Gardening

but
the last 2 winters have brought weeks at a time of below freezing temps. So I have had to protect my roses. I put an empty bucket over them.
Weather is too unpredictable of late.
It is not the expense of the rose so much that I hate losing, it is the loss of time if I had to replace it, since it takes a year or 2 for them to become fully productive.

btw...this year I got David Austin's "Tamora". Very strong "tropical" fragrance, they call it. I call it "fruity" with citrus notes. It is a good container rose, I have it on the back deck. Beautiful to look at.