Danika says:

July 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am

I bought a half-dead climbing rose last year at Menards for $2.50 that I did not expect to live through the winter, especially when I accidentally yanked most of it out of the ground. Lo and behold, it is growing and getting bigger every day! I can’t believe it and wish I had kept the name of it somewhere…

Connie Nelson says:

July 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am

Newbie, the name “shrub rose” is kind of a misnomer. It doesn’t denote the form of the rose. In fact, shrub roses can be climbers, groundcovers or even have the form of a hybrid tea. Most of the roses that grow well in Minnesota without a lot of care (ie tipping for winter) are shrub roses.

Can you describe your rose? What color are the flowers? Are the flowers single petaled? Does it flower in early spring or mid-summer?

Connie Nelson says:

July 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am

Hey Sarah d, have you had luck getting your climbers to rebloom if you deadhead?
I’m not good about doing it, but I gave it shot this year. My climber’s about 12 feet tall now, so deadheading is a bit of a challenge. But I was so happy with the blooms this spring, I wanted more, more, more!

I’m going to be better about watering and feeding, too. That should help.

Here’s to a rebloom!

debw says:

July 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

If you remember from a post on winter casualties I thought my roses were 100 percent goners, lo and behold every one of them came up from below the graft true to color!! The only one that has not yet bloomed fully is the tangerine climbing rose and it is budded.
I was so bummed in the spring because some of the roses I had for years and cannot find new ones.

AmyL says:

July 14th, 2008 at 10:38 am

Newbie, if a rose has produced vigorous growth but without any flower by July, it might died to below the graft, and what you see now is root sucker of a different variety than it once was.

I planted a number of mail-order bare root shrub roses last spring. They were some really big and healthy roots. I had to dig such deep holes to fit them in. Then last summer there were only few flowers. But this year, they went crazy in flowering. It was so rewarding to see the abundant flowers on every one of them—-John Cabot, John Davis, Henry Hudson, Jens Munk, Blanc Double de Coubert. They are now almost done with the first flush of flowers except for John Davis, which is supposed to be an ever bloomer instead of a repeat one.

The 3rd year of some Flower Pink Carpet give me some best blooms too. They are so full of flowers that you barely can see leaves from distance. Now I know what “bloom like a fool” means.

My only bad news is 2 or my 3 3rd year Winnipeg Parks were half damaged over winter, and still now recovered. The Pink Knock Out was set back too. I am not sure if it’s all due to the harsh winter or something else. Last year the Winnipeg Parks was so strong and beautiful, and it’s supposed to be very hardy too. Any guess why…