Comments on: What is the best way to keep rose plants safe during the winter? http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-is-the-best-way-to-keep-rose-plants-safe-during-the-winter/ Garden Tips Fri, 11 May 2012 13:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: fluffernut http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-is-the-best-way-to-keep-rose-plants-safe-during-the-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-703 fluffernut Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:20:03 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-is-the-best-way-to-keep-rose-plants-safe-during-the-winter/#comment-703 Are the planters moveable or in place. If moveable, move to an area where you can cluster many together, surround the whole lot with straw bales to keep the wind off them and if clustered near a warm wall, will offer some residual warmth. If not moveable, the above is right. Make sure the soil never completely dries, use a fluffy mulch over the soil. It's about all you can do and still keep a reasonable appearance to the yard. The biggest killer in plants over winter is allowing them to get too dry. The soil need moisture....not as much as during the growing season, but it needs moisture. You realize in a planter the roots are not well protected from severe cold as they are in the ground. Still OK isn't the same as Canada, so baring some minus 40 degree temps, I suspect your roses will be fine. Just keep the soil somewhat moist and use that mulch to keep the soil from evaporting moisture and reduce the freeze/thaw cycle that is also hard on plants. Are the planters moveable or in place. If moveable, move to an area where you can cluster many together, surround the whole lot with straw bales to keep the wind off them and if clustered near a warm wall, will offer some residual warmth.

If not moveable, the above is right. Make sure the soil never completely dries, use a fluffy mulch over the soil. It’s about all you can do and still keep a reasonable appearance to the yard. The biggest killer in plants over winter is allowing them to get too dry. The soil need moisture….not as much as during the growing season, but it needs moisture.

You realize in a planter the roots are not well protected from severe cold as they are in the ground. Still OK isn’t the same as Canada, so baring some minus 40 degree temps, I suspect your roses will be fine. Just keep the soil somewhat moist and use that mulch to keep the soil from evaporting moisture and reduce the freeze/thaw cycle that is also hard on plants.

]]> By: fluffy the wonderdog http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-is-the-best-way-to-keep-rose-plants-safe-during-the-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-702 fluffy the wonderdog Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:21:50 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-is-the-best-way-to-keep-rose-plants-safe-during-the-winter/#comment-702 make sure they are properly watered and put them outside next to the house on the south side, pile a loose type of mulch around the planters and on the surface of the soil. we keep our miniature roses outdoors all winter and they survive and thrive. (zone 6b) make sure they are properly watered and put them outside next to the house on the south side, pile a loose type of mulch around the planters and on the surface of the soil.

we keep our miniature roses outdoors all winter and they survive and thrive. (zone 6b)

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