Vrstull wrote:
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I'm a complete rookie when it comes to roses; and most other plants now=
that I
think of it. So now that I've planted a few roses I've looked for poin=
ters on
pruning and encountered the following advice from an online seller: "c=
ut the
cane at a 45-degree slant about =BC - =BD inch above the bud eye"
So my question is, what is a "bud eye?"

A bud eye is a growth bud (as compared with a flower bud). =


See my rose pruning page at
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_rosepruning.html. =


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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 19 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/