Roses are often raised with drooping heads, so can you use a stick to support roses with drooping blooms? How can I avoid drooping flowers? Today one by one to give you answers to these questions.
Common causes of rose bloom drooping
Flowers are too big and too heavy
There are some rose varieties that don’t have particularly strong branches, but have unusually large flowers. For example, ‘Jannice’, a common rose variety, has flowers that are almost the size of our dinner plates, with a large number of petals, and when in bloom the entire flower is very heavy. They are upright in the bud stage, but tend to droop once in full bloom. Another example is ‘Meillandina’, which has thin, floppy branches and relatively large flowers that droop, especially when the flowers are multi-headed.
Insufficiently strong branches
These problems are not only related to the characteristics of the rose variety, but also to the health of the plant itself. Even varieties of roses that are usually more upright can have drooping flowers if they are not well cared for. If the plant is small or has slender branches, drooping flowers are very common. Even on larger plants, if the branches are still weak, this may be due to insufficient fertilization or light.
Drooping due to rain or breakage
External conditions can likewise affect the state of roses, such as rainy weather. Rain increases the weight of the flowers, which may cause them or even entire branches to be pulled down or broken, and this is especially true in lollipop-shaped roses. After a rainy day, the increased weight of the flowers may cause the branches to be crushed, leaving an otherwise intact plant damaged.
How to Improve Drooping Roses
There are two ways to improve rose drooping.
Improve care and management
For rose varieties with large flowers and long-branched bloomers, the branches can become strong enough to support the weight of the flowers if managed properly. For example, the “Janus” variety can be strengthened by retaining strong branches during winter pruning, and by ensuring an adequate supply of fertilizer and water during the spring growing season, especially after the buds have appeared, and by applying a large amount of high-phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, so that even with very large blooms the branches can be kept upright and not drooped.
Support from outside
Not all varieties can be fertilized to change their drooping characteristics, especially for some vine roses and varieties with naturally thin and limp branches. In this case, consider using external support tools, such as braces prepared in advance for support during the gestation bud stage. This method is particularly suitable for profuse-flowering rose varieties, where the use of external support is an effective means of preventing flower drooping when there are too many flowers or when fine branches are in bloom.