What's wrong with my Roses their FROZEN

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Sun, Nov 24, 13 at 14:10

Hi,

So I'm in zone 5 (southern ontario) and my roses (hybrid tea, forgot the others name) have not dropped any leaves (infact there very green) yet. They had buds in October and those buds have not bloomed since (just "frozen" there). There has been frost every morning, and today there was snow (an inch). I didn't realize there would be snow so didn't protect them. What should I do, will they be alright?

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Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 24, 13 at 16:19

They're going dormant. Perfectly natural. Snow is a good thing! It's the best insulator there is. If you can be sure there will be good snow cover all winter and into early spring just leave them alone. If not you can still go ahead and mulch them over the snow that's there now. The object of winter protection is to keep them dormant through the spring when the temps start bobbing up and down. You want them to stay dormant until true spring arrives and there is no more chance of a deep freeze. You will still have some cane die back from the cold and winds but the plant itself should survive and grow back.

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