Please note the circled area on the rose below. I know it’s hard to see, but it’s a small, grayish area that looks like a bump. This picture was taken the day we transplanted the rose.
Now, please attend to the same area this evening, taken from a different angle.
The previously gray, rather unnoticeable bump has turned the red one would expect from an area just about to leaf. That’s right. This ancient motherfucker is all, “Well, this seems like a nice place to leaf out and see what happens.” Note: If this rose gets one good leaf, that will be on par with what it got last year.
Perhaps its original position was your New York, and now it’s found its Nashville!
Mulch and feed it, then watch it grow. Organic only no Miracle-Gro.
I’m using the rose food they have at Bates. I got great blooms off of every rose (except this one) last year with it.