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Old 09-06-2005, 07:01 AM
Kay
 
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In article , Darling Buds darlingbudsofm
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We bought this rose 2 years ago and its doing extremely well indeed. Well
the leaves that is, it doesn't seem to want to flower at all.
its a climbing rose with masses of small double yellow flowers in May but in
the last 2 years it hasn't flowered at all.

Climbing roses (and other climbers) are designed to scramble up through
other vegetation till they can see the light, and then flower. One way
they recognise they've got there is when the stems are no longer
supported and start arching downwards - this triggers side growths and
flower buds. So it may be your rose is still on its way up.

It won't flower on the initial upward long shoots - the flowers are on
the side shoots that come off this in the second year.

Alternatively - are you fertilising it? It may be feeding too well and
putting out lots of leaf growth, and not feeling the desperate urge to
reproduce before it's too late.
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Kay
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