Dis-budding Roses

Removing the two secondary buds and leaving the larger top bud (centre) will divert all the food to this bud, thus making it larger. Now is a good time to do this dis-budding. It is a useful trick to try on lots of your flowers which form in groups, especially if you want to impress.

The recent rain has come at just the right time for flowering. As said elsewhere, heavy watering whilst the buds are forming seems to give massive flowers.

Have decided to leave the secondary buds on, so we can go for maximum flowers.