By Beckonscot
United Kingdom 
I ordered on line 2 climbing roses. I sent an e-mail saying
I wished them to be delivered around 20th April.
Unfortunately this e-mail didn`t get to the seller in time and they arrived this week! As instructed I have put them in our garage which is cool and dry, but I am not sure whether I should still keep them in the plastic bag.
What do you advice ?
Betty of Beckonscot
2 Apr, 2015
Answers
They should be getting light. Keeping them in a garage is depriving the rose of food. If these are late bare root plants put the roots into a bucket of water first and leave for 2 - 3 hours before planting out. Then plant them out and give the soil a thorough watering.
2 Apr, 2015
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If these are bare root, I'm not surprised they delivered now - good suppliers don't send out bare root plants past the end of March max.
Is there a reason you can't plant them out immediately?
2 Apr, 2015