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Thanks Carlene!  The bushes are only a few feet apart, basically sharing the same dirt.  I did fertilize and used root stimulator on the new bush last fall and watered it all the time.  The odd thing is that I tried to fertilize and water the old bush for years prior to that to encourage it to bloom.  But I'm not complaining, I just wondered if this was common.  Thanks a lot!
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Last fall, I planted a rose bush right around the corner in the same bed from an old rose bush.  The new bush was a present, and I do not know the type of either bush, but the new one has bright pink flowers.  I had been meaning to dig out the old bush, as it haden't bloomed in years and years and was just growing suckers.  Well, much to my surprise, this spring the new rose bush seemed to inspire the old one (probably 10-20 years old), which now has bloomed beautiful dark red flowers.  Is this a common occurance?  It took me completely by surprise, and I'm glad I didn't dig it out!

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Hi Bekah-

How many feet are the roses planted from each other? (I know they are around the corner from each other).  If they are planted very close - its possible some of the fertilizer from the new rose bush may have spread to the old one - resulting in a bloom cycle (roses in pots that you buy from the garden center, come with time release fertilizer mixed in with the soil).   Since you planted the new rose bush - have you added manure or watered the rose bed more frequently?  This would have caused the old rose to bloom too.  Otherwise - it seems to be a lovely coincidence.

Have fun smelling the roses-

Carlene


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Thanks Bekah!  Roses are not an exact science and sometimes they seem to have a mind of their own.  Roses are supposed to bloom with sun, water and fertilizer but sometimes - some roses just don't bloom a lot.  A good repeat blooming rose is Belinda's Dream.

Thanks-

Carlene