Re: Trimming Rose Bushes

On Sat, 28 May 2005 18:31:58 -0500, Jeannie Wilson
<jwilson421@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I've always been told to cut the stalks at an angle just above where there
>is the five-leaf cluster. (I think that's how it goes. I do it so
>routinely now that I don't remember exactly.). Whenever I trim mine back,
>they always grow at odd angles but I sort of keep them pretty and cluster-
>like when I trim them at that spot.

I was taught the same thing--and cutting above the five-leaf cluster
is important, as are periodic feedings with chemicals labeled as rose
food. I remember that she used the Ortho brand.

I remember that Mom told me the reason, but I don't remember the
rationale. She had a gorgeous rosebed along the whole south side of
her house--people literally stopped their cars to admire it.

Anne/OH
.

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