything always worries me as I know things can easily rot if not potted correctly.
Thank you @Ditsy, I am very pleased with roses on my patio in pots. Last year they flowered really well. As @Nollie says the pots eventually need to be large but I started off with the smaller sort in the foreground of the above photo, 25lt ones. Those roses were bareroots in Nov. The ones behind are 57lt, 44x 47cm . With terracotta and concrete pots the thickness of the material is included in the dimensions, the taper makes a huge difference too so it is worth knowing volume as well.
I make the potting medium up of topsoil, garden compost, MPC and vermiculite but also use what I have to hand eg coir or garden soil.
It was looking at @celcius_kkw 's lovely balcony pots that made me try this.
@Nollie, gosh your GT is very pruned but as you say looks healthy and has plenty of canes. Hope it does well for you.
@Ditsy, I had roses in 55cm pots in my previous garden. I had filled it with john innes no 3. Didnt add anything else. I didnt know much then. It was very heavy, and tbh didnt look much free darining but roses loved it. I kept roses in pots for 4 years, not sure how much longer i could have kept but then i moved and planted out before moving.
@Tack lovely bare root and nice to see your pots coming back to life.
I have the dog problem too. Our girl when younger would bite through all the stems and branches of plants so the patio was bare for many years. She seems to have grown out of that now but our youngest boy will jump into my larger pots to relieve himself and took great delight in digging up my potted bulbs.
Went to the rose nursery today and picked up a bare root Rose de Rescht which they had put back for me. I also got a discounted R. Felicia (my Mum's middle name was Felicitas) so will be a nice one with Mother's day this weekend to remember her by. I also picked up a Lens hybrid musk R. Plaisanterie which is a cross between Trier and Mutabilis. This is the first year they have had this one so I just had to try it out for them. I always get discounts from them as I go so often which is nice. (As for my previous post, my no buy for this year is officially cancelled lol). Came home to find DA England's Rose had been delivered too.
Could not resist the rose itch and was about to order Young Lycidas and Scepter d Isle. Within 20 mins or so they became out of stock (while I was browsing some other sites after keeping them in my basket). Better luck next time
@cooldoc2000 that's happened to me many times and is so frustrating. Sometimes if I'm in an impulsive mood I will deliberately leave things in my basket and go out. I tell myself that if it's still there when I get back then it's meant to be.
@poppyfield64 ...your roses are looking so fresh... and what roots on that England's Rose.. I had a much smaller specimen last year.. lucky you to get Plaisanterie, we don't see that one offered too much..
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Well, received wisdom for potted roses is to choose the biggest pot you can, ideally 50x50cm, say, for an average shrub rose, but of course you can get away with smaller pots for more compact varieties, or for a year or two - no harm in starting small and potting on to bigger ones. A square pot gives more root space than a round one, a tall, tapered pot can be unstable. If in doubt, go for a straight-sided pot that is slightly taller than wide, as roses have a deep root run. Climbing roses aren’t really suited to permanent life in a pot, except maybe the patio type climbers. These ‘rules’ are of course made to be broken at any time 😊 The main thing is to use a good, loam-based compost (more oomph) and really keep on top of watering and feeding. Since they can’t extract goodness or moisture from the ground, potted roses are like dependent pets.
Your look lovely and healthy.
@Tack lovely bare root and nice to see your pots coming back to life.
I have the dog problem too. Our girl when younger would bite through all the stems and branches of plants so the patio was bare for many years. She seems to have grown out of that now but our youngest boy will jump into my larger pots to relieve himself and took great delight in digging up my potted bulbs.
Went to the rose nursery today and picked up a bare root Rose de Rescht which they had put back for me. I also got a discounted R. Felicia (my Mum's middle name was Felicitas) so will be a nice one with Mother's day this weekend to remember her by. I also picked up a Lens hybrid musk R. Plaisanterie which is a cross between Trier and Mutabilis. This is the first year they have had this one so I just had to try it out for them. I always get discounts from them as I go so often which is nice. (As for my previous post, my no buy for this year is officially cancelled lol). Came home to find DA England's Rose had been delivered too.
...your roses are looking so fresh... and what roots on that England's Rose.. I had a much smaller specimen last year.. lucky you to get Plaisanterie, we don't see that one offered too much..