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Potted roses, a helpful alternative

Potted roses are helpful alternatives for city residents, and those who live iin a condo or an apartment.  Actually, potted roses can benefit anyone who has a spot on their lawn, garden or porch for the beauty only a rose can provide.

It wasn't long ago when no serious rosarian would even consider having a potted rose. There might have been rare exceptions for a temporary solution when they had run out of space but couldn't resist buying just one more plant. Times have changed, of course.  Whether you live in a small place in Boston or in a rambling farmhouse in rural Vermont, you may find good reasons to use potted roses.

Remember that not every type of rose is a good candidates for growing in pots. These varieties have been found to do better than most.

  • All that Jazz
  • Ballerina
  • Blush Noisette
  • Bonica
  • Cecile Brunner
  • Clotilde Soupert
  • Green Rose
  • Gruss an Aachen
  • Hannah Gordon
  • Hermosa
  • Katharina Zeimet
  • Mrs. Oakley Fisher
  • Peace
  • Perfume Delight
  • Precious Platinum
  • Sea Foam
  • Sexy Rexy
  • Souvenir de la Malmaison
  • Stanwell Perpetual
  • The Fairy
  • Valentine
  • Whiskey Mac

Feel free to try any variety that you want, even climbers. See how they make out.  Even if your experiment doesn't work out perfectly, have fun trying.

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