ITS A GOOD TIME TO PRUNE YOUR ROSES

Discussion in 'Roses' started by wiseowl, Jul 8, 2023.

  1. wiseowl

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    Good afternoon @Perki my friend I always say that in the garden rules are meant to guide you and not to bind you especially with Roses but I still make a cut at a 45-degree angle about 1/4 inch above the bud, slanting away from the bud and I still teach my students that an angled cut allows water to run off, rather than collecting in the cut end of the stem, which can encourage the spread of disease.I guess it was the way that the then head Gardener taught us (and you didn't go against him) ;)but I could add that in the mid 1960's in Greenwich Park Rose gardens we did in fact experiment one year I remember we completely pruned one Rose bed with a chainsaw at the same level all over and it hardly made any difference that year with the flowers :smile:
     
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