It's got really nice coloring! Are you going to try it again in Wyoming?

I wasn't going to but now I am reconsidering, my next door neighbor has a lovely healthy Mr Lincoln rose which is advertised as suitable for zone 6 in local nurseries so I am wondering if our very sunny yard (most of the town is in the midst of pine forest so shady all day) is a microclimate that is a zone milder than the rest of town? I am relatively new to this zone business, I grew up in New Zealand where pretty much anything grew year round.

That is quite a difference in climate! Sometimes if you can plant things up close to the house it helps it stay a little warmer in the winter. You probably will need to plant your roses deep, if they are grafted, to protect the graft from the icy winds you get there. At least snow will help with insulating them.

Thanks! How deep is too deep to plant them? Most of my roses are own root but I have a couple that are grafted. I planted them so that where the main branches come off the stem is about level with the soil. Do you think that is enough?

Wow Susan that is magnificent! I would love to see what it looks like when all those buds open up!

Well thank you but once those others opened up the other ones were already done. And at this point all the flowers are over and done this picture is from I want to say May I think. So now I’m anxiously awaiting new Bud growth and more roses. It’s such a beautiful rosebush

Im thinking they used to recommend burying the graft 6 inches for zone 4. You might want to start a thread and double check if that is still the recommendation. Its been a long time since I lived in zn 4 lol and I dont want to give you bad advice.