How do I go about locating a consultant in my area, Pasadena CA (yes, Pasadena!)?

Just for starters . . .

Did your roses bloom earlier -- in the spring -- when temperatures were still cooler?
Did you deadhead the bushes (i.e., cut off the faded blooms)?

Deadheading is the essential precursor to a repeat bloom with most modern roses.
Following deadheading, it will take perhaps 55-60 days for another flush of bloom to present, on most Hybrid Tea Roses.

Then, there is the weather . . .
You are in the San Gabriel Valley, where temperatures have been above 100 degrees. I would fully expect your roses not to be blooming much at this time -- and if they DO bloom, I would expect the blooms to be noticeably smaller than they were in the cool springtime.

Jeri
Coastal Ventura Co., SoCal
(Grew up in the San Gabriel Valley)

Also is the soil around them mulched with compost or bark (not gravel)? Mulch cools the soil somewhat and helps the plant deal with the stress of summer heat, which in Pasadena is considerable.

I found thru Goggle and ARS, the Pacific Southwest District webpage and Pacific Rose Society. As no info is given, it will require some pruning to find a particular consultant near my zip area 91107. (and I will keep roseseek email option, too.)

Jeri and hoovbz9, just for starters: Yes, the roses were blooming well in the spring. I have been neglectful and did not deadhead the blooms. (I am 80yo and diminished stamina and 90 bushes and recent surgery). Yes, the weather has been miserably hot & dry! and this is when the blooming quit. Some of the plants are "newly" planted -- last year (none this year) and they are the ones looking most peeked. The plants are mulched (not gravel).

I am so glad I posted this inquiry!

However -- given our particularly MISERABLE weather of late -- with the sudden lurch from way-below-average to muggy and above-average, if I were a rose, I probably wouldn't bloom either.

So, I'd say don't worry much about it until the weather eases a bit. Water them generously, and deadhead as much as you can.

To make things a little easier -- If you're looking for bloom in the garden rather than long stems for vases, you can reduce your deadheading to snapping off the dead blooms.

That's what my grandmother did for her roses in Temple City, and she certainly had no lack of bloom. Most of my own deadheading is of that variety -- and it can be done late in the day as things cool down, with a cold drink in your left hand, and a chair in the shade nearby.

Jeri

From these posts I was thinking I'd ask my gardener to cut all the rose bushes down to about hip high or less - would that be wise?

Yes, I snap off the blooms when I walk by some of them - but I don't see it effective or kind!

No, I personally would not do that. I would just snap off the dead blooms, and enjoy the next set to come along. But then, I am not growing roses for rose shows, and nor am I growing them for tall, formal vases of long-stemmed roses.

To have roses blooming in my garden through the year (which I do) and for bouquets in the house, "Bend and Snap" does the trick.

Jeri