So grateful for the late blooms and sunshineDesdemona, AbFab behindChippendale, Pink Martini behind, Malvern Hills to the leftEasy Does ItMunstead Wood with Belles Rives muscling in, Special Anniversary and Rhapsody in Blue behind, that bed is cleared ready for 3 roses to go in.Belles Rives behind MW, colour identical at the momentMedeo, yes I copied Pitter Patter's lovely pot overspilling one. Gruss an Aachen which is now being kept after sliding right to the end of the naughty step.
Stoppit Cooldoc. Actually that one isn't so long before it becomes a dense shrubbery (that I like!). It still has 4 roses in it and 3 more will be make it sufficiently stuffed
It seems winter is going to be here shortly... What would you advise to do with roses in large plastic pots if temperature goes below zero? Last year it reached -7 a couple of times here. Should I wrap my pots in fleece?
We had a couple of weeks of minus 2 to 7 and my roses survived, so I think they should be ok if they are in large pots 30 to 45cm. If not and you want to help them, but not replant, you could plunge the pots in the soil or a bigger pot to help keep the roots warmer.
I didn't wrap anything and it was colder than that here, Dasha (-12... or possibly a little lower if our thermometer is accurate). Roses in pots and even the standard survived unwrapped. I lost things like hebes, salvias and Peruvian lilies, but no roses.
@Dasha I wrapped the pot for my Roald Dahl in old wool sheets — the ones used as insulation in Hello Fresh boxes. Last winter was cold and I lost five pittosporums and nearly lost a ceanothus (it still looks horrible now). But I don’t think it would have really made a difference with the rose; I probably won’t do it this year.
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One of my Marie Pavies currently has the most blooms but the matching pot the other side of the door annoyingly has non..