When is it safe to plant roses?
There’s alway a risk of a freeze in NC as late as March, so it’s safest to wait until mid April. I’ve heard some people suggest May is even better, but in recent years things have tended to be warm enough that mid April is probably fine. Some more info: When to plant roses may depend upon whether you buy bareroot dormant bushes or potted plants that are already growing and sometimes even in bloom. Plant dormant bushes early, before trees and shrubs leaf out in the spring or at least by early May. Do not plant growing potted roses that were started in a greenhouse until danger of severe frost is past, that is, late May or early June. When planting dormant, bareroot roses, trim the broken ends of the roots to provide a nice clean cut. Preserve as much of the root system as possible. How you plant roses is vitally important for winter survival. Dig a hole large enough to hold the entire root system of either potted or bareroot plants without crowding, and deep enough so that the graft (a
