In article 05e7e2ecff2de8c50bbd8b05adbb7938@TeraNews, Theo Asir
wrote:


DO NOT chop unless it is very inconvenient.
Many roses resent this and won't bloom till they
grow back.

My hybrid teas are just finishing their first cycle
and begining their next one, while my neigbhor,
(that crazy old woman) who hacks her roses down to
3" every year despite my desperate entreaties has
half her roses sulking, 2 dead and not a bud in sight.

It just drives me nuts when people follow the so called
experts w/ no care as to their actual results.

My favorite this year was the Lady Banks pruned with the hedge shears
into an oval like a privet hedge.