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Lynda TrivettLynda Trivett Posts: 27
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I have a thornless rose which prolific but has never flowered. Can anyone tell me what it is and why it does not flower.

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  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,901

    DID YOU BUY IT OR WAS IT THERE WHEN YOU ARRIVED? 

    WHEN YOU SAY "PROLIFIC" I TAKE IT YOU MEAN THAT IT GROWS LOTS OF LEAFY SHOOTS?

    IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WELL-KNOWN VARIETY CALLED "WASTE OF SPACE". 

    THE BEST TREATMENT IS TO SHOUT AT IT.

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,407

    Not with nothing else to go on!

    Some possibilities:

    If it is growing vigorously and still not flowering, then maybe it is getting too much of the wrong type of food. Plants flower to propagate themselves, if the living is easy they don't always bother.If this seems possible then treat it a bit meanimage No more high nitrogen feed, a starvation diet and then in the spring give it some high potassium feed, such as tomato food.

    It may also be somewhere too shady for the variety, most roses need a reasonable amount of sun to encourage flowers. If it looks like this may be the cause then consider moving it if possible.

    Most roses flower on new growth but some kinds flower on the previous year's growth. Are you  perhaps pruning off the potential flowers? If you have been pruning it, then stop and leave it a year. If it manages a flower or two it will be easier to identify and you may be able to find out the right treatment .

    Is it a bush or shrub or some kind of climber? The following websites offer some possible candidates if you can say which type it is.

    http://www.countrygardenroses.co.uk/shop/42-Thornless-Roses

     http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/specific-situations/thornless

  • Pink lilyPink lily Posts: 175

    PANSYFACE IS RIGHT, I HAD A MAGNOLIA THAT PRODUCED MAXIMUM 2 FLOWERS A YEAR, UNTIL I SHOUTED AT IT....NEXT YEAR, IT WAS COVERED IN FLOWERS image

    ALSO, FOR ROSES, MY GRAMPA ALWAYS SWORE BY GIVING THEM A BANANA IN THE SPRING, HE JUST PUSHED IT INTO THE ROOTS AND HE ALWAYS HAD BEAUTIFUL ROSES

  • DyersEndDyersEnd Posts: 730

    I love the idea of giving my roses a banana each in the spring Pink Lily image  I'm going to do it.  There's probably some science to it.

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,234

    No doubt it's the potassium. image It usually is with anything banana related.

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