Rose 'Bella'roma' Hybrid Tea

Genus	Rosa
Variety	'Bella'roma'
PPAF	PP#15075
Bloom Season	Early Summer - Late Summer
Habit	Upright
Zone	5 - 9
Plant Height	4 ft - 5 ft
Plant Width	4 ft
Bloom Size	4 in - 5 in
StemLength	16 in - 18 in
Additional Characteristics	Award Winner, Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Double Bloom, Fragrance, Needs Deadheading
Bloom Color	Pink, Yellow
Bud Shape	Ovoid, Pointed
Foliage Color	Dark Green, Glossy
Fragrance	Antique Rose, Strong
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Moisture Requirements	Moist,  well-drained
Season Of Interest	Summer
Soil Tolerance	Normal,  loamy
Uses	Border, Cut Flowers
Restrictions	CAN, PR

Have you browsed through your favorite gardening catalog or website looking for the newest roses to plant in your garden and wondered whether it would be best to choose bareroot roses or those in nursery pots? Or does it matter? If you’re like most rose gardeners, this question has come up at one point or another. And we want to help you find the answer as to what’s the best for you and your garden.

Bareroot roses are an inexpensive and easy option for early-season planting. In fact, late winter is the best time to plant. Bareroot roses are two-year, fully established plants that meet the highest industry standards. They arrive dormant, which makes them ideal for planting. The roots get to acclimate to native soil, as opposed to the packaged soil. And of course, since they aren’t in soil when you get them, there’s no mess to contend with.

Bareroot roses may look dead, with their brown roots and dormant stem, but plants that arrive this way actually have the advantage of being able to focus their energies on strong root development rather than having to support an extensive growth of leaves during planting, which is very stressful.

You can plant your bareroot roses earlier in the growing season as well, since there aren’t any leaves to get nipped back by frost. They can typically be planted as early as six weeks before your area’s last frost date in the spring and no later than two weeks after that average date. Since they don’t have to provide water to leaves or flowers, they usually establish faster than those that arrive in containers.

Container roses should typically be planted in late spring. They’re easy to plant (all you need is a trowel), and they provide instant gratification, as they aren’t dormant and will have buds within a few short weeks, if they don’t when they arrive. They’re also perfect for transplanting into decorative containers and make an attractive gift.

Container roses are usually nicely leafed out, and may even have flowers on them, which is a great way for you to know when you purchase them what they’re going to look and smell like. The downside of this is that the plants have to focus some of their energy on sustaining the blooms, rather than being able to focus it all on root development.

As you can see, there are advantages and disadvantages to both bareroot or container roses, but whichever you decide is the best for your garden, we feel certain you’ll become a lifelong rose lover, if you aren’t already!