My roses are in the ground. I moved this year and hurried to get them in the ground before winter. I lost some in the move. I am concentrating on starting veggies and flowers from seed this year, but I am always tempted to buy roses!
I had two decorative pots with annuals at either side of my front door. I put a pine tree in each and striped pipissewa, a woodland ground cover. Surprisingly, the pine tree and ground cover look fine. I was able to drain water from one pot. the other one remains under a heap of snow dumped by the snow plow. The pots will have different plants and different locations this spring.