Help! I can't plant my bare root roses?
Whilst the ideal is to get them planted ASAP, its not always possible.
Good news. Your new bare root rose is dormant between late autumn and early spring. So whilst it's 'sleeping' there are two great ways of storing your roses depending on when you can plant them.
Option one is very temporary (two weeks or so) and the other being for holding them a fair bit longer (more than 2 weeks). So with the ground frozen solid, holidays or you simply don't have the time right, what ever the reason we have a term solution to keeping your roses alive.
You can plant them in the next 2 weeks
Super! The roots need to be wrapped in a paper bag, with a plastic bag over the paper bag. Then put in a cold but not freezing shed or garage. Its important they stay cold. The plant expects to be damp and cold at this time of year. You are looking to mimic the same conditions but without the frost.
If you need to hold off planting them a bit longer. Heel them in!
'Heeling them in,' is planting them temporarily. Its loosely burying them in a trench at a 45 degree angle. In a wheelbarrow or bucket.
The 45 degree angle is important. Its a very visual reminder to you that as soon as possible they need to be planted properly.
When 'heeled in' to a bucket or wheelbarrow, move in to a frost free environment but still cold environment, such as a shed or garage.
Plant your roses in their forever home as soon as you can.
