Winterizing Container Miniature Roses?
I'm in the Chicago area and my son gave me two ~18" ceramic bowls with
miniature roses this year. They've been kept on my patio, but I don't know what to do with them over the winter. Would bringing them inside work (extremely limited window space) or would it be best just to plant them in the ground? Thoughts, please! |
Winterizing Container Miniature Roses?
Planting it, pot & all is a recognized way of
winter protecting roses. Chicago is Zone 5 or so so dig a 2' deep hole, put the pot in and then cover with mulch. Some people put the pot on the side & cover but planting it normally works just as well. Do this By november or so as the rose has to acclimatize to the cold. Don't cut or trim it in any way. do that after winter. Theo "SCiani" wrote in message ... I'm in the Chicago area and my son gave me two ~18" ceramic bowls with miniature roses this year. They've been kept on my patio, but I don't know what to do with them over the winter. Would bringing them inside work (extremely limited window space) or would it be best just to plant them in the ground? Thoughts, please! |
Winterizing Container Miniature Roses?
Theo Asir wrote: Planting it, pot & all is a recognized way of winter protecting roses. Chicago is Zone 5 or so so dig a 2' deep hole, put the pot in and then cover with mulch.. This works well even here in MN Zn 4a. However, I would add a hard learned caution. If the pots are at all porous or valuable, you should transfer the plants to a plastic pot or just put the plants directly in the ground and repot in the spring. Clay pots will absorb water and the freezing and thawing will fracture the pots. Regards, Charles . -- Charles Perry Reply to: ** A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand ** |
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