Question
I bought a house last year with old established roses.  We had landscaping issues were they were located(along the side of house) and late fall we pruned them and added just regular dirt to bring up leave.  The roses came back this spring but, most did not produce flowers.  One is a climbing rose I think.  One produce several flowers but only once and the smaller ones haven't produced any at all.  Any suggestion in how to get them to bloom? the climbing rose only has 2 stocks and they are around Ft high now should I cut it off?  Any suggestions would be great. Thank you Darcie Kiglore

Answer
Roses will always get in a snit if the soil or anything near them is changed, one of the ways they do it is to not flower . What they do is re-establish any damaged roots or get re-established to the different situation. It really doesn't take much to make them sulk. Don't give up on them as they will come back but it may not be until next year and they will not die. Don't cut the climber back because if it was a sport from a bush rose then it will revert to growing as a bush and not as a climber. Scatter a handful of any rose fertilizer all around the base of the other roses and give two handfuls for the climber. Water them well and keep the soil moist but not wet. Don't fertilize after the end of August and then let them rest. Next spring they will come back as before. Hope this helps.