re: #4 Cato the Elder

Do you think you might be going a bit rough on her lately?

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For years I grew hybrid tea roses, and frankly they looked better than most peoples’, a lot better. Others remarked on the quality.

How it was done: Besides the long term (multi-year) soil enrichment plan, and the correct watering schedule, the key trick is to know that it takes a few years of careful grooming of a newly planted plant - pruning away the bad parts and the unwanted growth, but being careful not to cut too much or in the wrong place, in order to get outstanding plants.

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