It is taking considerable willpower for me to pass the plants in the plant section while picking up groceries, moving supplies, etc. Winston the pug and I are on the move with all of the plants (except the divisions which I am sharing with my friends). I'll spare you the details, but have more info on the "Advice on Moving Roses ' thread I started. So far, the plants are alright in their pots. I am running out of pots, buckets, etc and less than half thru! I have been putting small plants in cut off soda bottles. It is the monster roses that need the big pots.
My Tiffany rose was the only one that wasn't leafing out. She is a borderline hardy diva, but I love her. The iconoclast (grumpypants when I am angry) surprised me with a Tiffany rose when I first moved here because my dog's name was Tiffany and it was a nice, fragrant soft pink. The original body bag Tiffany rose was replaced with a Chamblee's own root rose.
I cut the dead branches back a lot when I was doing my first spring pruning. Then some more. No sign of life. I dug up Tiffany and saw baby canes starting at the base of the plant under the soil. Happy Day!!!! I will remember this when I am tempted by grafted body bag roses in the store. Own root roses do better for me. (To be fair, I haven't tried any premium roses on Fortunata stock, only grafted roses available locally.)
Roses are starting to bloom! Baby Blanket (aka octobaby) was first this year - followed by Jens Munk, William Baffin and Carefree Celebration. William Baffin is HUGE this year. he took a while to get started, but wow.
