What to do with unpruned rose bush
I am caring for a Constance Spry rose bush that wasn't pruned or anything
last year. In the last few weeks, I have noticed that long/tall/thorny branches with no flowers are shooting up. On those branches, the leaves turn red near the end of the branch. It seems that these branches are growing at lightning speed and eclipsing the flowering part. Is it okay to just hack them off? Is this some result of not pruning it last year? (There are two other rose bushes, and neither of them are sprouting out this way.) Thanks! |
What to do with unpruned rose bush
Those are suckers, cut'm off at the very base, and go ahead and prune the rose
and give it a good feeding and it should do just fine. -- In This Universe The Night was Falling,The Shadows were lenghtening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the Stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again. Arthur C. Clarke "The City & The Stars" SIAR www.starlords.org Bishop's Car Fund http://www.bishopcarfund.Netfirms.com/ "homer" wrote in message rthlink.net... I am caring for a Constance Spry rose bush that wasn't pruned or anything last year. In the last few weeks, I have noticed that long/tall/thorny branches with no flowers are shooting up. On those branches, the leaves turn red near the end of the branch. It seems that these branches are growing at lightning speed and eclipsing the flowering part. Is it okay to just hack them off? Is this some result of not pruning it last year? (There are two other rose bushes, and neither of them are sprouting out this way.) Thanks! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 6/5/03 |
What to do with unpruned rose bush
"homer" wrote in message rthlink.net... I am caring for a Constance Spry rose bush that wasn't pruned or anything last year. In the last few weeks, I have noticed that long/tall/thorny branches with no flowers are shooting up. On those branches, the leaves turn red near the end of the branch. It seems that these branches are growing at lightning speed and eclipsing the flowering part. Is it okay to just hack them off? Is this some result of not pruning it last year? (There are two other rose bushes, and neither of them are sprouting out this way.) Thanks! Constance Spry is a once blooming climber and should only be pruned immediately following the spring flush. The new shoots that you see will provide next year's bloom and should be trained to the support, while old and unproductive canes should be removed entirely. Sunflower MS 7b |
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