New to forum - question about roses

 


Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum and new to gardening! I wonder if you could offer
some
advice?

I have just received a hybrid tea rose. I'm in the East Midlands and I'm
wondering whether it is okay to plant it at this time of year? Should I
start
preparing the soil now to plant the rose in a few weeks time in
mid-January?

Or should I wait until March-April? If I need to wait until spring what
should I
do to take care of the plant in the meantime - how and where
should I store it?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.




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Edh78

 


Edh78;871870 Wrote:

advice?

wondering whether it is okay to plant it at this time of year? Should I

> start

preparing the soil now to plant the rose in a few weeks time in

should I do to take care of the plant in the meantime - how and where

> should I

store it?

It is too late this year for safe planting.

If the rose is in a pot, leave in that, but keep it protected from the
pot
freezing. If it is is bare-rooted, then heel the plant into a border
till
planting time in the spring.




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beccabunga

 

beccabunga wrote:

Totally disagree.

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Rusty

 

wrote:

Absolutely not.
The bare root planting season is approx Nov-March - into early April
if you must.
Container plants can go in anytime the ground isn't frozen or
waterlogged. Watch the watering in the summer.
It is a common misconception that plants can be 'warehoused' in pots.
They can't, they will almost certainly deteriorate and sooner or later
they will need to be re-potted or better still planted.

Rod

 

Edh78 wrote:

You don't say if it bare rooted or in a pot. If potted it does not
matter. If bare rooted and you allow the roots to dry out it will not
bode well. If you cannot plant it now because the ground is not prepared
just heal it into a spare spot, it will be ok then for a few weeks. It
is fine to plant now.

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