Rose Cones

[country]

I am in zone 5 Canada and have a great hybrid tea rose bush.This is first year for it and it has done well.I want to give it protection this winter and was thinking rose cone,but don't know if these actually are good to use.Any suggestions?

[Marlingardener]

When we lived in upstate NY, zone 6a, we had lots of roses. The hybrid teas got a chicken wire fence around them, about 1' larger than the diameter of the bush and 8-10" taller, which we filled with leaves packed gently around and into the bush. The leaves gave great insulation to the pruned canes, and could be used as mulch in the spring.
The big danger to roses is thaw/freeze heaving of the soil. If you mulch deeply and protect the canes from wind burn, the rose should come through beautifully.

[country]

Thanks so much for the info.I really want to see this rose again next year,and I already have chicken wire,so will give this a try,seems simple enough!