@Lizzie27 Here is my Natalie Nypels, planted in this pot in early November. I was a bit perplexed when I received it, as its roots were never going to go into the pot without burying the rose horizontally. But I emailed Austin's with this photo and was assured it would be okay to bend the roots to fit in the pot. Must confess to doing a bit of snipping as well as bending of the roots.... There are three new growths, with nothing from the three shortened canes it came with. But looking good so far. Do roses suffer from cramp? Hope not!
@Penny_Forthem welcome! Im sorry for hubs diagnosis, I hope the roses bring you a lot of joy, lovely choices to look forward to. Im partial to a stripey two tone rose myself and have eyed a few of those!  Heres a few of my two tones from last year for you
Roses top to bottom; "Bonkers" style roses, "first great western", "harry wheatcroft", "rosa des cistertiens", "purple tiger" and "nostalgia"
I finally found 20min to pot up a memorial rose in a 60cm container. It contains the ashes of a close family friend. I’ve planted it up with manure and horticulture grit and MPC, and topped with plum slate.Â
I just realised that I’ve not put any large stones or broken pot in the bottom ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. What would you do in this situation, dig it up and add or just leave it and repot next year?Â
Here’s the photo I took which made me have this lightbulb moment.Â
I managed to sneak five minutes this morning and wandered around the garden as the sun was kissing the leaves of the roses. I took loads of photos but none did justice. Here’s one of PAOK.Â
Do you mean for drainage? If the pot has holes at the bottom it should be enough, especially since you’ve raised it. I’m more concerned about the lack of soil based medium (topsoil, garden soil, John Innes) in your description.
I only use stones in terracotta pots with one very big hole (to stop the soil from washing out). In plastic pots with many small holes, they are not needed.
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apologies @edhelka Yes it was supposed to be @JessicaS
Here is my Natalie Nypels, planted in this pot in early November.Â
I was a bit perplexed when I received it, as its roots were never going to go into the pot without burying the rose horizontally. But I emailed Austin's with this photo and was assured it would be okay to bend the roots to fit in the pot. Must confess to doing a bit of snipping as well as bending of the roots....
There are three new growths, with nothing from the three shortened canes it came with. But looking good so far.