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Mon, May 14, 12 at 1:14
| A few days after Valentine's Day, I was at a local nursery and they had tiny mini rose bushes is 4" pots.. LOTS of them for 2$ each... I picked them them--finding ones, I thought were healthy--a deep red and a nice med. pink one.. I brought them home--sprayed, re potted and placed them in a sunny window-where they sat until Easter- then they were moved out side! Well, they had grown so much I just re potted them again in to 14" pots.. The blooms are only 1/2" long and look like prefect mini HT blooms.. Any idea how large of a pot they really need? Will these bushes grow to full size w/ tiny blooms? Should I go ahead and plant them in a bed somewhere?? Thank you for any suggestions, ideas, thoughts?? |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Mon, May 14, 12 at 14:01
| Evidently "mini" rose bushes you find in 4 inch pots may or may not be real "minis". If you like them, I would plant them in a bed near the front, and see what happens! Jackie |
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| My neighbor buys those and plants them in her garden. Some of them are 6' tall! |
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| With yearly root pruning and top pruning, can miniatures be maintained in 1 gallon pots and rebloom? |
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| Musaboru -- In California, the only roses you can keep healthy PERMANENTLY in 1-G pots would be Micro-Miniatures. Micro-Minis are pretty neat plants, though, and I think may soon be more available than in the past. Your average "Miniature" rose can (as noted above) make a 6-ft. plant, tho the blooms remain relatively small. We killed our first Miniatures, long ago, because we did not understand that. For a permanent situation, I'd really recommend a 14-inch pot as a MINIMUM. Larger = Better. Note, this is in California. I have NOT grown roses in colder zones with a shorter growing season. Jeri |
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| I'm in Michigan and I have to agree with Jeri, bigger is better. Most of my minis are in pots that are about 18 to 20 inches in size. I found the ones in smaller pots don't grow as well and don't winter as well either. |
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