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Rose- port sunlight

shaunbrowne87shaunbrowne87 Posts: 10
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My rose has really struggled this year. Yes it has roses on but the leaves are so small and bare. 

any ideas why? 

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Has it got too dry? Have you pruned it? Fed it?
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • shaunbrowne87shaunbrowne87 Posts: 10
    Yes I pruned in early march. Fed it twice now march and July. Water weekly
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Does it get enough sunshine?

    Just boosting this up. Someone should know why.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Are you sure it's getting enough water? Those two walls will be sucking moisture out of the soil and also might be sheltering your plant from the rain
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    How's the soil? It's hard to tell from a picture but it looks as if it might be compacted and low in organic matter, kind of dusty.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • shaunbrowne87shaunbrowne87 Posts: 10
    Gets plenty of sun, the soil is heavy clay 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Do the leaves appear to be stunted? This can be caused by drift from herbicide?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • shaunbrowne87shaunbrowne87 Posts: 10
    The leaves seem to be really small and not many 
  • djosmond41djosmond41 Posts: 6
    Feed it well rotted manure and lots of mulch consider mycorrhizal fungi.
    You could try to stimulate growth lower down by scarring just above a growth node, this stimulates shoots lower down then the spindly upper branches can be pruned off..
    if that doesn't work cut it back in Winter and move it.

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