I find a love of Roses...

I must say i have always loved roses. Something about them just is just awsome. So perfect. My mum and i never had a car and walked everywhere. Every summer mum stops to smell all the Roses. I would smell them too. The scent and the softness of them against your nose. Always reminds me of summer. They are gorgeous.
When it came to what plants i wanted to grow it had to be roses( amongst a few others). On valentines day i got a pot with three crimson miniature rose bushes. Id heard from my mum they usually die. Being a spcecial present from my beloved and so adorable, i set about making sure i kept them alive. I potted them on and they seem happy. They keep flowering and they survived all that time outside. Since then i have just been wanting to grow roses.
I kept seeing pots of miniatures in the fiveways fruits. I got a few different colors. Some are different types. I started reading about them on the internet and found some great advice on giving grocery shop roses a better chance. They need more space as there can be up to four plants i a 10cm pot. You need to cut of any open flowers first.
1. soak the pot in water. gently remove the plant from pot taking care at all times not to break the roots. (check they haven't grown through the pot so you dont rip any when removing from the pot)
2.when you have the plant out soak in a bucket or something full of water. Leave for 20 min. Hold the plant by the base and swish it around gently in the water to remove the soil. Keep repeating this until all the soil is removed from the roots.
3. gently tease the roots apart. it is very important to keep all the white hairy roots intact.
4. mix potting compost with sharp sand if you have it. about 20%sand. or just pot in compost.

There you have it! I actually did this myself and now have four times as many plants. I have some to do. The plants fill out much more with the added space. The ones i've done are doing great.