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ID Pls & Also Deadhead Question

Posted by graycam (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 22:24

Hi,

Can someone ID this rose for me?

Also, this rose blooms in clusters rather than a single bloom. How do you deadhead this type of rose? Do you wait until the entire cluster has bloomed and then deadhead? Do you cut back the entire shoot to a 5 leaf cluster etc?

I'm not sure how to go about deadheading this type of rose.

THX.

Cam
PS I live in zone 8 (above seattle)

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RE: ID Pls & Also Deadhead Question

I don't have a clue as to your rose's identity. Detailed photos of the flowers, leaves, and thorns would help, along with its size, growth habit (shrub, climber, rampant rambler?) and any history of it that you know. I can, however, offer some deadheading advice based on what I'd do if it was my own rose.

Do you know where this rose wants to put out its new growth? If not, snap off each flower individually. I usually just do this by hand -- it's also a good way to check to see if your rose is well hydrated . . . easy to snap = well watered . . . bends and doesn't snap easily = needs water. This will leave a naked candelabra, but don't dispair. The little stems that are left usually yellow and die on their own. For some roses growth will start from within this cluster of stems, or it may begin somewhere on the main cane below the cluster. Cut off the part of the stem above the new growth, you will know how to deadhead the rose at the most optimum point in the future.

Connie


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RE: ID Pls & Also Deadhead Question

  • Posted by hoovb z9 Southern CA (My Page) on
    Mon, Jul 14, 08 at 23:27

You know, that picture is mostly of the backsides of the flowers. Do you have any other pictures that show the front sides?


 
 

 

 


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