zynski
Chillin' In The Garden
I just registered as a user and this is my first post.
I salvaged - saved - a couple of sad looking double knockout rose bushes from a local "big box store" for two dollars. (I'm always looking for bargains at this time of year at the local plant purveyors)
They were sad looking and very much past their "prime". I trimmed away all of the dead and dying growth, and cut back the stalks to within two to three inches of the crown. All the trimming indicated that there was much green live tissue that I was trimming.
Well within days of setting into the ground, the new growth just took off. All the branches sprouted with new growth. The plants are robust and very actively growing.
This may not be the best time for this to be happening, right? We are approaching fall and winter and these plants should probably be going into sleep mode, right?
How yould you ensure a safe journey and survival through the coming seasons? I live in coastal New Hampshire, zone 5. We do have some mighty cold days ahead.
I salvaged - saved - a couple of sad looking double knockout rose bushes from a local "big box store" for two dollars. (I'm always looking for bargains at this time of year at the local plant purveyors)
They were sad looking and very much past their "prime". I trimmed away all of the dead and dying growth, and cut back the stalks to within two to three inches of the crown. All the trimming indicated that there was much green live tissue that I was trimming.
Well within days of setting into the ground, the new growth just took off. All the branches sprouted with new growth. The plants are robust and very actively growing.
This may not be the best time for this to be happening, right? We are approaching fall and winter and these plants should probably be going into sleep mode, right?
How yould you ensure a safe journey and survival through the coming seasons? I live in coastal New Hampshire, zone 5. We do have some mighty cold days ahead.