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Author miniature rose (& thanks re mini-tiller feedback)
TLR

2005-11-12, 6:21 pm

Thanks to all for the feedback on the mini tiller - I tried to post a thank
you right afterwards, but Outlook Express crashed twice and the third time
my post never showed on the newsgroup, so I gave up.

I received a miniature rose plant as a gift last spring, transplanted it to
a bigger container, and have kept it outside on the patio ever since. Thanks
to regular watering and fertilizer, it has grown to about 2x2ft and is
blooming well.

However - I'd prefer to move it into the yard. Does anyone know whether
these plants can successfully be transplanted outside in Central Texas?

Teri
Cedar Park, TX






TLR

2005-11-12, 7:21 pm

I should have added that this is one of those unknown 'grocery store'
varieties- not something purchased from a garden center and meant for the
outdoors. That's why I was wondering if anyone in Central Texas had tried
planting theirs outside and what their experience was.

Teri
Cedar Park, TX


"TLR" <TLR_AustinTX@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:FLtdf.11006$BZ5.7515@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> I received a miniature rose plant as a gift last spring, transplanted it

to
> a bigger container, and have kept it outside on the patio ever since.

Thanks
> to regular watering and fertilizer, it has grown to about 2x2ft and is
> blooming well.> > However - I'd prefer to move it into the yard. Does

anyone know whether
> these plants can successfully be transplanted outside in Central Texas?>



Cindy

2005-11-12, 7:21 pm


> I received a miniature rose plant as a gift last spring, transplanted
> it to a bigger container, and have kept it outside on the patio ever
> since. Thanks to regular watering and fertilizer, it has grown to
> about 2x2ft and is blooming well.
>
> However - I'd prefer to move it into the yard. Does anyone know
> whether these plants can successfully be transplanted outside in
> Central Texas?
>
> Teri
> Cedar Park, TX


Sure. Roses are roses. They're hardy much farther north. I don't know for
sure if all varieties bred for pot culture are good outside (like some
hybrid teas are so tender they're hardly worth growing except the flowers
are so beautiful, if you can get any past the bugs and diseases,) but I've
grown minis in Montana in sheltered areas. I'm sure whoever moved into my
house when I left killed them, but it can be done.

Cindy


Cindy

2005-11-12, 7:21 pm

TLR wrote:
> I should have added that this is one of those unknown 'grocery store'
> varieties- not something purchased from a garden center and meant for
> the outdoors. That's why I was wondering if anyone in Central Texas
> had tried planting theirs outside and what their experience was.
>
> Teri
> Cedar Park, TX


So I didn't really answer your question, huh....
;)
Well, if you baby it like you did in the pot and protect it in the winter,
it *probably* will be okay, but maybe somebody who's tried it will answer.
Good luck.

Cindy


Gribbee

2005-11-12, 9:21 pm

Cindy wrote:
> TLR wrote:
>
>
>
> So I didn't really answer your question, huh....
> ;)
> Well, if you baby it like you did in the pot and protect it in the winter,
> it *probably* will be okay, but maybe somebody who's tried it will answer.
> Good luck.
>
> Cindy
>
>

I planted one outside, it did well with no attention for a few years,
dug it up and moved it where it did fine a couple more years. It croaked
this last summer though.
Dewitt

2005-11-13, 9:21 pm

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:10:45 GMT, "TLR" <TLR_AustinTX@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>However - I'd prefer to move it into the yard. Does anyone know whether
>these plants can successfully be transplanted outside in Central Texas?


Absolutely, however many miniature roses aren't as resistant to black
spot as I'd like. I refuse to spray fungicide anymore. . .
Temperature wise, they'll do just fine.

deg
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