I have plenty of buds on most of my miniature roses, and a few buds on a few other roses (mainly like Perfume Tiger). But my Austrian Copper is LOADED and should be blooming probably next weekend.. my first roses of the season!! YAY!! Finished trimming all the roses in the front yard. Ended up filling up a 45gal garbage can 1.5 times with dead canes. Here's an example of what I have to go through every spring. This is my beautiful Sheila's Perfume.
Floribunda Rose (Rosa 'Sheila's Perfume')
And this is what it looks like today.
Every spring. This is what I have to do.. how much I have to trim down. And, as you can see, it's not canker or anything.. just plain ol' winterkill. That's why I love own-root roses so much, I don't have to worry about the rose coming back as someone else like Dr. Huey.
