Bare root rose rescue- what do I do?

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I don’t know much about gardening and my DH bought me a bare root rose for my birthday which arrived a couple of days ago. It says to plant it immediately.
I don’t have any compost available, and the ground outside is completely frozen.
I thought about putting it outside in a bucket of water but not sure if the ice will damage it.
At the moment it’s still in its box in the kitchen, probably slowly dying of heat.
What should I do please?
I probably won’t get chance to buy compost for at least a couple more days.

It will be fine until then. Put it in a bucket of water somewhere cool like a garage if you like.

Keep the roots moist, wrapped in damp newspaper for example. Don't leave it indoors or soaking in water as the delicate root hairs will die off. Outside in a garage, shed, greenhouse or against a house wall will be fine.

If the roots are wrapped up it'll be fine for a few weeks. Or you could heel it in but that'll be tricky with this frost.

I kept a bareroot rose quite happily in its packaging for nearly 3 weeks, it does need to be somewhere cool though, definitely not the kitchen!

Put it outside for now, somewhere like an outhouse or garage, or a sheltered corner of the garden where it won't get warm. You don't want it bursting into life yet.

put it somewhere that is cool but not cold (5-10 deg, in a shed is fine) with damp newspaper around the roots.

If you have a cold room or a shed it will be fine. It is dormant at the moment so no need for water or damp paper. The big nursery and supermarkets all sell bare root roses without any soil. Worse thing you can do is water it so that it thinks it time to start growing. Keep it cool, plant it in compost when you are ready but NO water until weather is warmer.

Standard advice for bare root roses is to soak and then plant asap. If you can’t plant, then heel in.

If you can’t heel in because the ground is frosty, then a good option is to plunge into a tub of compost

Nurseries go to pains to stop the roots from drying out during transit