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25 FEB 04 by
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I have had this rose twice. She is a real beauty. However, I have never had it bloom more than once in the season, in either zone 6 or zone 7. Has anyone had better luck? If so, let me in on the secret of repeat bloom.
Thanks!
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Eden isn't very generous with it's flowers. It blooms once and then has a few scattered flowers afterwards. It does take time to build up and until it does it won't bloom well. This is a rose that responds well to being generous with the fertilizer so I would give it a handful every month sprinkled all around the base.and make sure the fertilizer is really low in nitrogen. You could even use a tomato fertilizer as it is high in potassium the nutrienst that a rose needs to make flowers. Just follow the amount for a mature tomato bush. I would also put a 6 inch mulch all around the base as roses love cool roots and this will help it grow better.
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How do I manage to have two lots of bloom per season
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I'm in Southern California so maybe that makes a difference, but I get lots of repeat bloom from my Eden climber. I almost lost it one year though, due to pruning it too hard when I moved house and took it with me. For two seasons after that, I didn't get any climbing canes, it acted like a small bush, and I did only get one bloom per season until the climbing canes finally came back. I think this rose does not like to be pruned very hard. I don't do much to it anymore (other than removing leaves, and cutting back the twiggy bits). It seems to like that treatment because now I get far more rebloom.
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25 FEB 04 by
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I have a number of Eden Climbers planted last year. How do I prune them this spring?
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