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   Rosomane 06/24/2010

   At last! Someone who knows and loves roses in the garden, all kinds of roses. I can't wait to see where this blog goes. Thank you, Fine Gardening!

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   MaryMD 07/21/2010

   Hear, hear! But, what if my plant which is simply a shrub decides to not bloom? I have a climbing rose, yellow, that I bought at a farmer's market. they fellow had no cultivar name for it. It is planted in my front garden, which in summer gets full sun from 10 am to sundown. In the four years it has been in the garden, it has never bloomed. It grows and looks great, but no blooms. I have put epsom salts on it, per some suggestions. I deep water it once a week if there is not enough rain. The soil in this area is sandy and so I amend it annually to improve water retention. I live in the mountains and our soil is naturally acidic. I have gotten peonies and iris to bloom by using lime to raise the PH. Could that also be a problem with the rose?

   I also have another shrub rose, one that spreads through underground runners, that I got from a friend over 10 years ago. It has never bloomed in the same garden bed. It has no problem growing.

   My rosa rugosa and two "carpet" roses in a different bed bloom. They get less sun and are on a sloping bed by the driveway. I have also given them epsom salts, but it has not really changed their bloom habits.

   I do not routinely fertilize any of my flower beds, other than a healthy dose of compost int he soil when I plant something and then top dressing with compost at least once a year. My neighbor has all kinds of hybrid teas she pampers and they bloom more than my two own-root, shrub roses. What am I doing wrong?

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   PFZimmerman 07/21/2010

   Hi MaryMD.

   That's quite incredible to get no blooms at all for that long. Do you cut it back much or leave it alone? Sometimes cuttings climbers back too often will discourage them from blooming - same with large shrubs.

   PH may have something to do with it and I would try some lime. Roses like a neutral PH of around 6 - 6.5. At that point if it doesn't bloom it probably never well. Sometimes own root roses that are propagated from what are called "blind shoots" rarely bloom.

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