Growing Roses, Trial and Error

I really love roses, but it seems that my thumb is not the right color to grow them. That’s right I don’t have a green thumb. Over the years I have planted several rose bushes and my luck just isn’t there. I have looked on the Internet for advice and I have gotten pamphlets from garden centers. I follow instructions to the letter, I can get them to bloom, but they are really small flowers. I have replaced the soil with organic soil and they are a little better, I have used Bone Meal, Rose fertilizers, and listened to my elders tell me what to do.

When I prune them the way I’m supposed to, so that they will produce more roses, I get nothing. My neighbor has some beautiful roses and they don’t make near the fuss over them as I do. So if there is anybody out there on this information highway, please send me some suggestions if you have any. Thanks everyone!!!