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Some of my roses aren’t setting on many blooms

5 years ago

I’m not really concerned, just wondering why a few of my roses, especially some of the Hybrid Teas aren't setting on very many blooms, especially since overall I think my roses are very healthy, even those with just a few buds. Until very recently we’ve had a cooler than normal spring, and I think only one freeze during that time. Are they just lagging behind a little bit? One example, usually one of my Tiffany bushes has about two dozen buds on it during the spring flush, but only has four on it now. Just wondering what others have experienced?

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rifis (zone 6b-7a NJ)

5 years ago

sara ann: When does first bloom typically occur by you?

Here, it’s usually first or second week June.

My roses are very far from beginning any flower bud development.

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seil zone 6b MI
5 years ago
My first thought was weather conditions too. If you had cool temps and/or that freeze several weeks back when they would have been setting blooms that would probably be the cause.
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sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
5 years ago
My roses usually begin blooming some time after April 15. Right now they are in the very beginning stages of blooming.
cyndita (west coast zone 9)
5 years ago
Have you fed them? It's probably the cool weather, but if they've been growing in the same spot for awhile they might benefit from being fed, if you haven't already done so.
sara_ann-z6bok thanked cyndita (west coast zone 9)
sara_ann-z6bok
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5 years ago
Every spring I use Mills Rose Magic on all of my roses in the ground, which I did several weeks ago. The stuff that comes in twenty pound bag.
diane_nj 6b/7a
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Even my behemoth Blushing Knock Out isn't close to setting buds. Wow!
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BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
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Did you prune your roses back by at least 1/3? Sometimes if roses have too much cane to support, their foremost effort in spring will be to just replenish the leaves. It’s not a big deal, once the leaves are in place and they get some energy from them, they’ll start to produce buds.
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sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Thank you everyone. I’m sure I pruned the majority of my Hybrid Teas by at least one-third this year, because quite a few of them needed it. Something I did notice this evening is that a couple of HT’s that up to now didn’t have any sign of buds are now putting on the new growth that will result in blooms, Perfume Delight and Pope John Paul II. Belinda’s Dream, a shrub is also not producing much yet either. I think all the roses I named here are in their seventh season. That also includes two Tiffanys, Firefighter, Pink Peace, and JFK, but it’s been a dud from the beginning! In another bed I have some poor producing roses, but I think with them it’s because of lack of sunlight.
summersrhythm_z6a
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