I planned on overwinting them in the garage this year. I worry that they will not make it if they go in the ground in their current sad state. All advice is welcome on whether this is the right design. For what it is worth, I moved these 6 days ago and have been giving lots of water only. I used some transplant solution when I dug them up. They are in organic potting soil with some gravel at the bottom.

Help? Here are some pics of the two.

Rose 1 with bloom that opened this morning.

Rose 2

Thanks everyone,

Where do you live? In most parts of zone 6b, with all older hybrid teas, blackspot disease is a severe, inevitable problem that requires spraying fungicide.

Overwintering in the garage is tricky. If it is an attached garage, the roses may get warm enough to start growing out in the dark during February. I would just leave the pots outside, maybe up against the south foundation of the house, and pile leaves around the pots for the coldest part of winter. Or just plant them in the garden.

At least one of the roses is planted with the graft exposed. This will need protecting at temperatures below 10 degrees.

It's hard to tell from the pictures but it could be a Peace rose. If so, lucky you! I know it looks very yellow in your pictures but the earlier clones are said to be much deeper and vibrant in color than the new ones sold today. And I do remember my Mom's Peace rose from the 60s was a much deeper yellow than the one I have now.

Wintering them in the pots in the garage is a good idea. I don't know exactly where you are but for me here in MI it's getting sort of late to plant roses and hope they'll be established well enough to winter outside. Besides, you can pamper them better in the pots and get them healthy before you put them in the ground. Wait until they are completely dormant before you store them in the garage. Put the pots up on wood or blocks to keep the bottoms off the cement and remember to give them water once a month until spring. You don't want them to dehydrate. That will kill them for sure. They're asleep, not dead, lol, so they need to be watered even if the soil looks and feels frozen. I water the one I keep in my shed for winter by putting a shovel full of snow on it every time it snows. That way it slowly melts down into the pot as temps fluctuate over the winter.

In the spring when the daylight starts to length you'll begin to see some growth nubs on the canes fattening. That's when you have to keep an eye on them most. You can take them out into the sun during the day if it's above freezing but they have to go back in at night if the temps are still below freezing. You kind of have to play it by ear until you're sure that they won't be frozen. The freeze/thaw cycle is a real rose killer.

Give us a pic of the other one when it blooms and we'll try to ID that one for you too!

My garage is unheated, so if I decide to overwinter there, the roses will go against the opposite end of the attached wall - against an unattached wall. There is a small window on that wall (not sure if that matters).

Sutters Gold is a good guess. I looked it up on HMF, and the rose looks very simmilar.

About how long will it take to get a good established root system to a protect a rose from the fall frost?

If you bring the rose into the garage, wait until severe cold threatens in late December or January. Remove any growth buds that start inside and move it back out to restore dormancy. Spindly white growth developed while inside can severely deplete the rose's stored energy.