Two weeks ago, I was given a lovely miniature rose bush, covered with deep pink buds. Those buds have not changed in the slightest since I received the plant. What is going on? (And, no, it is NOT a fake rose bush.) Is it ever going to bloom like a regular full-size rose?
All too often , ‘gift’ mini-roses have a plastic and/or foil liner around the pot inside the decorative basket (as seen in many grocery stores, etc) and are more often than not waterlogged with roots already dead from the ‘rot’. Happened to my Mom-in-law just this past Mom’s Day unfortunately as wife bought it and I ignorantly did not think to check for water excess. Unknowingly to us, plant was dead already (rotted roots, per se) but appeared OK for a few days after purchase. Stalks were green with many buds/flowers, but never did anything but turn brown over the next week or so.
But, in general, mini-roses bloom rather well in right growing/watering situations, IME. I’ve had/repotted plenty of 'em. Just make sure that the plant is able to drain water easily. IME, mini’s would rather be drier than wetter, if that makes sense.
Just a hunch is all - I may be way off the mark here.
All my miniature rosebushes have bloomed, they are surprisingly hardy.
My wife replants them outside and they bloom year after year, even surviving Ottawa winters.
Yeah, they bloom if you get a good starter plant. The ones sold at the big box stores are almost always dead plants blooming.
A cutting from someone with a healthy plant is the most reliable way to go.
According to your description, I’d say you have a particular strain of rare rose, Rosacia Minihaha, and are they a mischievious bunch! Chances are that your rose IS blooming, every day - perhaps several times each day - but only when you are not looking. As soon as you exit the room they burst forth in a veritable explosion of fantastic color, only to close tightly when they sense a they are about to be spotted. Labratory tests prove that not even cameras can catch these pink petalled imps, so don’t even try. In fact, the only known way to catch the little boogers in bloom is to set the pot in front of a large screen (60" minimum) high definition liquid crystal (plasma is too reflective) television tuned to a non-stop, commercial free marathon of every flora documentary ever recorded. In time the plant will become so enthralled by it’s place in the grand splendor of nature that it will momentarily forget it’s surroundings and, in a fit of joy, bloom. It will then become embarassed, blush deeply, and act like a regular rose for the remainder of it’s lifespan. Please note, this process can take up to 60 days and must be begun anew shoud there be ANY interruption in programming.
Fact.
At one point, my wife was given a mini rose bush in a little (non-draining) ceramic decorative pot. Sure enough, it apparently died completely dead because of waterlogging.
We just tossed the thing out alongside the house. Kept the pot; it was still pretty.
That was two years ago. Now we have a climbing rosevine about 5 feet tall coming up along an old cucumber trellis I stored there, and I think it has blossom buds. The pretty little ceramic pot? Cat knocked it to the floor, so its shards went into the trash.
Quite surprising, these things.
Maybe you have poor soil ,you could trying getting plant food or have your soil tested . We have miniature roses bushes the had beautiful flowers and we have very long cold winters .
The miniatures bloom. But they seldom have any fragrance to speak of.
Sounds like one at my house. The previous owners had planted it in the front yard (pot and all! who does that?), but it kept trying to climb everything where they put it, so I moved it. Then I moved it again. In the third location, the vines kept trying to grow between the slats of siding on my house, so I dug it up and tossed it out.
The end result: I now have three rose vines. No matter how much I dig, every year there is a new piece of root launching a new vine.
Thanks for all your responses (Doctor Jackson, do you write sci-fi novels, by chance?). I repotted my little rose bushes (turns out there were three in one pot) and have not overwatered them. All the buds shriveled up and died but there is plenty of lovely bright green new growth so it looks like they will survive! I don’t know if they will bloom again this season but there’s always next year. Thanks for the guidance and encouragement. 