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!

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.


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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!




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"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