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In the ground- sometime in the last 2 weeks, it's been hectic. Still need to plant the other 2, but don't know if I should wait, given our weather.
Mar 22, 2006
also took a branch off this and put some rooting compound on it and shoved it in a pot with the plant that i've been prop. all over my kitchen- _ update _ threw it out- no go
Apr 3, 2006
Jun 3, 2006
Jun 17, 2006
this rose has too many buds on it to count, and they have just started to open- small though, not just small, but mini- sort of a pepto pink color- nice bush!
Aug 1, 2006
the white simplicity rebloomed even better than the first go- but very meager reblooming on the fairy
although, it's grown incredibly- you can't really see it here, but it covers the back of the lilies, and goes right on over into the other rose bushes space on both sides- it's a healthy monster, it's just not blooming again this year
Mar 19, 2007
PRUNING FLORIBUNDA AND POLYANTHA ROSES
Since floribunda roses produce clusters of flowers and are grown mainly for garden display
rather than cut flowers, the method for pruning them varies slightly from the method
used for pruning hybrid tea roses. Often they are pruned only to control the size, shape
and health of the plants. If pruned too heavily, growth will decline; if it is too light, the
bush will be large and lack vigor. Many floribundas, though, benefit from annual pruning in
which three to five canes remain in a vase-shaped configuration.
You should remove all dead or weak canes and cut back about one-fourth to one-third of
the current year’s growth. Taking off more of the growth will produce fewer, but larger,
blooms; taking off less will produce more, but smaller, ones. Cut the center branch from
each cluster of branches, and cut the remaining ones back to 3 or 4 undeveloped growth
buds. If you have a hedge of one variety, cut all plants to a uniform height.
Polyantha roses are similar to floribundas in that they produce many small canes and
clusters of small blooms (under 2 inches). Remove all dead canes and prune the remaining
ones very lightly, removing no more than one-fourth to one-third of the growth.
Mar 19, 2007
Deadheading Roses
Removal of spent blooms, called "deadheading," is an important summer maintenance practice for roses, especially the continuous blooming varieties. Removing the spent blooms conserves the energy the plant would normally use for seed production, encourages repeat flowering, and removes potential disease harboring sites. Spent flowers may not be removed from species such as Rosa moyesii and R. rugosa because their large colored hips add another ornamental feature to the plant in the autumn.
To deadhead, remove the flower by cutting back, at a 45 degree angle, to the first outward facing bud in the axil of a leaf with five leaflets.
The continuous blooming climbing rose is deadheaded a little differently. Remove the spent blooms just above the foliage, making sure not to remove any of the foliage since new blooms will be produced from the leaves immediately below old flower clusters.
