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Aug 22, 2020 10:38 AM CST
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I have a miniture Rose that my husband bought me. It seems to be very finicky. How do we care for it, for the best health. Can't over water it(obviously) can't over water(obviously). How much direct sunlight? The leaves seem to curl up with too much water? Not enough? Or turn yellow from too much water or not enough?I would like to keep it indoors and it is potted.
Any advice would be appreciated 🙏.
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Aug 22, 2020 1:49 PM CST
Coastal Southern California (Zone 13a)
Hi Willows . . .

First I have to say that your best chance to keep your rose, and enjoy it for many years, is to pot it up to a larger container -- take it OUTSIDE -- and eventually plant it in the ground.

The problem is that these little roses are grown up to be used like a bouquet of cut flowers -- kept until the blooms fade, and discarded. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT! But you DO have to treat your little plant as a rose.

So, you need to know that this little plant has been kept dwarfed, and pushed to bloom all over, and it's going to take time to recover from that. And it does need to be in a bigger pot.

Roses, sadly, aren't indoor plants. They're not "houseplants." In fact your little guy could grow up to be anywhere from 2-ft. tall to 4-ft. tall. And he could please you with blooms for many years.
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Aug 22, 2020 6:37 PM CST
Name: Ken Wilkinson
N.E. GA. (Cornelia) (Zone 7b)
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What Jeri said. I moved mine out doors after it was gifted to us back in 2012. This pic was taken this past spring. It's in a 7 1/2 gal nursery pot. A little over 2 ft tall.
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It's a rose!!! It has nothing to do with life and death.
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