Re: [Rose-list] Re: bloomin'

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

John,

likewise, my rugosas are the first out of the gates this year:

Therese Bugnet is looking nice in its second year.
Sir Thomas Lipton is a low mound of green and white - only its
second year as well.

Hansa has had only one bloom so far and my 5 year old
son got my pruners out and cut it and brought it in for mom to
put in a vase.  One bloom was enough to perfume the whole
table at dinner.

I got two free Sarah Van Fleet roses late last summer.
I was happy they survived the winter - no blooms yet.

Should roses have their blooms pinched the first year
or part of the first year to help them get established?
or does it matter all that much?

Phillip - whose Rambling Rector is going to be stunning when he
decides to finally open his blooms.
Sadorus, IL
zone 5

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