| In years past, serious rosarians would never consider | | | | behind.When you're ready to plant, choose an |
| having a potted rose on their property unless it was | | | | appropriate sized container with drainage holes. Make |
| just waiting for its home to be prepared in the | | | | sure that the container has enough room for your |
| garden.Times have changed and potted roses now | | | | plant to grow without having to transplant too |
| have a place in the lives of condo and apartment | | | | soon.Fill the container with garden soil that contains |
| dwellers, city slickers who don't live within sight of a | | | | some compost or organic fertilizer. Dig a hole that's |
| tree, and anyone who has an empty space on their | | | | large enough to spread out roots without bending or |
| terrace or patio in need of the beauty that only a | | | | cutting back.Knock the rose loose from its shipping |
| rose can bring.Not all roses are good candidates for | | | | container, and set it in the hole so that the bud union |
| growing in pots. The following varieties have been | | | | ("knob" from which canes grow) is just above soil |
| found to do best. However, you should feel free to | | | | level. Dig a shallow trench or moat around the base |
| experiment with any other varieties, even climbers, | | | | of the plant to hold water, then water it well.Potted |
| and see how they make out.All that Jazz | | | | roses are susceptible to the same diseases as garden |
| Ballerina | | | | roses, and they require feeding, pruning and all of the |
| Blush Noisette | | | | other rose care basics. Potted roses aren't less work |
| Bonica | | | | or responsibility; they simply take up less space than |
| Cecile Brunner | | | | a regular rose garden. Don't plan to treat your roses |
| Clotilde Soupert | | | | as if they were ordinary potted plants, or you will |
| Green Rose | | | | lose them.People often ask if they can grow potted |
| Gruss an Aachen | | | | roses indoors. The answer is: "Maybe, but it's a risky |
| Hannah Gordon | | | | proposition." That's because roses need high humidity |
| Hermosa | | | | and a lot of direct sunlight. Most modern homes with |
| Katharina Zeimet | | | | air conditioning do not have high humidity. However, if |
| Mrs. Oakley Fisher | | | | you live in a warm, humid climate, and you don't have |
| Peace | | | | air conditioning, then you can probably get away with |
| Perfume Delight | | | | it as long as you put the rose in a sunny spot.Of all |
| Precious Platinum | | | | the rose varieties that are likely to survive indoors, |
| Sea Foam | | | | miniature roses are your best bet. Miniature roses are |
| Sexy Rexy | | | | regular roses that have been bred to grow into |
| Souvenir de la Malmaison | | | | smaller, more compact plants with equally small |
| Stanwell Perpetual | | | | flowers. They do very well in pots and are quite |
| The Fairy | | | | beautiful. If you're willing, go ahead and experiment. |
| Valentine | | | | You've really got nothing to lose and you just might |
| Whiskey MacPlanting potted roses is relatively easy, | | | | discover a whole new aspect of rose gardening!Visit |
| as long as you do your planting in the spring after | | | | Ron's website Grow-Roses-Now to learn more about |
| any chance of a frost is long past. If you live in a | | | | this popular gardening activity.Copyright 2005 Ron |
| warm climate, then hold off planting until autumn | | | | King. This article may be reprinted as long as the |
| when the ravages of July and August are far | | | | resource box is left intact and all links are hyperlinked. |