Looks like the Pickering roses aren't going to make it. I planted them in places that get afternoon shade, amended the soil, put a cage around them, lined it with cardboard and filled it with loose bark. I've been sprinkling them a couple times a day but i think it's just been too hot. If I knew it would take them this long to send them, I would have canceled the order. Or not ordered to begin with. There's a huge difference out here between getting roses May 3 and may 26.
I'll leave the plants in the ground in their shelters but doubt they'll do anything at this point. We're supposed to have cooler weather this weekend, maybe back down into the low 90s. Local nurseries are already putting everything on clearance.
cindi
