Wow, thank you so much for all of this helpful info, IntheHotofTexas! I am going to research all of this. For the moment, I decided to purchases some mini rose bushes as the local market had them on sale for only $4 this week. I will attach a snap later, but I purchased a pink, a red, and pink tinged yellow. I have raised these before from the 4" pots. I nursed them for several years, and they finally grew into a really nice size pot (about 8" diametre). I had them planted in pretty, decorative clay pots (not the ubiquitous plain clay pots, although I have several of those as well) outside my front door. Then, a neighbour who moved out came back and stole them under the cover of darkness one night. I could not prove it, so I had to just let it go. Since then, I have been more careful where I place my containers.
Roses are amongst my favourite if not my very favourite plants. It is high time I overcame my anxiety over planting them in the garden. My courtyard gets copious sunshine throughout most of the day. It is laid to lawn at present, but I am very tempted to try to start rose bushes all along the fence line now. :whistling:
I start planting and cannot seem to stop! Is is just me??
