I live in Fairbanks Alaska (zone 1, but up to 80s and 90s in the summer)
and I just got my four J&P bareroot plants this week. Yippee!! In the
past I've kept my roses in big pots and wintered them in my garage,
which works OK. However, I'm starting to run out of room on my patio for
all these pots (Ok, I'll admit to impulse buying the four roses without
really thinking it through, but hey, is that really SO bad?) My question
is: I have several large raised beds that I use for annuals mostly and
I'm thinking of putting the roses in them. I'd have to dig them up in
the fall, though. *Before* I plant them, does anyone have any
suggestions? How would roses cope with being dug up and replanted every
fall and spring? Would it be better just to pot them and squeeze a
little tighter on the patio? If planting them in the beds is OK, is
there anything I should do at the beginning to make it easier to dig in
the fall?
Thanks in advance!
Kim