{"id":2777,"date":"2019-05-18T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T07:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-567\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:33:19","slug":"on-overwintering-miniature-tea-roses","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-overwintering-miniature-tea-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"on overwintering miniature tea roses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do I need to take my miniature tea roses indoors for the winter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Your message doesn’t mention where you live, so I don’t know how cold
\nyour winters are. Bringing your roses into the house can be problematic,
\nbecause we tend to keep our homes too warm for the plant, which wants to
\ngo dormant in winter. A cold but sheltered spot may be a better choice.
\nIf you live in the Pacific Northwest, you can keep your roses outdoors
\nyear-round. Christine Allen’s Roses for the Pacific Northwest<\/em> (Steller
\nPress, 1999) says that miniature roses are extremely hardy, hardier than
\nmany larger roses. They can survive winter in an unprotected pot unless
\nthe soil freezes all the way through.<\/p>\n

The following information from New Mexico State University Extension<\/a> offers similar advice. Excerpt:<\/p>\n

“The miniature rose is often hardier than the common hybrid tea rose, so
\nit will survive but not bloom through the winter in most parts of New
\nMexico. It requires a cool, dormant period and will do poorly if brought
\nindoors where it will stay warm. I have also noticed that if it is
\nindoors during the winter, it is often attacked and even killed by spider
\nmites. Other insects also become a problem when plants are indoors.<\/p>\n

“You have several options. One is to leave it in its pot and keep it
\noutside in a protected location. Plants in pots are more subject to
\nfreezing during the winter because the soil in the pot can freeze
\ncompletely and drop to a lower temperature than soil in the ground unless
\nthe pot is kept in a protected location. Plants in the ground may have
\nthe soil freeze around the base of the plant, but the roots are often not
\nfrozen. A sunny location that allows daily warming and nightly freezing
\nof the soil in the pot is not good. You will also need to make sure that
\nthe soil in the pot does not dry completely during the winter. Roses need
\nsome moisture in the soil around their roots even in the winter. Soil in
\nflower pots dries more quickly than in the ground.<\/p>\n

“Another option is to plant the rose in the soil where the soil
\ntemperature will remain more moderate and the soil will dry slowly. It is
\nlate in the season for this, but it can be done. Don’t let it dry after
\nplanting, and by applying a layer of organic mulch (bark, straw, etc.)
\naround the base of the plant, you can help maintain moderate temperatures
\nand prevent sudden temperature changes in the root zone.<\/p>\n

“Finally, you can keep the rose in a protected, cool location, allowing it
\nto become dormant for several months, then prune it and bring it indoors
\nto begin blooming early in the spring. This allows it to have its winter
\nrest, but you can enjoy its flowering earlier than if it stayed outside.
\nReplanting in a large pot may be helpful to allow more root growth. A
\nminiature rose is called miniature not for the size of the plant but for
\nthe size of the flowers. Some miniature roses can become fairly large
\nplants and need a large root zone to support growth and flowering. That
\nis why planting outdoors may be the best choice in the long run, but
\nrepotting it allows a potentially useful compromise.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do I need to take my miniature tea roses indoors for the winter?   Your message doesn’t mention where you live, so I don’t know how cold your winters are. Bringing your roses into the house can be problematic, because we tend to keep our homes too warm for the plant, which wants to go dormant in winter. A cold but sheltered spot may be a better choice. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you can keep your roses…<\/p>\n

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