In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

I bought two mini roses last fall in a sale for about $1.00 each.
There wasn't any tag in the pot. I don't even their name. Actually
there were 4 branches in a pot. I splitted one pot into two parts.
Each part had two canes. I planted one in a sunny spot int the garden,
the other in a half shade area. I planted the other pot in the shade
area too. I put some steak bone leftover from dinner, a handful of
lawn fertilizer in the planting hole, watered and forgot about them.

A few days later, I found a big hole around the root in each rose. I
guessed some wild animal dig out the bone. I covered the holes and
watered.

In the early winter, everything turned into brown and black. These
three mini roses were still green. Unfortunately for them, rabbit eat
the twon in the shade area near woodland. When the snow covered the
ground, the mini in the sunny spot were still glossy green.

Being impressed by their toughness, I bought another one from walmart.
The tag said Parade Rose. I repotted them into a bigger container. I
pushed each one into a corner. In the sunny spot inside house, they
bloomed the whole winter. One flower one each cane. The bloom lasted
for 2 weeks. After I dead head them. Another "wave" of flowers was
coming. I was delighted. That was my first rose. I thought my rose was
doing great.

In the sprint, when other plants were still sleeping dead, the mini
roses came out. Too bad for them, the rabbits got the two in the shade
area. One never recovered. It's still alive but barely. The other
survived and bloomed OK.

The one in the sunny spot in the garden rewarded me with 2" flowers
all summer so far. The inside house one was moved outside in the deck.
It was covered 27 flowers last night, not counting buds!!!

It gave me much confedence about growing roses. I bought magic
carrousel, Oh Canada, Proud Land, Austin Blush, Martin Frobisher,
Morden blush and some yellow roses whithout tag. Of course I got more
yellow and white Parade mini roses.

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

"Karen" wrote in message
om...
I bought two mini roses last fall in a sale for about
$1.00 each.
There wasn't any tag in the pot. I don't even their name.
[snip]

I've also had luck with cheap mini roses. One
thing I've found works to deter rabbits is
those wire hanging baskets. I put them upside
down over the small rose until it gets big enough
to fend for itself. Sometimes I've left the "cage"
for a year or more.

Mini roses do tend to be more tolerant of
various cultural & environmental conditions
than their larger siblings, and can be just as
rewarding to grow.

Gail

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

You mentoin el cheapo mini roses and Wal MArt
I pulled 30 pots of miniature roses fro the local walmart dumpster
awhile back. They had been reduced 50%, then after that they got
thrown in the dumpster. They have all produced bloomms and are
actually much nicer than some of the roses I paid a lot of money for
from a Rose Nursery. They are all doing just fine so far, and its been
at least 2 months or so. They say yu can't really transplant mini
roses very well (the book I have n roses states this) but I have
transplanted about 1/2 of the ones I salvaged, and had no problems.
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In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

Are these mini roses the same thing as shrub roses?

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

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Greg Miller wrote:
Are these mini roses the same thing as shrub roses?

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

Are these mini roses the same thing as shrub roses?

In praise of supermarket mini roses.
 

You mentoin el cheapo mini roses and Wal MArt
I pulled 30 pots of miniature roses fro the local walmart dumpster
awhile back. They had been reduced 50%, then after that they got
thrown in the dumpster. They have all produced bloomms and are
actually much nicer than some of the roses I paid a lot of money for
from a Rose Nursery. They are all doing just fine so far, and its been
at least 2 months or so. They say yu can't really transplant mini
roses very well (the book I have n roses states this) but I have
transplanted about 1/2 of the ones I salvaged, and had no problems.
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wifes,
I had no input whatsoever.
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