Dianela,

At this time of year, and if kept well watered and fertilized, the 'stubs,' of recently pruned growth should be hidden by 4 weeks time, and possibly 3 weeks. Of course the smaller bloomed varieties recycle quicker, and the classic 45 days from the time of a dead heading cut of a hybrid tea, until the time a new growth bloom is opening is a good guideline. My True Bloom True Love minifloras seem to bloom again rapidly. After a dead head cut, new open blooms are seen in about 30-32 days. It's just about the same with my Drift roses.

To just look presentable with fresh, green new growth with green buds, but no blooms open yet, that should occur in about 28 days, 4 weeks, after pruning back.

Moses.

Thank you very much Moses! They will take pictures sooner than 4 weeks, but hopefully by the time it starts showing it will be presentable. Wild non formal gardens are not in.

They were not looking their best already and had some spider mites ( we have been record dry this spring).

Here at its best.

That is a fantastic picture! Could I bother you to ask what roses I'm looking at?

The bones of that garden are still there. Any competent gardener who puts in the effort should be able to maintain the spectacular beauty of the incredible garden you have made. Even if they are amateurs, if they have the initiative needed, things will proceed splendidly.

Moses.

Your border is VERY BEAUTIFUL!

That is so beautiful! I’m sorry you had to cut them back but they look so healthy in this photo and I am sure they will spring back in no time!

Can you share how you maintain them? I am fairly new to roses and have some 3 year old ones but have been riddled with rust every year - they are supposed to be disease resistant and I have spaced them very well. I have resorted to a systemic and a fungicide this year and hope that will help :(

thank you all. Sorry I tried posting late at night and lost my post.

Vapor the roses in that bed are all repeated. Flamenco rosita, olivia, florentina, kendyl marie and the fairy. I will post another angle.

Moses thank you very much! I hope whoever gets it doesnt just remove them like in my other garden. I always prune hard twice a year since they get so huge, but I usually wait until the end of July or so.

ellatiarella: Thank you ver much for your kind comment.

Susan, thank you so much. I do always cut them back hard, but usually later in the summer. They will recover fast because they are very vigorous varieties, but may not look good for pictures in two weeks.

Maintenence: I do not get rust here since I think thats is usually a dry place issue. My biggest issue is blackspot because of how humid we are. All I do to this bed is heavy pruning twice a year and osmocote fertilizer. All the varieties here are very blackspot resistant so no spraying needed. If they get a bit of powedry mildew it ussually goes away without needing spraying. I have never seen rust here. Hopefully someone who has experience with rust can share how they handle it.

View from inside

Here is the center where Kendyl Marie shows off every year(hotter pink polyantha). I am surprised at how little I hear people mentioning this polyantha. It is super blackspot resistant and a work horse in the garden.

Thank you so much for that info. I grow three of those and agree with your comments. I've always wanted KM and Olivia... maybe someday. I would like to suggest you try Cl. The Fairy in your new home if you have the space. It. It's even better than the bush form and is almost a perfect climber except for fragrance.

15 days record ?

This is one the best roses I have ever grown (only lacks a strong scent). 15 days since I chopped her down without mercy and look at her now. We did get several inches of rain in the past two weeks so that must be the magic like Moses mentioned.

Congratulations, Dianela! Boy, does that rose look well recovered. Everything will look fresh and rejuvenated with all pruning cuts well concealed. I think your real estate agent is either oblivious to the beauty of that front of house bed......some people have no esthetic insight......or it's passive jealousy. I for one find the original photos of that bed spectacularly beautiful, not overgrown. They show tremendous creativity and very hard work.

Moses.

Thank you Moses very much! I recently watched a video of a gorgeous garden in youtube and the lady said their house took way longer than average to sell because no one wanted the work they thought the garden would need. People are tired after work and want zero maintenance.

How are your roses doing after all the rains? I remembered today I mentioned delta gamma was great here and maybe you should try it.

This isn't a deal breaker for me, but I wasn't sure how you would feel about it. It definitely needs deadheading to look clean which is not something I like to do. I will keep it until I need the space for something better.