By Angie Noack
It wasn't too long ago that no serious rosarian would evenconsider having a potted rose on their property except for,maybe, last minute emergencies where they had run out of spacebut couldn't resist buying just one more plant.
Times have changed and potted roses have a place in the lives ofcondo and apartment dwellers, city slickers who live in areaswhere there isn't a tree in sight, and anyone who has a spot ontheir lawn or garden in need of the beauty that only a rose candeliver.
Not all roses are good candidates for growing in pots. Thefollowing varieties have been found to do best. Feel free to tryany variety that you want, even climbers, and see how they makeout.
All that Jazz
Ballerina
Blush Noisette
Bonica
Cecile Brunner
Clotilde Soupert
Green Rose
Gruss an Aachen
Hannah Gordon
Hermosa
Katharina Zeimet
Mrs. Oakley Fisher
Peace
Perfume Delight
Precious Platinum
Sea Foam
Sexy Rexy
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Stanwell Perpetual
The Fairy
Valentine
Whiskey Mac
Planting potted roses is a relatively easy task as long as youdo your planting in the Spring after any chance of a frost islong past. If you live in climate zone 6, or warmer, then holdoff planting until autumn when the ravages of July and Augustare far behind.
When you're ready to plant, choose an appropriate sizedcontainer with drainage holes. Make sure that the container hasenough room for your plant to grow without having to transplantfrequently.
Fill the container with garden soil that has some compost ororganic fertilizer mixed in.
Dig a hole that's a bit bigger than the root ball, knock therose loose from its shipping container, and plant it.
Dig a shallow trench or moat around the base of the plant tohold water, and water well.
Potted roses are susceptible to the same diseases as gardenroses are, and they require feeding, pruning and all of theother rose care basics. Potted roses aren't less work orresponsibility for you, they are simply more space-saving than aregular rose garden is. Don't treat your roses as if they wereordinary potted plants or you will lose them.
People are constantly asking if they can grow potted plantsindoors. The answer is: "maybe, but it's a risky proposition".That's because roses need high humidity and a lot of directsunlight. High humidity conditions do not usually exist insideof most airconditioned homes these days. However, if you live ina hot, steamy area, and you don't have air conditioning, thenyou can probably get away with it as long as you pick a sunnyspot.
Of all the rose varieties that are likely to survive indoors,miniature roses are your best bet. Miniature roses are actualroses which have been bred to grow into small and compact plantswith equally small flowers. They do very well in pots and arequite beautiful
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