Relax Susan,

When the soild temp is around 40 F the
roses tend to concentrate on growing roots.

This is a good thing.

When warm weather comes along
it will be raring to go.

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...
How long does it normally take for a rose to break dormancy once
planted? I bought a box J&P Pristine from Lowes two weeks ago and she
has yet to break dormancy. The pith of the canes look fine once the
dead ends were cut off. I'm stumped and impatient especially now that I
have a J&P sale catalog at home. *grin* Do I SP her and order a new
Pristine from J&P? I want Pristine because this is one of my
"embankment" roses and I like the looks of her thorns. She'll be able
to defend herself from marauding children. Heck, she got me *good* just
trying to get the current one into the ground!

Shiva, my newest DD is sporting a bud. I'll take some pictures as it
gets closer to blooming. I'm planning on using the test web server I am
currently working on as my garden website. *smile* Sometimes there are
some distinct advantages to being a web administrator. The web server
is already up and running I'm working on the content management system
right now. Once that's done, if anyone wants me to, I can post other
people's pictures there also. (In my most optimistic mode, I would love
to be able to open it up so other people can do it themsevles. Like I
said, I'm being wildly optimistic at the moment.)

Susan
s h simko at duke dot edu