Rose Bush?

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I was curious about that capitalization too, but can find no explanation for it. Odd that the flowers seem to be reducing in size and the coloration is different than the original blooms I got. I've been doing liquid feed until monsoon season started and slow release on it .

Flower size goes down (smaller) the more flower buds are on a single stem. If this years growth is less robust than last year, possible health of bush is declining, or same amount of roots are supporting more vegetation.

 

[JoeH]

Flower size goes down (smaller) the more flower buds are on a single stem. If this years growth is less robust than last year, possible health of bush is declining, or same amount of roots are supporting more vegetation.

to me it seems about the same, it defoliated once and rebudded on the same branches. Some new branches trying to push out now. There were only two flowers originally so it is double or so.