My Music Box is one of the new bare roots that's already blooming. It's in a spot that gets late afternoon shade. The Whimsy is in full hot sun. Maybe it got too dry?
I talked to a friend who owns a nursery. She said one year, in a shipment from David Austin, she had one set of roses that never did break dormancy. I think they were all Strawberry Hill. She said sometimes they just go into too deep of sleep.
The weather forecast here is for extreme heat and wind (steady at 35-40) for the next several days, then possibly strong storms. This might be the time to dig it out, pot it up and treat with root hormone and superthrive. If I don't, and it decides to leaf out in the next few days, I'm sure it would dry out.
Don't know what got into me, but I bought 2 new hydrangeas this week. I need to find a way to protect them from the wind also. I would place chairs around them, but I don't have any chairs that can hold up in the wind! I've started buying concrete lawn furniture. I have to make brick patios to put the benches on so I don't have to trim around them, but after that I'll have something that doesn't end up in the neighbors yard day after day.
