How To Cultivate Roses In A Pot?

Growing patio roses in containers is a simple and easy way to add beautiful flowers to your yard and home. To grow compact roses, plant them in an 18-inch deep pot with drainage holes, line the bottom inch with gravel, and fill the pot with loam-based compost like John Innes No. 2 or 3. Water regularly and feed with a general liquid fertiliser. Even on small balconies or windowsills, growing roses in pots is possible with the right varieties and care.

To start your potted rose garden, choose the right container, such as pots, window boxes, or hanging baskets. Choose a large pot that is suitable for your plant, as miniatures may fit in a 12-inch container, but most full-sized roses need larger pots.

To grow beautiful potted roses, follow these steps: choose the right soil, provide plenty of sun, water often, fertilize correctly, prune as needed, and overwinter properly. A large, tall pot is recommended, and potted roses can be planted all year round.

The best roses for growing in containers are patio and miniature types, which can be grown in small but deep pots 23-35cm (9-14in) deep. Smaller roses can be grown in 10 or 15-liter pots, but it’s important to remember that the smaller the amount of compost available, the better. When planting roses in a pot, mix John Innes No. 3 and multipurpose compost together before filling the pot. Use loam-based composts for long-term containers, keep on top of watering, especially in summer, and raise pots up onto bricks or pot supports.


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  • I have some roses that are well over 30 years old in the ground, and I am planning to have my backyard relandscaped. I don’t want to get rid of them, so I decided to take some cuttings from my three favorite bushes. The cuttings are doing well, and I plan on planting those cuttings in containers. I wasn’t sure if roses grow well in containers, but after perusal this, I now know.

  • Great article—I have many of your roses & while you are at the upper end price-wise, your roses are in the best condition of any company I’ve ordered from so far. I sometimes plant in the fiber pots so if I put them in the ground it will be a bit easier; I set the fiber pot into a larger pot WITH drainage (VERY important, as the fiber will start to mold sitting in water or even dampness). I think the fiber pot allows evaporation so the roots don’t roast, whereas plastic pots do not. What I really need advice on is the maintenance of potted roses. Should I replace the soil after 2-3 years? I agree that liquid fertilizer is best, but when & should I vary between high N for leaves & a bloom fertilizer, or just stick with a balanced one? It seems to me that the potted roses are less able to handle cold temps (zone 8b, so not too much below freezing). Thanks for being my go-to rose grower.

  • I so glad yall exist and have this website. I ordered some roses from yall about a week ago and as a total newbie i felt i had taken on a task well beyond my scope with roses. Coming across these articles has me feeling condifent and like a pro only after consuming a couple hours of info directly form the place i got my roses. I love this. thanks. edit: as confident as im feeling i still gotta ask. I have a raised bed container im going to put these in that has a to volume of 1 cubic yard. The bed is L 63″ x W 23″ by H 30″. with those 63 inches would planting 4 different roses be too cramped? edit2:the roses i got were – Black Ice, Midnight Blue, Capitaine John Ingram, and Oklahoma.

  • I worry about the roses getting root bound after 1-2 years in the pot. I read somewhere that grow bags help solve this problem because of air pruning of the roots. As a result, smaller size grow bags, like a 10 gallon one, is good enough to grow most type of roses – big or small. Do you think it will be a good idea to use 10 gallon grow bag in side 12-14 gallon pot ( to leave some air space between the grow bag and the pot ) for growing heirloom roses ?

  • HI!!! I just noticed my regular ol rose I bought at Home Depot is covered in lantern fly nymphs. It hasn’t been looking too happy .. is this why?! I have 4 roses from you guys coming at the end of the month and I’m panicking! What do I do to keep them off my brand new heirloom roses I have coming?! HELP!!!! (Thank you in advance!). They will be in big containers..

  • Hi, i have ordered four roses from you this year, planted in ground already. I just ordered another four, two of them will be planted in pot. I have two questions, 1st one, you mentioned the size of pot should be 2’x2’, (I checked my local HD and Lowe’s, it’s hard to find such big one) but in the article, your pot seems smaller that that, is it? 2nd, could you please specify the fertilizer you used in the article? Also, for in ground planting and container planting, can we use same fertilizer? Thanks.

  • I have three Golden Celebrations planted in half barrels and they’re growing great, but they have yet to produce any flowers. It’s the second year and I use fish fertilizer every four weeks (during growing season). Should I try a bloom fertilizer? Any ideas as to why they don’t want to flower? Thanks!

  • You have rose blooms in your article! I ordered six from you thus far Julia’s rose Francis Meilland Wedding garland Pretty in pink Eden climber Eden climber Crown princess Margareta I plan on getting Bathsheba and Princess Alexandra of Kent the moment they’re available. I mean the very instant. I’m looking at which ones do well in pots because I’m absolutely unsure about where I want them to be permanently. Kinda just ordered what I thought was pretty. Most of them are climbers so I’m going to have a really really interesting time sorting where they’re going to go.

  • I use 38l pots. Good quality soil filled with lots of leaves and fruit/veggie waste from the garden. Adding earthworms in the pots. That’s the best slow release fertilizer out there. Good to water the roses from time to time with chicken poo and stinky nettle liquid. I’m having roses to eat the flowers or/and make a tea out of them. If anybody plants them just for decoration then yeah all this that I wrote doesn’t make sense. Just go chemical from the store

  • The plant is too deep into the pot. You buy a big pot, and then lose about 20% of the space because you’re planting too deep. A little below the line of the pot, OK. There’s nothing gained by going so deep, and you either lose area the roots can grow in, or you got a bigger pot than you needed because where your soil is, it’s probably two or three inches smaller than the top lip. If I understood, which I can’t after gardening for 55 years, what you gained by being so deep, it would make more sense. Your reason was really poor and made no sense. Unless you are planning to put fish in there with them, and they need some room to swim.