On Sep 17, 4:10*pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:
Would like to get some real world input (to augment on-line info)
about how far apart roses should be spaced.

The area is So. Calif Coastal. *The soil is good; enriched over the
decades. *The roses are in a path alongside the
(unused) driveway.

Over the many years, I have left as much as *2+ feet between them, but
wonder if they would be happy more closely spaced; then I could get in
a few more plants. *None of these are wild Floribunda; most are
reasonable-sized.

Appreciate any advice.

HB

What do you mean by 2+ feet between them? *Is that 2 ft between centres of
each plant or between the outermost tips of the branches?

D

****Most of them are 2+ft- sometimes 3 ft. on center, not between
outermost tips.

****The new ones I just put in are barely 2 ft on center. They are
doing very well; blooming up a storm. However, their tips are
touching. My gardener said 3 ft. but also said the new ones look
OK. Do I need to move them? (They occupy the place of a couple of
nothing Floribundas; blooms were not that attractive; plants
sprawled.)

NOTE: I am using asterisks to set off my replies, because something
went wrong with a recent reinstallation of my system; carats have
disappeared. Geek is not answering my pleas. Any ideas how to get
carats back?

HB