Young roses

by AutumnDamask 28th September 2011, 09:18

What's the current thinking about letting newly planted bare-root roses flower in their first year in the ground/pot?
I've been inclined to nip the flower buds out to try and encourage vegetative / root growth. Does it really make much difference though? scratch

by Admin 28th September 2011, 10:46

People will say so... on the other hand I'm a pretty firm believer in the plants knowing what their limits are and if they decide to flower they will havethe resources to do so.

by Balinbear 28th September 2011, 20:34

You would have to beat some of ours with a stick to stop them flowering. We usually let them go for it. Sometimes we might take a flower off a reasonably small cutting but I figure it will encourage them to send out a better root system if they are forced to by flowering.