Question
I am not sure what type of roses I have but have been having great blooms for the past 5 years (since we moved in) but this year there seems to be more green and fewer blooms.  Any advice?  Thank you.

Answer
More Green?  Fewer Blooms?  Do you mean there are a lot of Leaves on these beautiful Roses?

Please first tell me you know what suckers are, and they are not taking over your Rose Garden.

Then watch the Sun situation.  How much light is reaching those Roses these days?  Do they get the same amount of light that they used to?  You should know by now that Roses NEED to be SWIMMING in SUNLIGHT.  Those Photons are where they get all that energy for flowers.  No Sun, no show.  Is there maybe a tree that's getting taller, wider, lusher, and blocking light now?  An evergreen hedge or specimen that is now mature enough to block out public views and the Sun along with it?

Finally, how's the soil that those Roses are growing in?  These shrubs are GREEDY, HUNGRY bloomers.  They deplete soil completely, totally and absolutely.  You have to feed them or you get very little back.  It's all about those very energy-guzzling blooms.  Roses take a LOT of Photons to build.  How have you been feeding your Roses, Jason?

rsvp