In May, the roses are busy sprouting vigorously and forming buds. However, in some roses it happens that individual shoots do not show bud growth and the shoot tip with the vegetation point is no longer visible or even dried up. This phenomenon is more often observed in more frequently flowering and fast-shooting hybrid tea roses.
These flowerless shoots are called blind shoots and they stagnate in their development.
They occur when the flowering plant of the rose shoot dies. The uppermost bud is dominant and responsible for flower formation, when it dies, the whole shoot is flowerless. This is often observed in upright growing varieties, rarely in loosely overhanging and nostalgic ones.
Blind shoots can result from large temperature differences between day and night temperatures. The higher the daytime temperature with cool nights, the more often they occur.
To still enjoy beautiful buds and flowers, stimulate the rose plant by pruning the blind shoot to the next fully formed five-leaf. The leaf axillary bud soon sprouts and forms buds.