Spring is almost officially here, but in my neck of the woods, everything is coming to life outside! The trees are budding, the grass is growing, and my roses are starting to come to life too!
Roses are one of my favorite plants to grow and they have the prettiest blooms. The very first thing I did in my house was plant four roses bushes. Two climbing roses in the backyard complete with DIY trellis, and also two hybrid tea roses in the front. Sadly, one of the hybrid tea roses died last spring when we had a month of flooding. All the others are thriving at two years old and doing well.
One thing I wanted to add next to my array of potted flowers, was some mini roses. They are so cute and cheerful!
Patio gardening, or container gardening, is still my favorite type of flower garden to have. I love how I can control the weather they receive, the sunlight, the wind, etc. In Texas, this is a huge deal because not all flowers do well in a harsh climate.
I am a really big advocate that anyone can enjoy a garden, even if you live in an apartment, you can still have a little flower garden of your own. I had one for seven years until we moved into our house two years ago!
Last spring I did an easy tip series for my favorite potted plants including how to pot them the right way!
You can catch up on those here with my geranium, hibiscus, and mum guides.
I also shared some important tips for my fellow rose growers. Now, I am here to share with you the easiest tips and planting guide for mini roses.
After reading this, I hope you will go out and buy one! They are really easy to grow and fairly hardy too!
Disclaimer:: These are my personal tips that I have used and know work. Many gardening tips depend on your climate and the time of year. These are general guides to help anyone enjoy beautiful flowers! My plant knowledge comes from being a chemist & taking horticulture in college. Let me know if you have any questions!
Complete guide on how to pot a mini rose bush! (up next, mini rose care)
One. First, make sure to use a pot that is at least double the size of the one you bought it in. This will allow the roots to really take off and prevent rot (roses do NOT do well with wet roots).
Two. Add some airy, drainage options to the pot. I always go with a biodegradable mixture of wood chips and/or pebbles or rocks. I try to keep the first 3 inches like this to really allow for good drainage.
Add a couple of inches (or more depending on your pot size) of rich, potting soil. You can definitely buy some at the store, or you can create your own if you have soil. I use a mixture of store bought soil and my own mixture of soil. I add ash, egg shells and other nutrients to create my own (more on that later). Store bought it just fine though!
Three. Now place your mini rose bush on the soil and make sure that the top of the plant is down far enough to add soil all around it. At this point, I like to dampen the soil that is in the pot to get rid of any air bubbles.
Four. Add potting soil all around the bush until there is a thin layer over the top of the rose bush roots.
Five. Water and feeding the rose are the last step. You can to water the soil well, until it is wet, but not completely drenched (soggy roots on a rose will kill it fairly quick!). I use rose feeding granules to add to the top of the soil. These will continue to feed the soil for many weeks and it is harder to over fertilize with this method.
If you decide to use liquid feeder, just make sure not to over fertilize. It will scorch the plant! (there are some pretty intense chemicals in fertilizer, so you never want to overdo it!).
Now, make sure you place the pot in a good place that gets some great sunlight. Once summer comes, definitely makes sure it also has afternoon shade.
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The next step in this series will be how you need to continue to care for it. Come back next week for my easy tips on potted mini roses! Follow on snapchat:: alexisroch.
Enjoy!!
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Love this series since I’m going to give gardening a try in a few weeks!!
Christina :: Simple and Delish
Thanks Christina! I have some fun posts coming soon for spring/summer planting that you will love!!
Great tips, I have one I bought a year ago and it wintered in my greenhouse and now it needs re-potting.
Thanks for sharing on the #OMHGWW this week!
Hope you enjoy your spring!
That is so awesome you have a greenhouse! That is the best way to keep plants through the winter 🙂 Have a good spring!
We are going to try a different kind of planting in the greenhouse this year, with new bags of soil, laid on shelves, cut open, water and plant things like Micro-Greens, fast growing and great to eat! Not to mention time saving and super easy. I saw it done on a video last year.
Enjoy your day!
That sounds awesome! I would love to know how it works out for you! We have always wanted one!
Mini roses sound so cute! I have never attempted to grow roses. I can’t wait to see how yours turn out!
They are really cute! I am super sad to say this cute little bush was just destroyed by a tornado the hit our house…but I plan on planting another one ASAP!
Would love to try some mini roses! I have the opposite of a green thumb, so this is great <3
Green Fashionista
These are so easy to grow! Even with a non-green thumb :)!!!
Hi Alexis… I cannot grow a mini rose bush – I’ve tried several times. My current one is indoors, but it’s not faring well – looks like some silvery coating on the leaves… I’m going to move it outdoors and follow your tips and see if I can do better! I think it’s getting too much water. Crossing fingers…
I don’t have much luck with the inside either. They do much better outside! I bet you will have better luck with it outside! I think it is the water factor, they get root rot so fast in the inside air.
Thanks for the tips, I have a small mini rose bush, it almost dies every winter but comes back in the summer. There seems to be little flying bugs that like to hang out in it and make like a web on the stems.
I have seen bugs like that occasionally on my roses too! I spray an organic bug spray from time to time on mine and it takes care of them pretty good! I will share some info on that for the part two section!! 🙂
I am going to follow these tips as no matter what I did before I couldn’t keep them alive – thanks for sharing with Pin worthy Wednesday Alexis
I hope this will help you! I will be sharing some easy care tips soon on these as well!
With spring on us I cant wait to get my back garden in bloom again, I dont normally pot plants yet I have got some ideas now. So thanks for some tips here 🙂
I can’t wait either. That is the best feeling after winter…getting back into the yard and making it pretty again 🙂
Great tips! Thank you for linking up with us @ #HomeMattersParty .We would love to have you again next week.
Thanks so much 🙂
How do you care for winter? Do you cove with a cone or leave it alone.
I usually bring them into garage during the winter and they do okay