How do I get my roses to produce more flowers?

I planted them in sun, water them regularly, and gave them plant food. They are very slow growing (climbers) and only one of three has a single flower....and no buds. I really want to have the rose garden nobody promised me!!!!!Help!!!!

How do I get my roses to produce more flowers?
Well, it seems you are doing the right thing by watering regularly and giving them a shot of plant food. Hopefully, you aquired these bushes from the nursery and aren't trying to grow them from the root stock from another rose bush. They should have a bud (swelling) at the base of the plant that each cane grows from. If they are store bought, they should start to produce flowers as they grow. If it is from root stock, it will never produce flowers such as a "grafted" rose bush does. Some of the energy to produce flowers may be lacking due to the plant wanting to grow tall, as this climbing variety does, so all the energy is for top growth. I don't know what kind or type of fertilizer you have been using, but hopefully it doesn't contain alot of nitrogen in its makeup. You can check this by looking at the box or bag and see the numbers that signify the % of each nutrient available per bag. The first number is the total "nitrogen" the second is "phospherous" and the third is "potassium" or potash. For roses you don't want to have alot of nitrogen. This causes more taller, leafy growth, at the expence of flower production. It should contain around 10 - 15% nitrogen. The last two numbers need to be quite a bit higher and will aid in the production of flowers and root developement. Miracle Gro makes a very good liquid soluble fertilizer made specifically for roses. You can get it at any leading garden center, such as Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes.. Hope this answers some of your concerns.. Good Luck!


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Reply:Your very welcome, glad to have helped. And thanks for voting!





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Reply:I was just thinking... I hope they weren't mislabled as being "climbing" and in fact they are a hybrid tea rose or grandflora instead.. Just a thought. Report It

Reply:Roses loves fertilizer. I use rabbit pellets (poop) on mine recently. They love it.





They also like full sun.





I hope this helps.
Reply:idk but i think that it grose by it self if u have another one or just get more seeds to plant them.
Reply:You have to be patient. The first year after planting they "sleep", the second year they "creep" and the third year they "leap"!! It sounds like you are doing everything right so far. After blooming, cut the spent canes off as they will not bloom again, they will only suck energy from the plant that could be used for new canes to produce new flowers. In general, climbing roses only form from horizontialy growing canes.
Reply:when you water them - water at the base - do not sprinkle the whole plant





best of luck!
Reply:You need to trim it. If you observe new branches are going to pop out at the cuts you make. Therefore if you keep it trimmed it will grow faster and it will produce more roses.
Reply:get them drunk, when you water them add a shot of whiskey to the water and also put in a little powdered gelatin, a spoonful of ammonia with the mix and your roses should respond wonderfully, good luck, scott.


p.s. be careful what time of day you water them and don't do this to them ever day but once a week should turn them around.
Reply:Some climbing roses are slow starters. It can be a couple of years before they produce many flowers. Only cut back thin, straggly or dead branches to tidy up in the spring and tie in the branches to supports, either trellis, wire to the walls or fences.





When there have been flowers on your climber, do dead-head after the blooms have faded and you will get further flushes.