For the past seven years I have been growing my roses in plastic containers in a soil less medium. I describe my reasons for growing roses in an article entitled Are Rose Bushes Like Vintage Wine? at http://www.mainerosesociety.com/VW.html. I now have approximately 140 bushes growing in ten and twenty gallon plastic containers. I started with five containers because I wanted to grow some roses in a certain location but did not want to winter them over in that location. With the plants in containers, I could move them to wherever I wanted them. The results the first year were so encouraging that it fostered my interest in growing roses in plastic containers in earnest. I had four or five bushes growing in soil in wooden containers for about a dozen years before and they did not grow any better and sometimes grew worse than the bushes growing in the ground.
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Floribunda rose: Nicole growing in 20 gallon container. Has been in container for six years.
Marijke Koopman -- HT
Playboy -- Fl
Marijki Koopman -- HT
White rose in front: Tineke -- HT
Left to Right Liebeszauber -- red HT Margarent Merrill -- White Fl Midas Touch -- Yellow HT
Left to Right Playgirl -- Fl (on own roots, three years in container) Brigadoon -- HT (two years in container) Playboy -- Fl (five years in container) Playboy -- Fl (five years in container)
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