I've been neglectful...of Cecile Brunner Cl.

**p*@intrepid.cdg-hargray.com**

Fellow Rose Banditos,

I didn't get my Climbing Cecile Brunner (sp?) ready for winter
last fall (our fall lasted until Christmas.)  It had a dozen or so
thick canes and i was hoping it would pull thru w/o too much
die back and shower me with my first blooms this spring.

Alas, it had terrible die back.  I cut all the canes down searching
for green wood.  I left it for dead.  Then, this past weekend i
saw one lone shoot starting to grow.  Well at least the thing
has a chance of pulling thru after all.

Here is the question:  what should i do about all the stubs from
last year?  Do I leave them?  Will they inhibit the growth of any
new canes?  Do i try to cut them as close to the ground as possible?

I am afraid of doing too much for fear of accidentally injuring any new
growth and thus dooming this beautiful climber.

Thanks for any help...

PRG

Phillip Gramly
Sadorus, IL
zone 5

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