ITS A GOOD TIME TO PRUNE YOUR ROSES

How and When and Why to Prune Your Roses​

How
If you prune your roses annually, removing half to two-thirds of their height, you encourage new cane growth and more blooms in spring. With pruning, blooms are also larger and have stronger stems.
Cutting away dead canes improves air circulation throughout the rose to decrease mildew, black spot and other fungal diseases caused by too much moisture. And, of course, pruning maintains the rose’s correct shape.I f you need any more assistance just ask ,enjoy your lovely Rose


When
During January and February, when roses are dormant, is the best time to prune and prepare them for spring blooming.

Why
Why prune roses? You can leave your roses alone, and they will grow 5 to 6 feet high and will produce fewer and fewer blooms each year. If you prune your roses annually, removing half to two-thirds of their height, you encourage new cane growth and more blooms in spring. With pruning, blooms are also larger and have stronger stems.
Cutting away dead canes improves air circulation throughout the rose to decrease mildew, black spot and other fungal diseases caused by too much moisture. And, of course, pruning maintains the rose’s correct shape.I f you need any more assistance just ask ,enjoy your lovely Rose

 

Pruning a Climbing Rose​

Primary stems: they are in charge of giving structure to the plant, they sprout from the ground and are long and strong branches. During the first year you will see that they grow in length, barely forming lateral branches, so they do not usually flower abundantly. Although they may generate a few blooms on their end, they will only be a few isolated blooms.
Secondary stems: sprout from a main stem and are usually shorter and more flexible. Flowering will be generated from these stems. For further development of secondary branches, the main branches should be placed in a horizontal position. That is why it is convenient to take each of the main stems and bend them until they are as horizontal as possible.​

Knowing this, let’s see how these rose bushes should be pruned from their youth to maturity.

Pruning young climbing roses
In young climbing roses, what we need is for them to start developing their main stems. As we already mentioned, these will be in charge of giving structure and support to all the secondary stems. For this reason, it is essential not to prune climbing roses in the first seasons, the main branches must be allowed to grow to the desired height.

As you can imagine during those first seasons you will not have a great flowering, but the main thing is to give it the right structure, with three or five main branches. Even seven if you want to cover a very large wall.

Remember that although we call them “climbing”, these rose bushes do not adhere to any structure (they are not vines). You will need to tie the main stems to the structure where you want to guide it. And that is what you should be doing during these first seasons, giving shape to the rose bush.

The taut cables are a very good support system, remember to provide a position as horizontal as possible. In this way, a greater development of the secondary branches will be favored, which will not give many and better flowers.

It will be from the second year, that if you have given the rose bush a good shape, it will begin to have a good flowering. From that moment on, the secondary branches can be pruned, shortening their length, leaving two or three buds. From these buds the following season other branches will be generated, this will make the foliage thicker and bring more flowers
Pruning old climbing roses
Once the stage of its youth is over, where we define the structure and ensure a good generation of secondary branches, we must carry out routine pruning. Routine pruning should be done every year, removing dead or diseased branches, trimming secondary branches and removing some of them in case of excess foliage. In addition, these prunings are a good time to take advantage of and tie the new shoots to the supports to continue covering the structure.

For old or abandoned climbing roses, which have not been pruned for several seasons, a renewal pruning is necessary. In these renovation pruning you must:
Carry out a cleaning pruning, eliminating all diseased, dead and weak stems.
Identify and cut those main branches that have become woody and too old. Cut close to the ground and make sure you have new stems growing from the ground to supplant these woody branches
Trim side branches to a third of the length to encourage better growth.
Be sure to cut off all dead stem stumps at the base. Otherwise, this is a good point for water pooling and possible rot generation.

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ITS A GOOD TIME TO PRUNE YOUR ROSES​

 

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