06/07/2026
Welp, I decided to disbud. Every expert has a different take about letting the newly planted roses bloom. No blooms the first year? Let them do their thing? Let them double in size at least first?
I let them bud and a few bloom for a few weeks out of curiosity. Then the deer decided to disbud a few for me. Helpful.
It’s still early, and there isn’t much else blooming, so the roots won and they were all disbudded. The plants look relieved, honestly.
If you think that I am carrying these buds around my neck in a little jar so I can marvel at them and smell them too much, you’re right about that. I’m also talking really loudly about them at 7am..
New bud jar necklaces will be available soon. They’re sure to be all the rage.
They’re awkward, heavy, uncomfortable, and wet, but they make a whole lot of sense once you walk around with it for a bit.