You would love to have fresh roses in your vase all the time but with the price for a dozen roses these days forget about it. It's cost prohibitive that's what it is, it's cost prohibitive.
Well here's a great solution: grow them in your garden. Hey wait, don't run away it's easy. Sure there's a slight downside to it. You have to go out into the elements sometimes when it's not so nice out. You have to do a lot of bending and stooping which can be hard on your back. But you can kneel rather then bend that way you will be saving your back. Sure you will be kneeling in the dirt and it's going to mess up your pants but that's easy you can just throw them in the wash. You will get a little dirt and mud on your nice shoes and then track the dirt into your house but hey aren't roses worth it? Oh and there's the bugs and diseases that rose plants get that you will need to deal with but that's only once and a while. Of course you will have to dig some deep holes when you plant your new rose plants but that just a one time thing (for each plant of course). And of course there's...
"Oh forget about it who needs all the problems I'll just go without," you say. But you don't want to "go without." You want to put them in vases and add some elegance to your house. Well then how about growing roses in pots? Think about it, no bending or kneeling on the dirty ground, no messing up your nice shoes and your house and no digging big holes in the ground.
You start off real easy with just 2 rose plants and 2 clay pots. This is just to test the water to see if it's for you or not. If you're really unsure about it just get one plant/pot but I'm sure you can handle 2 that way it will still be very easy and you will get twice the amount of roses.
"But I don't know anything about growing roses," you say. Yes that can put a big stop on everything because growing roses in pots is highly technical and you really have to know what you are doing.
Here's what you do, now take notes because this is about to get very complicated. Number 1) go to the nursery and buy a potted rose. 2) bring the potted plant home and place it where you want it and 3) add water.
Period. That's all there is to it. Piece of cake. Later on when your flowers get old and start going down hill you clip them off (which you would figure out on your own) this will stimulate the production of new roses. But I said you have to buy the pots. Yes you have up to a year to do that until then the pot it came in will suffice. When you get around to it buy a big clay pot for your rose plant to grow into. Buy some potting soil which is "dirt" cheap (ha). But it really is dirt cheap (you are after all buying dirt) but it really is good healthy dirt for you plant.
You place the potting soil in your new clay pot and clear away a hole for your rose plant to fit into. Carefully take your plant out of its old pot and place it into its new home.
That's all there is to growing roses in pots and your rose plants will be producing many roses for many years and at practically no cost to you which is very nice when you compare it to the price you would be paying for a dozen roses elsewhere. And your plants will be producing dozens and dozens for you over the years.
If you are a rose lover this is a no brainer you can go out right now and be back in an hour with a couple of plants and have them producing beautiful roses for you. Go ahead you need to get out of the house anyway at least go take a look at what's available out there. It'll be fun.
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