I don't know anything about a rose hedge. I have never raised anything but
bush roses and roses that vine. I do know that on a bush rose if you remove
the buds after their bloomes start fading, and you do it just above the
first five leaf junction, you will cause it to grow taller and it will put
on replacement blooms.

Dwayne (from Kansas)


"VX" wrote in message
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I know that a way of getting small pelargonium plants to grow as big as
possible is to remove all flower buds until the plant is the size you
want
it to be and only then let it flower, that way the energy goes into the
plant
itself growing bigger.

I have a rosa rugosa hedge that I need to grow taller ASAP. I'm wondering
if
removing all flower buds this year would help it to grow faster than it
would
otherwise. It seems logical- any ideas? Any rose experts know the answer
to
this one?

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