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Old 14-07-2005, 05:16 PM
dave weil
 
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:11:24 -0400, Henry
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Blah wrote:
Hi, I was wondering whether hybrid teas can be grown and blooms more
than once annually indoors and how difficult it would be. If its too
difficult is there a similar rose that can be successfully grown this
way? I like the miniature roses since the plants themselves won't take
up much space but I'd prefer a plant that grows large flowers.


Unless you have a greenhouse where a plant can receive enough sun, it is
unlikely an rose will do well indoors. They simply need more light than
you can give them. They may live a little while but they will not
thrive not bloom well. There are lots of plants that do well indoors.
Roses don't happen to be among them.


They are also susceptable to the things like afflict other
houseplants, such as spider mites. Generally, air circulation isn't
good enough for roses. If you can master container gardening, you
MIGHT be able to move a potted rose indoors for short periods of time,
but keep in mind that you are exposing your other indoor plants to
possible outdoor pests, and/or exposing your rose to indoor-prone
pests like spider mites. To bring them indoors though means lots of
artificial light (or direct sunlight through a picture window), plus
the fact that roses thrive at much higher "growing season" temps than
the usual low 70s (and low humidity) of the indoors. If you have a
sunroom, you might be able to pull this off, but you might find it
uncomfortable to lounge around in there at temperatures that roses
enjoy. Remember too, that most roses need at least 4-6 hours of direct
sunlight. They also need LOTS of air circulation.

Roses are really outdoor plants, but some have been somewhat
successful at bringing them indoors. It takes a lot of work and a
little bit of luck as well.