Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
After the customary late January pruning, I neglected my roses for
the first time and am reaping the consequences. Suckers (7 leaves)
now predominate over normal (5 leaves) foliage. The suckers are long,
strong and aggressive

I have gone through and trimmed out as much as I could. Now looking
ahead to January pruning and have the following question:

Can these roses return to normal foliage after seasonal pruning?
Or have I ****ed up big-time.

This is So. Calif coastal, Santa Monica CA.

Any advice on rose situation appreciated.

HB

If the suckers are above the graft this is normal, growing new stems like
that is part of refurbishing your roses. If they are blow the graft cut
them off.
--
David

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