I have two minature rose bushes that get mourning sun but afternoon shade that do not produce flowers.?

Question

I live in Missouri and they have not produced flowers for atleast two years.

Answer 1

Oh, I love minis. I have 4 in my collection and I think they are all fabulous. My next it called "Si". The flower is smaller than a dime and it grows only 6 inches tall. It's just precious. Anyhow, is sounds like your problem is probably too much shade. Roses need at least 6 hours of sun to do well and it they are not getting it then you may have to consider moving them. If they are getting at least 6 hours then you may need to try a different fertilizer meant for roses. I pretty much only feed my roses manure and fish emulsion and they seem to just thrive on it. I mix the composted manure into the top layers of soil and feed the fish emulsion every few weeks. If you've never moved a rose before it's not that hard. here are some instructions if you are interested. If you can then I suggest that you wait until the first freeze before transplant because your rose will not suffer any shock from being moved while dormant.
Transplanting a rose
1) wait until evening when temps are cooler if you cannot wait until first freeze.
2) cut the rose back to about 2 or 3 feet.
3) prepare the new home by digging a hold 2ftx2ft and water the hole. Fill the hole with water and let it drain at least twice.
4) save the top 2/3 of soil that you just dug up and set aside. Discard the bottom 1/3.
5) amend the soil you saved with peat, bone meal, and garden compost.
6) in the bottom of the hold add a layer of manure 2-3 inches thick and then layers some of the amended soil on top of the manure. Do NOT set the roots directly on the manure.
7) use a shovel to cut around the rose bush about 18inches from the trunk all the way around.
8) Moving aroun the rose bush again, reinsert the shovel and pull down on the handle. Doing this all the way around will loosen the soil and begin to separate any long roots. Keep doing this until the rose can be easily removed (Don't worry too much if you break a root because roses are tougher than they look)
9) Remove the rose. At this point it is best to keep as much of the origional soil around the roots as possible since it is summer. If you move it in the fall you can shake the soil away and trim any damaged or dying roots.
10) set rose in hole making sure the soil on the root ball is a little above the level of the new hole. You want the rose to be on a small mound.
11) fill in the hole half way with the ammended soil and water. Once the water has run through then finish filling in the hole with the soil and water throughly.

Now that you have transplanted your rose then make sure you give it water everyday for the next 2 weeks. Be sure you water it at the base and early in the morning because roses don't like to get wet. After the two weeks then you can cut back the watering to once a week.

Good Luck

Answer 2

In the ground:
Next Spring (2008):

All day sun (at least 6 hours),

Don't let your lawn fertilizer wash over into the rose bed-you will only get green leaves,

Feed with rose fertilizer-read the directions on the package,

Water often and deeply if you are not getting rain.

2007:
Your growing season is over, do not fertilize in August. Get ready for an early frost/freeze in your area.

Answer 3

Smack someone!