I grow in containers on vacation because the rocks there eat up any soil I put down. So I grow in containers.
Containers or at least a raised bed may help.
Not only water filters away in sand. FOOD/nutrients do too, and roses are heavy feeders! Too much nitrogen (first number) makes for bushiness and fewer flowers. Not enough phosphate slows blooms too(middle number).
I can't grow roses here because I don't have much sun.
So maybe some rose growers will show up here.
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