This post is for the seven week entry of my 2014 pruning diary. These are the photos taken last August 16 2014 – this time around I was not able to count how many buds were sprouting as it was starting to rain when I took a photo. I will try to count them in the next update.

For the past couple of weeks, there temperature was pretty warm and there was a couple of days when it rained quite well, these factors have spurned some growth in the pruned roses.

Pope John Paul II

My Pope John Paul II has had very good leaf growth as seen below.

Pope John Paul II – 7 weeks

Another angle of Pope John Paul II

Just Joey

Just Joey has also leafed out as well as had some stem growth at the top. There were also a couple of new buds swelling up.

Just Joey – seven weeks

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

This rose has leafed out quite a lot just like Pope John Paul II. I hasn’t really grown much in terms of stem length but I quite like it this way – slow but surely growing well – seems to be putting out leaf growth first.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch – 7 weeks

Baronne Edmond De Rothschild

The late waking rose, it only had some leaf growth but there seems to be some bud starting to sprout out – hopefully I’ll see more growth in the next 2 weeks.

Baronne Edmond De Rotshchild – 7 weeks

William Shakespeare 2000

This has grown just a tad faster than Baronne Edmond De Rothschild, more leaf growth but also less bud sprouting at this time. I’m happy to observe though that the buds I noticed two weeks ago are still there and seem to be swelling more.

William Shakespeare 2000 – 7 weeks

The next update will be their growth after another 2 weeks.