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Vegetative(?) buds on Yonlade d'A

6 years ago

This is a baby Y d'A that I planted from bare root early April and it has formed a good many buds:




However several of these have a very tight green center. Is this a flower bud with a vegetative center? What are these called? And why do they happen?






This is a normal bud:





I have seen these forming on several of my roses, especially earlier in the season.

Here is a flower of Coquette d'Blanche:




And one on Ispahan:




I did not see these at bud stage. Is this the kind of deformation one sees in a flower when a bud has that green center?


Well, my question is there is no point to these buds is there? should I just remove these so the remaining normal buds have more energy? When I stopped and took notice it seems these kind of buds go slower than others and get very big and do not necessarily bloom proper;y.

Comments (3)

  • 6 years ago

    Comtesse! I left those buds. I will wear them to the supermarket when they bloom. Maybe someone will notice how fashionable I am. And I will get one of my kids to draw pictures of them and wait till the pictures fetch a nice sum. And I owe it all to you!! In my case it could be nitrogen but since I see them only early in the season, it could be be very well due to the wild swings in temperature we get at this time of year. Now I know! <3

  • 6 years ago

    What a cool thread!!


    Comtesse - so interesting!