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Need help with Florence Bower's Pink Tea

humble5zone9atx

8 years ago

I'm fuming right now because I noticed that after our "landscapers" left they cut any branches that were sticking out from the arch. This is the last straw with these guys and now I'm wondering if thats why Florence hasn't bloomed for the last 6 months. I've suspected they've also cut Marie Van Houtte and a few citrus. Will she be ok?

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8 years ago

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How large is your Florence Bowers, humble? Florence blooms on new growth, so if your "landscapers" were cutting off all the new growth, that could explain the lack of bloom. (But, she could also just be a young plant. Mine, the first year or two in the ground, could only manage two flushes a season, barely. Now she blooms more, maybe four flushes per season, at 4 years in the ground-- in bloom right now, as a matter of fact -- and she is becoming a VERY vigorous plant.) So, she is a strong grower and I think probably not likely to be destroyed even by those heathens. I wouldn't even let the likes of those kind of guys on my property, let alone touch my roses...

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humble5zone9atx
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8 years ago
Florence is about 12 ft high as she already growing over the arch and she had lots of red growth. How is it that I know more about plants than these so-called landscapers? Unfortunately for us they are necessary but I'm willing to pay for a more educated landscaper the current one is definitely not coming back.
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roseseek
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I seriously doubt you will find a "more educated landscaper" who will know about climbing Tea roses. Unless they spend hours weekly in your garden, they're just there to keep the paths open, plants separated, grass cut and leaves blown away. Your cl. Tea is likely the only one they encounter. If they handle any other climbers, they're probably Cl. Iceberg, Sally Holmes or whatever is readily available at the local big box store.
humble5zone9atx
Original Author
8 years ago
The damage is so much worse than I could see last night. I'll be very surprised if Florence blooms at all this spring. Everywhere I look a branch has been cut, its really bad.
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humble5zone9atx
Original Author
8 years ago
I feel sick to my stomach, I hope she survives her vicious pruning.
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Oh, how distressing. However, like most Teas, she generally and readily breaks new growth from every possible node, so there is hope of eventual recovery, after a period of purgatory (albeit from the sins of others) spent looking like heck. What an ignorant insult to a very fine rose.
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