I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.
This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.
This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.
This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses
to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.
This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

But if your roses only bloom once a year ("for a few weeks in
May/early June and then that's it"), you picked the wrong varieties,

prune them wrong,

or fail to feed and water them properly.

But if your roses only bloom once a year ("for a few weeks in
May/early June and then that's it"), you picked the wrong varieties,

I didn't pick them, I inherited them from the previous homeowner. I imagine
they're just your run of the mill red variety, nothing exotic.

Sorry I missed your original post - take them for the gift they are. My

But if your roses only bloom once a year ("for a few weeks in
May/early June and then that's it"), you picked the wrong varieties,

I didn't pick them, I inherited them from the previous homeowner. I
imagine
they're just your run of the mill red variety, nothing exotic.

Sorry I missed your original post - take them for the gift they are. My
grandmother always called those fall roses gifts of grace.

Cheryl

I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.

This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

But if your roses only bloom once a year ("for a few weeks in
May/early June and then that's it"), you picked the wrong varieties,

I didn't pick them, I inherited them from the previous homeowner. I imagine
they're just your run of the mill red variety, nothing exotic.

prune them wrong,

Don't do a lot of pruning unless a stem gets completely out of hand and
begins to touch the ground, then I might prune some of the other stems
while I'm at it.

I was told to prune the stem in a diagonal direction about an inch or two
after a perpendicular stem, and that's the way I do it.

or fail to feed and water them properly.

I never "feed or water" them, I'm not really a big flower/plant person. I'm
happy to just appreciate them for the few weeks in May, this year they were
particularly big and beautiful.

Another thing I thought of, they could've decided to bloom in the fall
because it's been pretty rainy the past couple of months.

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:30 -0500, denni... at (no spam) dennism3.invalid (Dennis

M) wrote:
I arose about a week and a half ago to find the rose bush in my back yard
with two small blooms and a few in the bud stage. Is it common for roses to
decide to bloom in October? Usually it's just for a few weeks in May/early
June and then that's it. The two small blooms are still there now, even
though it's been colder than usual here in Tennessee during October. We've
had a few nights when it's gotten down to 33-35 but so far no hard frosts.
This is the first time I've noticed this, even though I've only been at
this location for three years.

My Don Juan roses are still in bloom (10-21-09) in e.TN.   I'm in a
valley protected by the Cumberlands to the north and Appalachians to
the southeast.  Not enough frost to kill the annuals yet.

But if your roses only bloom once a year ("for a few weeks in
May/early June and then that's it"), you picked the wrong varieties,

I didn't pick them, I inherited them from the previous homeowner. I
imagine
they're just your run of the mill red variety, nothing exotic.


Sorry I missed your original post - take them for the gift they are. My
grandmother always called those fall roses gifts of grace.

Cheryl


Gifts of grace....thtt's exactly what they are having come the words
of an elder who would know.

Thanks, Cheryl.

Donna
in WA



You're welcome!

Roses also require ample nutrients, especially nitrogen. If your soil
tends to be acidic, any general high-nitrogen garden fertilizer --
organic or not -- should be okay. If your soil tends to be alkaline,
dig a little soil sulfur into the top inch of the soil. If leaves are
yellow with green veins, spread a little iron sulfate around the plants.

Most roses sold today are hybrids. They are not natural plants and thus
require more care than Mother Nature provides. If you plan to continue
neglecting your roses, you might as well remove them and plant something
else.

Walmart sells a watering pail for $3 that would be perfect to water one
bush......

James