Recently I saw P. Allen Smith massacre some rose bushes.
I always dead headed and pruned them but never cut them back so drastically.
There were never many blooms. All I had were holes in leaves.
Even after setting Japanese Beetle traps, they still didn't produce.
I even gave them food. The rose bushes, or lack thereof, were planted by the previous home owners. I figured they should look a little better after 4 years but they didn't.
So I hacked them up. ALOT.
They looked like two sticks in the ground.The worst it could do was end their already miserable state, or best thing - which ever way you look at it.
We don't have a beetle problem this year so I was hoping for a rebound.
I waited and waited and then I saw P. Allen's segment
and felt better about going postal on them.
One lonely bloom was on the bush a week ago so I brought it in and gave it a spot on the windowsill. Today there were a few more so I set them where I'll see them while cooking dinner.
And after seeing so many buds in waiting, it looks like tomorrow there may be enough for a full blown centerpiece.
