[Rose-list] Zepherine Droughn Roses

**"* M* <l*@netnitco.net>**

Pardon my spelling..

Anyway, just received 5 ZD bare root roses.  I ordered these before I had
planned where to put them ( on sale at J& P  5 for 24.95) .  Now they're
here
so I need to get them in the ground ASAP and need some advice.

I live in NW Indiana-Zone 5.  I have CLAY soil that I could make flower pots
from.  About 2/3 of my lot is heavily wooded-various oaks, shagbark hickory,
wild cherry and hawthorn understory.   I have an oval area in the woods that
I formerly used for my compost area,  and now use to root shrub cuttings,
etc. , so the soil is better than most other places in the yard.  There are
openings in the canopy where some late afternoon light filters through.   I
have been thinking of doing sort of a fairie circle thing in this area,
incorporating the ZD roses (since I heard they do ok in shade), hostas,
woodland geraniums and other perennials, as well as some of the extra shrubs
I've rooted ( mostly forsythia, weigelia, mock orange, barberry).   Will the
ZD roses do okay in this setting and bloom?  Can I plant them there
initially, them move to a better location later?   Biggest problem I have
with roses is black spot, and more recently japanese beetles.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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