I am making this post because I am feeling quite jealous seeing everyone’s Peggy Martin roses in full bloom.
I got this plant last year and have been caring for it. This year, I added compost as well as soluble and granular blooming fertilizer. I thought it wouldn’t bloom because it isn’t planted in the ground, but I’ve seen many people achieve amazing blooms in planters too.
I just bought rose bloom fertilizer from Walmart, but I would like to ask if anyone has any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong.
I am in Pflugerville / Central Texas (USDA Zone 8b–9a) and the plant is getting plenty sun.
by Mumusil
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Is it producing any buds? Why not just plant it in the ground?
More sun.
Not sure what your yard/sun situation is, but I planted a different variety climbing rose last year in my central Texas yard and realized by the end of summer that it was not getting enough sunlight in the spot I had it in. It grew, but not a single bud. I ended up cutting it way back and moving it while it was dormant in February to a sunnier location. It’s finally starting to produce some buds now!
It’s probably still too young. it might take up to 3 years. i planted mine last fall and no blooms yet.
Mine got hit with the late freeze. It hasn’t taken off yet.
My suggestion honestly is to wait. It might be a while, but when it goes, it goes. Mine looked like a pink unicorn exploded against the side of my wall, it was a stick last year.
One thing to check is if it has a trellis that it’s trained against, do you have enough horizontal components? Many people swear by training stems horizontally to prompt blooms, and then letting them weave back the other way one layer above it, and get better blooms on horizontal components. Mine apparently don’t care if they go up, down, left, right, backwards or forwards, or become dislocated in time entirely, they just bloom like bananas, but if yours needs a reminder it’s worth a try.