Why does my rose bush have no flowers?

Climbing rose - about 3 years old
Why does my rose bush have no flowers?
Have you been pruning it? The buds will grow on this year's growth so it is possible that if you pruned it too late you have got rid of the forming buds. Pruning is best done after flowering but not if frost is likely - in that case leave it until early to mid spring.

Roses are very sturdy though so it is more than likely that it will be putting on more growth at the moment and will try to flower from that a little later in the season.

Give it a good feed (Rose feed encourage flower growth - so that will help too)
Reply:you need to prune them here in brisbane july %26amp; april %26amp; i think that can help if that is done every year %26amp; if they lack food maybe thats the trouble also
Reply:is your rose in full sun at least six hours a day ????? fertilize it with something called rose glow or a good organic rose or plant food
Reply:not the right time of year?
Reply:I bought two in Wal-Mart that never bloomed, in spite of all the bone meal I fed it.



Hard to admit it, but you may have done like I did, and bought a very bad quality cutting. Pull it out, replant elsewhere if you wish to keep it for the leaves, but visit your local nursery and get a quality, certified one...
Reply:I don't know how long it has been since your rose bush has been pruned, but it needs to be cut back every spring to get rid of any dead-ends that might have occurred over the cold and frost season. About every 5 years or so, we "shock" our climbing roses, by chopping them way down. Not right down to the root, but we do chop off leaving only about 3 feet in height. They come back fuller and better than before. Then each year after that, we just trim back every spring. After your do get blooms, the branches can be trimmed back to remove the dead blossoms. Try mixing some peat moss into the root area too, just to air-ate the soil.
Reply:you have to feed it with fertiliser for roses. also pruning regularly. when it does flower--remove dead heads when the flowers have died.
Reply:try pruning and thining and then it shoould flower
Reply:Depends on what sort of rose it is as to how and when you prune it. Repeat flowering roses (HTs, etc) flower on wood made this year, so you cut them hard back in the winter. Once-flowering roses (ramblers, gallicas, albas, damasks, species, etc) flower on wood they made last year, so should be pruned less - after flowering if necessary, and only enough to keep them uder control, remove crossing branches, dead bits, etc.