Bee on a rose.
Rose Hip
I am going to enjoy working at the greenhouse today. Lower humidity, cooler than it has been....almost perfect day I am thinking. Hope you get to be outside sometime today, and enjoy the day. I have noticed that the roses are blooming now. So what should you do after the roses have bloomed? Here is what I found out.
Did you know you can encourage more blooms by removing spent or withered flowers? It’s true, and it’s called deadheading.
If you don’t deadhead roses, one of two things happen:
1. Flowering stops. If the bloom is pollinated, a hip will develop below the flower and
produce seeds. The hip, in turn, will produce a hormone that inhibits bud formation, so the rose will have done its job and will wait for another season to bloom. While we appreciate the beauty of the flower, the rose is really there to help in the transfer of pollen from one plant to another, resulting in seeds.
2. Flowering continues, if you have a repeat-bloomer. If the flower was not pollinated, the rose will wither, the tip of the stem will dry up, and the bloom falls off. Most of the time if the rose is a repeat-bloomer, new shoots will be produced so that new flowers develop and perhaps be pollinated before the season ends.
•To reduce the size of the plant: Cut back to an acceptable height, leaving some foliage on the canes. It will take a little longer to produce blooms, but the effect may be more pleasing to the eye.
•To remove a faded flower: Snap the flowers off at the base of the bloom (peduncle), especially after the first flush in the spring or on newly planted roses. Taken from http://www.heirloomroses.com/info/care/how-to/dead-heading/ Hope this helps with your roses. Till next time, this is Becky Litterer from Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty
Did you know you can encourage more blooms by removing spent or withered flowers? It’s true, and it’s called deadheading.
If you don’t deadhead roses, one of two things happen:
1. Flowering stops. If the bloom is pollinated, a hip will develop below the flower and
produce seeds. The hip, in turn, will produce a hormone that inhibits bud formation, so the rose will have done its job and will wait for another season to bloom. While we appreciate the beauty of the flower, the rose is really there to help in the transfer of pollen from one plant to another, resulting in seeds.
2. Flowering continues, if you have a repeat-bloomer. If the flower was not pollinated, the rose will wither, the tip of the stem will dry up, and the bloom falls off. Most of the time if the rose is a repeat-bloomer, new shoots will be produced so that new flowers develop and perhaps be pollinated before the season ends.
- Prune back to a five-leaflet branch •The traditional method: Prune back to a five-leaflet leaf, cutting at an angle, just above a leaflet facing outward. This is easy if the rose produces them, but some do not. If that’s the case, try the next method.
•To reduce the size of the plant: Cut back to an acceptable height, leaving some foliage on the canes. It will take a little longer to produce blooms, but the effect may be more pleasing to the eye.
•To remove a faded flower: Snap the flowers off at the base of the bloom (peduncle), especially after the first flush in the spring or on newly planted roses. Taken from http://www.heirloomroses.com/info/care/how-to/dead-heading/ Hope this helps with your roses. Till next time, this is Becky Litterer from Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty
