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I D for thornless rose
Lynda Trivett
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I have a thornless rose which prolific but has never flowered. Can anyone tell me what it is and why it does not flower.
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Not with nothing else to go on!
Some possibilities:
If it is growing vigorously and still not flowering, then maybe it is getting too much of the wrong type of food. Plants flower to propagate themselves, if the living is easy they don't always bother.If this seems possible then treat it a bit mean
No more high nitrogen feed, a starvation diet and then in the spring give it some high potassium feed, such as tomato food.
It may also be somewhere too shady for the variety, most roses need a reasonable amount of sun to encourage flowers. If it looks like this may be the cause then consider moving it if possible.
Most roses flower on new growth but some kinds flower on the previous year's growth. Are you perhaps pruning off the potential flowers? If you have been pruning it, then stop and leave it a year. If it manages a flower or two it will be easier to identify and you may be able to find out the right treatment .
Is it a bush or shrub or some kind of climber? The following websites offer some possible candidates if you can say which type it is.
http://www.countrygardenroses.co.uk/shop/42-Thornless-Roses
http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/specific-situations/thornless
PANSYFACE IS RIGHT, I HAD A MAGNOLIA THAT PRODUCED MAXIMUM 2 FLOWERS A YEAR, UNTIL I SHOUTED AT IT....NEXT YEAR, IT WAS COVERED IN FLOWERS
ALSO, FOR ROSES, MY GRAMPA ALWAYS SWORE BY GIVING THEM A BANANA IN THE SPRING, HE JUST PUSHED IT INTO THE ROOTS AND HE ALWAYS HAD BEAUTIFUL ROSES
I love the idea of giving my roses a banana each in the spring Pink Lily
I'm going to do it. There's probably some science to it.
No doubt it's the potassium.
It usually is with anything banana related.