Some varieties simply don't react well to refrigeration. Did you cut/regrigerate your JJs while they were still in bud, or were they already open? Sometimes that makes a difference. The actual temp of the refrigeration is also an important factor.

One other rose I can think of that doesn't refrigerate well is 'Anne Morrow Lindbergh'. In her case, the delicate coloration just doesn't hold up.

If you have lots of fresh fruits and veggies in the fridge your roses will not last as long. The gasses released by ripening fruits and veg accelerates ripening and deterioration in them and any other green material.

Thank you both for replying. I do have blueberries, but in a container and that's about it. The frig temp is as usual... as in done this before with, I assume, same temp. The blooms were all open. I cut them under warm tap water and then into room temp water, and into frig. It's always worked in the past. Some look more like Peonies Oh well, I love peonies and can't grow here, so I'll see the vase half full:>). Still, it's Mystery.

What greenhaven said -- blueberries (and many other fruits including apples) do produce ethylene gas that is death to roses in a fridge. Eat the blueberries, air out the fridge and then put another bloom in the fridge sans fruit and see if there is a difference.

Kathy

I often misbehave in the fridge, but it's due entirely to ice cream. ;^)

I knew about apples, did not know that blueberries have the same effect. Great info!

Hoovb, har har! Ice cream! :o)