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Old 12-08-2006, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Snooze
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I bought ten bare-rooted roses and planted them in March. They were all
planted together, the day after they arrived, in the same area of the
garden. 4 of the 10 have grown and flowered but the other 6 still show
no sign of life. How long should I wait before assuming they are dead?

It's nearly the end of summer, the ones that haven't shown any life are well
dead. By now all your bare roots should have had produced significant
healthy new growth.

Many stores on this side of the big pond have lifetime return policies on
plants. Perhaps you can return them and try again next spring. I'm not
really familiar with England's weather, but if last year's London weather in
December/January was normal, then my guess is March is on the tail end of
the bareroot planting season.

-S
Thanks,
We had some extreme weather here this year; days and days of persistent rain followed by record temperatures and drought.
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