Cecile Brunner Won't Bloom: Too Much Fertilizer

Cecile Brunner Won't Bloom: Too Much Fertilizer

Horse manure and chicken manure overfeed this China rose, causing vegetative growth at the expense of flowers.

Fix

• Next spring: no fertilizer, water only.
• May take 3 years to bloom (climber types slower).
• Bush form blooms heavily; climber blooms once with fewer flowers.
• Resume feeding after flowering begins.