I have 30 roses some from a rose nursery and others are from Walmart and Sam's. If you struggle keeping your roses alive I highly suggest you use a planter. And use 3/4 of potting soil and 1/4 of garden soil or cow manure with compost. Mix very well. Pot. And water every other day. I suggest in the evening. When trimming cut just above the leaf where you desire so you won't get harsh die back. I like to use Miracle-Gro Water Soluble every 7 days to 2 weeks. Depends how hot it is I won't use it as much. And every six months or so I top them with fresh soil and blend it in with the old soil. This has always worked for me.😊
My yearly tradition is to buy Climbing Golden Showers at Walmart each year, bare root, plant it, watch it start growing, and then watch it suddenly die for no obvious reason. I started this year's tradition this morning at Walmart, lol. I had Golden Showers for many years until it got rose rosette disease and died. Since then, I cannot get a new one to ever survive for some reason.
I've also had good luck with bag roses. Have to be more careful in zone 6 because most are grafted. Mr. Lincoln and Moonlight in Paris are on my watch-for list!
I bought 4 of them this year, my first try at roses. they're all dead. I think they were doomed from the moment I unwrapped them. the dirt they're packed in was hard and dried out as a rock. After knocking as much of that dirt off of them as I could, I soaked them for a couple hours, one showed some signs of life but it didn't last long. It might be a good idea if walmart didn't display them outside in the direct sunlight and heat. I'll try something else next year.
I bought many bare-root roses from Walmart last year, and most did not survive. I had better luck with the blooming roses in gallon containers. I was disappointed because they were such nice varieties - they just didn't make it.
Thank you for the great tour! Loved it! True Bloom are smaller for now since they are own root vs grafted plants and I think in the field probably one full growing season vs two. The roses just came into my Walmart this week and I’ve been enjoying buying several to expand my collection too.
Maybe you did something different than I did - when you got them home, how did you take care of them? I'd love to buy some and have them survive. They are such lovely varieties.
Rio samba is very pretty rose it's mixed colors, I have it as tree rose bought it almost a decade ago, when is Blooms is a super colorful all over like sunset, I have a gold medal, but wish I was in the home Depot didn't pass the moonlight in Paris, I saw in RU-vid everybody loves it whoever have it, o well maybe next year it's too late now
