Do not overwinter roses indoors during winter
For the small experience of plant cultivation about not overwintering roses indoors during winter, please see the detailed introduction below.
Do not overwinter roses indoors during winter
What is worth emphasizing about the shrub roses is their continuous blooming feature. Roses, also known as "monthly red," can bloom every month, and you can almost see their graceful figures every month if the climate is suitable. This enduring blooming feature is especially precious when applied in gardens.
When you get to know her better, it is definitely not enough to have just one or two roses at home. There are over 20,000 varieties worldwide, offering a wide range of choices. Now, horticulture enthusiasts are gradually turning their attention to excellent foreign rose varieties, and domestic companies are also beginning to introduce new and superior foreign rose varieties to meet the expanding market demand.
Imported roses are generally seedling rootstock grafting, with good plant growth and excellent ornamental effects. Roses from formal foreign nurseries come with detailed variety information, and the bare-root seedlings exported are strictly inspected for plant quarantine, free from diseases and pests, and planted using soil-free media. In comparison, domestic roses are generally cutting or branch grafting, with few variety tags, resulting in a chaotic variety situation, and many seedlings' quality is hard to guarantee, with more use of ground planting or mud pots. Internationally, there are some representative rose varieties cultivated by Japan, France, Germany, and the UK, such as Japan's Kew Moon Rose Company, France's Meilan Rose Company, Germany's Kordes Rose Company, the UK's Austin Rose Company, and Peter Beales Rose Company, etc. These companies cultivate a variety of roses that are excellent in terms of color, health, adaptability, disease resistance, and blooming, each with a unique style.
From mid to late December, shrub roses successively enter the dormant period. Most plants begin to shed leaves. At this time, a severe pruning should be performed, cutting off all branches above 15-20 centimeters, and removing withered, diseased, weak, inner, crossed, and overlapping branches, so that the pruned rose plant takes on a bowl-shaped posture that opens up in all directions, which is beneficial for its growth and development in the following spring. It also keeps the plant at a moderate height with relaxed branches and a beautiful shape.
In winter, people often move rose flowers indoors for overwintering, but this is not suitable. The reason is that at normal indoor temperatures, the plants cannot get sufficient rest. With slightly higher indoor temperatures, they will sprout and produce branches. Due to insufficient light and temperature for normal growth, the branches become thin and the leaves small, wasting the nutrients stored in the branches and severely affecting the blooming quality the following year. Once moved outdoors after spring, they are prone to death. Therefore, potted roses should not be brought indoors for overwintering. If conditions allow, such as having a flower bed downstairs, you can bury the pot in the sheltered flower bed in early winter, water it thoroughly once, and cover the pot surface with fallen leaves and weeds. If there is no condition to bury it in the ground, you can also prune and place it in a corner of the balcony for overwintering. To increase the humidity of the potting soil, you can cover the roots with a layer of fallen leaves or straw for root protection. About once every two weeks, water it at noon to prevent the pot from becoming too dry and damaging the plant roots.
The comprehensive knowledge on not overwintering roses indoors during winter provided above is hoped to be of help to you.