I feed my rose bush Miracle Grow and it appears healthy but not getting any blooms. It has gotten 1 bloom so far this year. What am I doing wrong?
It may not be anything you are doing wrong. However it could be the repeated use of Miracle Gro that is causing the problem. While it is a good water soluble fertilizer, I have seen cases where it caused the rosebushes to produce lots of great looking foliage but slim to none on blooms. I would recommend using an organic based granular rose food for a couple feedings, such as Gro Rich Rose and Perennial Food if you can get it where you are. And feed the rosebushes some Kelp Meal twice a growing season. Here is a link to an article I wrote on this subject for you as well: >> https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/no-blooms-on-roses.htm
I have a rose that had a cluster of buds growing from center of a bloom. Is this very unusual?
Every so often you will get a hickup of nature and get something like what you had. It can also be caused by feeding the roses with a high nitrogen content fertilizer. The rosebush should return to normal blooming status with the next flush of blooms. If not, there may be a genetic problem in that particular cane of the rosebush if such blooms keep coming. Or it may be that high nitrogen fertilizer has been fed for a long period of time and will take some time to wash out of the soils and also the bushes root system. Many of the so called Bloom Buster fertilizers are actually very high in nitrogen content, which over time will increase foliage and eliminate blooming. We have to watch out for those endless marketing gimmicks! :-)
We rented a house last year, with roses in the yard are coming up. I have no idea what kind they are. But this year they are coming up again with a few of the branches being different. The leaves are anywhere from white to a pale pink and stay that way never turning green. Is there something wrong with them and, if so, can I fix it?
I usually prune out those canes as they typically have a genetic issue that will not support any blooms or weak blooms. Pruning them out keeps them from sucking nutrients from the rest of the bush. Once I have pruned them out, I put a cup of Epsom salts around the base of the rosebush, work it in to the soils lightly and water in. Then in a couple weeks you can give them some high iron fertilizer too.
My rose bush is top heavy -- beautiful but I fear it will topple over. In fact, it was leaning and I propped it up.
Here is a link to an article I wrote on deadheading roses for you. > https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-deadheading.htm If the rosebush you have is a shrub rose, it may be needed to have a trellis there for the rosebush to grow up against for support.
About where to trim a rose? My mom has passed and she always cut above or below the 3rd or 5th leaf by the flower after it bloomed to prevent it from going "wild." I live in AZ now and I have One lovely yellow rose. I don't want it to go wild, as it has not not been maintained in a couple years from previous owner, a man with M.S.
After the rosebush roses have bloomed, I deadhead them by pruning off the old blooms down to the first 5 leaf junction with the cane. This is not really done to keep the rose from going wild but rather to encourage more blooms. Usually by pruning back to the first 5 leaf junction, the cane that is left is larger in diameter and better able to support the new growth and new bloom or blooms. Here is a link to an article I wrote on this subject for you too: > https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-deadheading.htm
I heard this weekend that deer do not like oil of peppermint and would like to know if I can sprinkle some oil or spray on my shrub roses, or if the oil would be too strong and possibly harm the plants? Or could I dilute the oil to a certain ratio with water and spray it on that way? The shrub roses are just beautiful when the deer don't eat the buds off before they ever get to bloom but, unfortunately, they are eating them like there is no other food out there for them. So frustrating! Thank you for any help you can offer about this.
Here is an excellent article that will help you save your roses!
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/deer/do-deer-eat-rose-plants.htm
Can I plant tomato and pepper plants in flower bed with my roses? I have a raised flower bed and have a lot of small flowers there with several rose bushes. would like to know if I can plant pepper and tomato plants with them.
I have tomato plants planted right next to my wildflowers in one flower bed. If you spray your rosebushes with any systemics, it would be best not to plant the tomato or pepper plants close by. It would be better to keep the edibles at one end and the roses at the other. Even granular systemic treatments for roses and flowers would not be good to have in the same soils with your edible plants. That is why I have my tomatoes planted by the wildflowers as I do not use anything on those but water and occasional fertilizer.