I will try it again Toni but everyntime I buried them that deep all I got was huey coming back every year. I thought WOW they survived until they bloomed red.
We have strange weather. A normal Fall is lots of rain, and more rain until the ground is soaked like a river and before you know it we have freezing temps. So followed by a little snow then more rain and more freezing blocks of ice. We do not get winter until late Dec early Jan which may be a big snow storm on top of the ice.
I probably have the worst winter for roses than someplace that would get cold snow and dry. It is the freezing water that is not good.