Question
I purchased a blooming yellow lady banks rose and intially planted it near an oak (morning sun) I thought it might climb. For 2 years it grew some but did not bloom. So I moved it to a sunny location in my back yard and threaded along the fence. Again 2 years and no blooming, not even one. I live in an area of Florida smack between Tampa and Orlando. Does it need lots of fertilizer to grow and bloom? It seems to lose as many shoots and it puts out. They dry up. It is probably no larger now than when purchased. It gets sufficient sun and water.

Answer
Poor old Lady Banks is getting yanked around a lot. Most roses get in a snit when moved, even once, because they hate to be disturbed. When you plant a rose it does, in time, adapt to where it is planted even if it complains the first couple of years. Lady Banks blooms on second year wood. That means she makes flower buds this year and they will bloom the next year. However because she is so vigorous, she usually doesn't bloom for a few years as she makes growth at the expense of flowering. If you move her she starts from year one again. When a rose cane dries up there is only two reasons it does. One is that the roots are suffering and the other is lack of water. Roses that grow like Lady Banks needs far more water than others roses. She would need in normal weather, one bucket of water every five days. When the weather gets hot, one bucket every three days. Try the watering idea and see what happens, also give her some fertilizer just scatter a handful around the base. In some areas of Florida, they have a problem with nematodes in the soil and the roses have to be grafted onto an understock called rosa fortuniana. Nematode don't touch this understock. I am not certain where the problems are in Florida perhaps you are more aware of them.