The top of the plant I bought is almost identical but the roots are no where near the same as shown in your photo. Mine has probably something like the four thicker roots on the left of the shot with none of the other growth.
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..that is nothing to worry about, especially with a rose like R Rector, which is rampant and in the future you may question why you bought it..
.. your rose has roots, it's not important that they have been cut back.. I do this all the time with roses in pots, as the rootstock used here forms a carrot like taproot - in the picture above it's the thickest one on the left... this wants to go down deep in the soil and if prevented from doing so will deteriorate if not trimmed back... root pruning is very useful for newly potted roses and is not detrimental to them in any way..
It will be fine, but you were charged potted rose price for a bare root plant.
Thank you, I will know for future reference.
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Did you not check the label? it should state something like ''recently potted, plant out in June''... if it doesn't say that, then it's negligence on the part of the vendor..
I bought Madame Alfred Carriere from the garden centre about 5 years ago. They didn't have it in stock in the May when I wanted it so ordered it, it eventually was available in October. When they phoned to say that they had one I innocently said "oh, it will be a bare root then" to be told no, they don't sell bare root only potted. Imagine my surprise when I took it out of its pot to plant and discovered I had indeed bought a bare root rose! Fortunately it didn't make any difference to the rose and I learnt that if you go direct to the grower you get what you pay for.
Did you not check the label? it should state something like ''recently potted, plant out in June''... if it doesn't say that, then it's negligence on the part of the vendor..
No information of that nature on the label Marlorena and just the growers large logo printed on the pot.
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I received a mail order bare root climbing rose once that had about a third of the roots on than those in Loxely’s photo, pruned right back to the stumpy bits and squished into a small, narrow tube of plastic. AKA a rose bodybag. It survived and thrived 😊
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.. your rose has roots, it's not important that they have been cut back.. I do this all the time with roses in pots, as the rootstock used here forms a carrot like taproot - in the picture above it's the thickest one on the left... this wants to go down deep in the soil and if prevented from doing so will deteriorate if not trimmed back... root pruning is very useful for newly potted roses and is not detrimental to them in any way..
Enjoy your rose, and no need for concern..
Imagine my surprise when I took it out of its pot to plant and discovered I had indeed bought a bare root rose!
Fortunately it didn't make any difference to the rose and I learnt that if you go direct to the grower you get what you pay for.