It ain't dead yet but I cut it down to six inches over the ground where buds were coming out.
On the other two, one is turning into two bushes as I knocked out a large chunk of dead wood and it is sending up new canes six plus inches from the original; the big one I cut down to approx. two feet and thinned out the criss-crossing canes.
All he bush roses took a real hit considering last year I did not trim them at all till June when I removed the few canes that were just taking up space.
I spent two hour trimming and cleaning up that garden yesterday.
I dug out some plant that I was not sure if it was a encroaching weed type flower or some thing I had planted but quack grass was suddenly a growing problem and I was not going to putz around and dug it and anything near it out. This way I now know anything coming up was not supposed to be there.
I had putzed with the quack grass for a couple of years but this spring it was massive.
I have not uncovered my H-Tea roses yet but intend to starting tomorrow.
I have some type of Eczema affecting my one hand and yesterday after doing the roses, on one that had almost cleared up, I had large spots of dried out skin which was splitting open.
I pulled rose thorns out of it, which is normal, the way it ached was not.
I dug dandelions out of the ground which probably did the skin no favours.
I am assuming that the allergic reaction to the roses and some thing I ate did not agree with me as after I took a hot bath my heart was pounding and I was tired to the point I did not dry myself of but just sat in a chair till I felt better.
It was only sixty degrees in the house and I did not cool off for over an hour; after I left the chair and put on some night clothes I just laid on the sofa for long time with out any covers.
I had acid reflux till near sunrise but oddly, and thank God, no gas to push it into my throat as I have had that stuff get into my airway in the past and that is pure HELL.
My esophagus finally let it out and then I fell asleep but did not get up till one PM.
