My personal gardener (aka my sweet hubby) prunes my rose bush in mid-February cutting it way back, sometimes to sticks. By mid-March it leafs out and is covered in blooms, both large and small. Why?
The rest of the year I pretty much leave it alone with the occasional treat of coffee grounds mixed into the soil around it or a dose of fertilizer. It continues to bloom until the weather gets really frosty, usually in late December or January.
I would think it would bloom even more with more TLC but that has not been my experience. For some mysterious reason she's just low maintenance.
Most girls like to get flowers. The roses on my rose bush are flowers from God - they are His creation and I am thankful. I enjoy their beauty and their sweet scent. Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holmes fame) was absolutely correct when he wrote, "What a lovely thing a rose is!"
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