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'Cerise Bouquet' rose Reviews & Comments
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2 DEC 17 by
NikosR
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How can one remove spent blooms without deadheading? I wonder..
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Try a leaf blower, It works quite well on roses and camellias too.
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#2 of 13 posted
2 DEC 17 by
NikosR
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It doesn't work if one wants to encourage re-bloom..
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#3 of 13 posted
2 DEC 17 by
 Jay-Jay
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Try this: Look up deadheading in the Glossary in the left column. There You might find the answer to Your question. And look at the photo's tab too: http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/gl.php?n=297&tab=36
Pluck the spent flower like an apple (with stem) at the right place, where there is a weak point, and the flower-stem thickens and later on forms cork when rejecting/getting rid of the spent flower or hip.
And take a look this picture of Étoile de Hollande Cl. as an example.
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#4 of 13 posted
15 DEC 17 by
NikosR
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I'm well aware of this. How does that answer my orginal question which is in reference to the details in the rose entry? How can one remove spent blooms without deadheading one way or the other? In my book removing spent blooms = deadheading
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I guess the description means deadhead (remove what might make a hip) - blasting dead petals with a leaf-blower might not do that.
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The leaf-blower will only remove dead petals, I think the only way to remove what might make a hip is to do so as Jay-Jay wrote, that is by hand.
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#6 of 13 posted
15 DEC 17 by
Jay-Jay
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Cutting the whole plant to the ground? ;-)
Maybe Your question isn't clear to the reader.
You might explain/describe what You mean or want to.
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#8 of 13 posted
15 DEC 17 by
NikosR
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The entry for this particular rose mentions amongst other things: 'Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom... ...Do not dead head'. I suggest one can't have one's cake and eat it too.
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#9 of 13 posted
15 DEC 17 by
Jay-Jay
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Oh, now I understand... those lines/advices contradict each-other.
This would be an issue for the administrator, c.q. Patricia Routley.
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c.q.? I am but one of the, admittedly very few, administrators Jay-Jay.
I don't grow this rose and more's the pity.....so I have added a few more references to find out. There are two U.K. references which say there is some autumn repeat, so perhaps if one did dead-head, it might produce more of an autumn crop. It apparently doesn't repeat as a rule. I have removed the "Remove spent blooms to encourage rebloom" line.
Taking a clue from the 2000 reference, as it is a very thorny rose perhaps our description might need some extra words - No need to dead head unless you have chain mesh skin.
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It's interesting that the various references contradict each other, some say not recurrent or does not reflower whilst others say good second crop or another goodly flush. Perhaps it has something to do with growing conditions or cultivation? And good luck with deadheading a rose that grows 3.5m x 3.5m however you decide to do it!
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#12 of 13 posted
16 DEC 17 by
Jay-Jay
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In Dutch it means A or B. I meant an administrator and maybe in this case Patricia.
I apologize for the misunderstanding of the English meaning of c.q..
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Andrew - Am grinning.
Jay-Jay - I can't speak/read a word of Dutch so you are way ahead of me.
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