Why do pot roses always die?

[MillicentSpinning]

I have received probably 4 or 5 pot roses as gifts over the last few years. Usually bought from a supermarket I guess.

Without fail, all of them have died. They are in a cool, light position on a kitchen windowsill. I don't over/under-water them. Some have been carried off by spider mites (you can see the little webs). But most just slowly die. The lower leaves start to go brown and fall off and then in progresses up the plant.

My mum gave me one mid-December with the words "it will die but I thought it would last longer than cut flowers at least!" She said it's because they "don't have any roots" but this isn't true as I pulled one of the dead stems up and there were some roots at the bottom.

Anyone have any ideas how I can save them?!

you mean the mini ones?
they are designed to die.

plus roses are outdoor plants that do a lot better planted outside.

Because they are hardy plants that need loads of nutrition and like being outside.

I always plant mine outside, I have 2 that are thriving out there.

I had several I bought to plant in a small border that did well in our last house. I bought my MIL one that she planted in the garden three years ago and it’s still thriving. Any I’ve tried to keep indoors have died.

They are designed to die. Most of them are just stems shoved in to the compost, not proper rooted plants.

My Dad likes these. They always die but I assumed it was because he over watered them.

You need to plant them outside. They'll do well there!

Okay! Thanks for the replies, I'll give this one a gone outside. Fingers crossed!

All the leaves fell off mine and then I planted it outside in a planter and within a month or so it was thriving and the next month it had six beautiful blooms!

Yes I think they aren't designed for longevity but as others have said I've repotted outside before and they seem to last and are much happier .

I keep them inside for the first lot of flowers, then pop them in a flower bed where 75% of the time they do fine. If kept in pots then they slowly die.

Do you mean the miniature ones you get given in little pots? There is no such thing as a miniature rose, these are just normal roses in a pot which is too small for them. After a while the roots will get stifled from lack of room.
I planted one of these in a much bigger pot in the garden and it's done really well, doubled in size and had lots of flowers last summer.