Tips for growing roses in containers
Velvety petals, sweet shapes, spectacular colors, and intoxicating scents make roses the most beautiful flowers a gardener can grow. Roses are very beautiful to decorate a flower garden and are even happier when filling a summer bouquet. If you think you need a spacious landscape to grow these blooming beauties, think again! Gardeners confined to a sunny deck, patio, balcony, or similarly tight space can achieve astonishing success when armed with the right pots, good soil, and the best roses for containers.
Roses are available almost everywhere and there are many varieties to choose from—hybrid teas, floribundas, climbers, ramblers, ground covers, tree roses, and more—and they're surprisingly easy to grow. Give roses six to eight hours of full sun, rich, well-drained soil, regular water, and a reliable feeding schedule, and you'll have months of striking and colorful blooms. Yes, there's pruning and propping and the occasional fix for pests or disease, but roses are so ridiculously rewarding that they're worth the effort.
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Best performing roses for containers
Here are my top picks for container-grown roses in Northern California. These varieties are especially suited to tight spaces and our challenging climate.
Coco Logo™ Floribunda Rose
(Rosa 'WEKbijou', Zones 5–10)
It's my favorite rose, so even if my gardening is suddenly reduced to a pot on a small balcony, I'll somehow find a way to grow it to 3- to 4 feet tall and 2- to 3 feet. Wide selection. This beautiful, bushy Floribunda is mostly known for its large, coarse, milk-chocolate-lavender-colored flowers. And it gets bonus points for smelling good!
Midnight Fire™ Miniature Rose
(Rosa 'WEKboulette', Zones 4–10)
Under 2 feet tall and wide, Midnight Fire™ thrives elegantly in a container 18 to 20 inches wide and can even be grown in a window box. With its bushy growth habit and its small, deep green leaves creating the perfect backdrop for beautiful clusters of delicately scented, smoky-orange-purple flowers, this cutie is easy to care for and blooms almost continuously.
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The Golden Chance Climb is up
(Rosa 'WEKausujucton', Zones 5–10)
Yes, a large container is essential for this stunner to reach it is full 8- to 10-foot vertical potential. But with non-stop production of beautiful, almost luminous, golden yellow, wonderfully fragrant, bouquet-worthy flowers, Golden Chance™ is a winner. Evergreen, dark green, disease-resistant foliage.
'Young Lycidas' English excels
(Rosa 'Young Lycidas', Zones 4–10)
This rose's large, deliciously scented, deeply cupped flowers are an exquisite blend of deep pink, crimson and red. Petals fade to a silvery purple before falling. This reliably compact David Austin English rose blooms repeatedly and grows under 4 feet tall and wide, making it perfect for a deep (20 to 22 inches) terra-cotta pot.
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Tips for growing roses in containers
Container-grown roses can live contentedly for many years if given what they need. What they need is what a landscape-grown rose needs: full sun (six to seven hours), regular watering, and fertilizing. The other important item is a well-draining pot filled with rich, organic, moisture-retentive potting soil. Below are some additional tips for success.
1. Choose the right size container
You will need a pot large enough to accommodate the growth and maturity of your particular rose. This means its leafy, flowering top growth and its root system. The vessel should be spacious enough to maintain temperature, nutrition, and humidity relatively without constant monitoring. Most roses have deep roots, so choose a pot as tall as possible (2 to 3 feet). Terra-cotta clay pots make your watering tasks easier by keeping them cooler and holding moisture longer than plastic pots. Plant your rose in organic potting soil and water regularly, keeping the soil moist, but not soggy, and wait until the top inch is completely dry.
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2. Do not squeeze in compost
For any rose to grow strong and bloom, regular fertilization is essential; This is especially true for container-grown roses. Apply a balanced, organic rose fertilizer every four to six weeks during the growing season, starting in late winter and stopping six weeks before your area's last average frost date.
3. Remember to prune and replant
Prune your container-grown rose as you would any other rose, and deadhead frequently for a non-stop floral display. Your roses should be transplanted every three or four years as nutrients in the growing medium are depleted and salts build up from fertilizers. The best time to repot is mid-winter when your rose is dormant. Prune the top growth first, then gently pull the rose out of the container and discard the spent soil in the compost pile. To make replanting easier, wash the container and trim the long roots slightly. Fill the pot using completely fresh, nutrient-rich potting soil. Replant your rose and water it well. Your container-grown rose will reward you with lush, healthy new leaves and abundant spring and summer blooms.
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