Bernice, I wish I'd taken pics of those
roses last year, so I could show you what mine look like, but I didn't get interested in
flowers until last Fall. (I've always done veggie gardens though.) The thorns are so nasty on that one, that the only reason I'm even messing with it is because of the blended red-to-peach color of the
rose! (But that's not to say that even if we do have the same kind of
rose bush, that they'd be the same color... will have to wait & see.)
As I understand it, the best time to prune
roses is late Winter/real early
spring, but you'll still want to whack off branches that cross each other & crowd up in the middle
(any time), to maintain good air circulation for the prevention of mildew & other diseases that
roses are prone to.
Good idea, to
weed the area & feed the bushes now... probably wouldn't hurt to hit it with some systemic
rose treatment stuff, while you're at it, as the minute you start to care about it, a bug or something will try to latch on! (That's been MY experience, anyway!) :rolleyes: Hopefully, you can do it without too much help from Rover, there! (I saw him down in the corner of 1 of your pics... looked like he had something in his mouth... maybe the lid to your
plant food!)
Photobucket just automatically has that feature I guess. All my pics are compressed, as I have dial-up and it helps me get around with my pics better.
I've been using PB for the past 10 months, & have never seen them come out the way yours posted! I also have dialup, so my
everything moves at a slower pace than it does for the "normal" people around here!