Winter care for roses in containers?

Hi all (this is a brilliant forum)

I am growing some roses in large Sankey plastic tubs, should I 'lag' the tubs over winter with bubblewrap or something? The tubs are standing on my patio.

Val

 

Hi Gemini, I would do as advised by Woo, with only the addition of bringing the planters up against a wall to keep the worst of the frost off them. You can wrap the planters if you wish but I don't think it is necessary.

 

Can I use the straw like what they sell in the pet shop?

Val

 

With patio pots with roses I always put them up against a south facing wall and put some small wooden blocks under them. I think just as the patio heats up in the summer it will transfer the low temperatures through the base of the pots in the winter. I put bubblewrap round the pots. Whether it helps or not I don't know "but I feel better for it."
On rhodos and our olive, lemon and orange trees last year, I used "plant cosies" too. Other pots go in the shed.