JohnM20 replied on 04/07/2024 17:20
Posted on 04/07/2024 17:20
I've been growing roses for over 50 years but never had a year as bad as this one. Anyone else experienced the same? My roses are fed, watered when necessary and pruned in the spring. Last year there were masses of flowers, this year very few. And that applies to several varieties. Mannington Hall in Norfolk has a heritage rose garden and has hundreds of roses over dozens of varieties and, to be honest, they look worse than mine, spindly growth and very few flowers. Talking to their head gardener he put it down to the wet spring. He may be right. What galls me is that I know of several people who have roses, mainly climbers, that have had masses of blooms but they never get fed or pruned. Perhaps there is a lesson there.
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