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Rosa Rugosa Alba
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Hello hello to all, after a long time 👋🏼
I planted my rugosa last spring, it didn’t do much in its first year, mainly establishing itself but this year is glorious (about 5ft), super healthy and filling out its spot.
It’s in full sun, with good, free draining earth, yet it has zero buds.
Does the old rose advice ‘first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap’ also apply to rugosas, or does it bloom in July even?
I mulched with manure (like I do with all my roses) in early spring, nothing since.
Any advice much appreciated 🙏🏻
I planted my rugosa last spring, it didn’t do much in its first year, mainly establishing itself but this year is glorious (about 5ft), super healthy and filling out its spot.
It’s in full sun, with good, free draining earth, yet it has zero buds.
Does the old rose advice ‘first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap’ also apply to rugosas, or does it bloom in July even?
I mulched with manure (like I do with all my roses) in early spring, nothing since.
Any advice much appreciated 🙏🏻
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Mine is romping away as well, with new suckers along the bed it’s planted in, but I can’t see any flower buds yet. I’m in north London. Whereabouts are you, out of interest? Maybe I just need to be patient…
I planted another last year and we didn't have any blooms last year but had a couple earlier on in the year this year. It's growing strongly and is in better soil bit I can't see any signs of new buds. A neighbour has a hedge of them and they have been blooming on and off like our maturer one but again there haven't been masses of blooms.