MrRoseGarden answers:

I just had a look at your temperature ranges. Winter was given as -9 to +7 deg C.

This is not much different to winter conditions here in old England in the north. So I don’t think you should have any problem with a potted rose. To be on the safe side, you can prune hard in the autumn (fall) and cover with a garden fleece. Make sure you wrap the whole thing, pot as well, to protect from frost.

You should avoid climbers and ramblers if the temps in your region dip too low below the -10 deg C mark.

These are roses which have been tested for hardiness in zone 3, so should be OK for you.

Rosa Acicularis (Arctic Rose) – single flowers, prickly
Rosa Alexander E. MacKenzie – medium red flowers,vigorous
Rosa Dart’s Dash – reddish-violet blooms, repeat
Rosa Hansa – magenta, repeats, hips, fragrant
Rosa Polstjarnan – white blooms, vigorous, thorny
Rosa Prairie Joy – double peach-pink, repeating
Rosa Rubrifolia – red-tinted foliage, pink blooms
Rosa Rugosa – Mauve-pink flowers, hips
Rosa Rugosa Alba – fragrant, white blooms, hips
Rosa Scabrosa – large single blooms, repeats
Rosa Therese Bugnet – fragrant, lavender blooms
Rosa William Baffin – Semi-double pink, repeating
Rosa Woodsii – pink flower clusters, hips
Rosa Woodsii Kimberley – improved cultivar of above

MrRoseGarden answers:

The hardy Hibiscus syriacus are good to zone 5 but young plants will need shelter until established. This plant blooms in summer so should be pruned in late winter or early spring. Frequent severe pruning gives fewer but larger flowers; no or little pruning gives many small flowers. Personally I prefer the larger flowers and a smaller shrub. I remove 1/3 of the stems from an old established plant every year. The growth is late. The hibiscus and the locust both leaf out late.

Http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/commonshrubs/p/RoseofSharon.htm

http://www.trop-hibiscus.com/gindr.html

MrRoseGarden answers:

Hope you have a cold hardy rose for Extreme cold.follow tip in here.

.http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-care-for-rose-bushes-in-cold-climates-a78958

this link has roses for different zones if yours doesn’t make it then use link could check if your rose is on it now.

Http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/dg6750.html

more on cold hardiness in minnesota

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/components/6594-04.html

MrRoseGarden answers:

Marigny Ann- pretty and feminine though she would need to clarify the pronunciation repeatedly.

London Rose- I guess it’s not terrible but corny for my taste.

Anna-Sophia- Beautiful, timeless and sophisticated.

Elena Josephine- pretty too, has character and strength. Love the name Josephine though I know it isn’t very popular. Ellen Josephine sounds better to me.

Aariana May- very pretty too, not a fan of Aariana most of the time but with May it sounds softer.

Hunter Rose- upbeat, tomboyish and cute. Very different from your other options but a good name nonetheless.

Winter Rose- again, it’s not an awful name and Winter is actually an intriguind choice but next to rose it’s corny.

MrRoseGarden answers:

Is someone depressed? It feels as if this person never gets what he want in life and can only watch from the side, just a guess. Anyway I feed sad reading it, it’s not the best poem I’ve read but it is consider well written when the reader can feel the emotions.

MrRoseGarden answers:

I love the miniature rose bushes.

Keep your plant in a warm sunny window, but away from drafts. Keep the soil moist but don’t let the pot sit in water. And trim away the blossoms as they fade.

Here are a couple links. The first with more information about caring for your rose bush indoors. The second with information about planting outdoors.

Enjoy!

MrRoseGarden answers:

Roses are a deciduous plant so they go dormant in winter months. Taking them inside will not do them any good as they need the cold spell to go into dormancy properly.
Dormancy meaning they will loose there leaves etc for winter mths. This is the best time to plant your rose. As they have time to settle in and develop good root structure as the ground temperature starts to warm up.
When spring comes around and new buds begin to form on the plant you can reduce its size by 1/3, this will promote new growth for the flowering season. Remove any growth growing towards the inside of the plant. The ideal shape to try and achieve is vase shape, removing ingrowing growth allows air movement to reduce the chance of such diseases as black spot or powdery mildew.
Make sure where ever you plant the rose will have good drainage, improving soil with compost or soil improver of some kind.
When planting dig hole so the top of the soil of your pot does not go beneath soil line, and add blood and bone, covering with some soil before finally planting rose on top.
During spring, water once a week, more as weather warms up, but don’t keep too wet.
You can buy specialised rose food, or fertilisers at your Garden Centre. They are very heavy feeders so need it regularly. Dont start till the growing season and follow instructions on pack.
They will tolerate some shade, but prefer full sun.
To kill most pests eg, aphids a natural pyrethrum spray is all you need, to kill chewing insects you can use a systemic Pesticide(systemic, meaning taken up by the plant foliage)

MrRoseGarden answers:

Some of the newer hybrid roses are termed “self-cleaning.” This means that the old roses will fall off the plant when the blooming cycle is done. They are generally called low maintenance roses. Traditionally, roses get their heavy pruning in our California climate in late winter and then periodic pruning during the growing season. But roses don’t need pruning, but it’s always better to do so if it is required of the particular variety.

Most of the self-cleaning roses are low growing, ground covering types (but not all). It gets confusing because each breeder has their own line…for example: Carpet roses,
Drift roses and on and on.

So if you are after a ground covering type of rose, you can select a self cleaning variety and let the plant grow. The ground covering types do not require very much pruning, just tidying up a bit. If you are after a larger roses, look for a self-cleaner (Knock Out roses are good ones to begin with) and just let it go and see what it does for you.

For optimum results, contact a good nursery in your area and ask them for recommendations. You can also contact local garden clubs and they will have good ideas and suggestions for you as well. You can also search the internet for self-cleaning varieties and start compiling a list for yourself.

Here are a few self cleaning roses that I know of to help get you on your way: The “Knock Out” series (many colors), Ralph’s Creeper, Sun Runner, White Simplicity, Feisty, Silver Wishes, My Hero, Tahitian Moon, Baby Love, Magic Blanket and Light of Day.

When you have a plant name, here is a good site to help search for mail order sources for them: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/index.php

I hope I helped some. Best of luck and happy gardening.

P.S. Here’s a description I found: “We also read of self-cleaning roses. This refers to varieties that require no deadheading or summer pruning before blooming again. Because they do not develop hips, these roses begin work on a second cycle of bloom as soon as the first begins to fade. To catalog writers, self-cleaning must sound more appealing than sterile.”

MrRoseGarden answers:

My wild roses always bloomed from early June until frost. They would have done better had they been transplanted in the fall or winter, but they are hard to kill. Mine did not bloom the first year, either, and I transplanted them from the plastic pot at Lowe’s (lot less trauma than yours went thru). They are just in shock. Give ‘em another year and they’ll be really pretty.

MrRoseGarden answers:

Usually tea roses are not growing to 7 feet.
Rugosa roses, they have thorns all along the stems, can grow quite tall, they can be cut back to shape them in the fall and old canes can be removed. Rugosas do not need to be mulched, they are frost hardy and disease free. They have crinkly leaves.Climbers grow long canes, which have to be trained horizontally or wound around a post or trellis.
Hybrid Tea Roses and Floribundas should be cut back to about
1 1/2 feet in the fall to prevent being rocked by
wind. Strip the canes of the leaves, to prevent spreading fungus,spray with lime sulphur and then mulch. All old leaves have to go into the garbage.
Shrub roses need little trimming. Their canes have to be kept longer than the ones of Tea Roses.
Your best bet is to take the canes with flowers to a nursery for identification regarding type of roses you have. Then the nursery can help you with the proper advice.