Pruning a rose bush
I've had good success with my rose bushes by using the following guidelines when pruning.
1. Cut out all dead canes. Get rid of them completely.
2. For any canes that are diseased, damage, or otherwise unwell looking, cut them back to healthy wood (which will look green in color throughout).
3. Cut back any stems that are thinner than 1/4 inch.
4. Of the remaining canes, cut back a third of them. This may sound extreme since you only have good healthy canes at this point, but cutting them back will allow the plant to put more energy into the existing canes, and you will get much better roses as a result.
If you have roses, you absolutely must prune once a year them if you want to get good rose flowers. Failure to prune is the number one reason for poor flowering plants.
1. Cut out all dead canes. Get rid of them completely.
2. For any canes that are diseased, damage, or otherwise unwell looking, cut them back to healthy wood (which will look green in color throughout).
3. Cut back any stems that are thinner than 1/4 inch.
4. Of the remaining canes, cut back a third of them. This may sound extreme since you only have good healthy canes at this point, but cutting them back will allow the plant to put more energy into the existing canes, and you will get much better roses as a result.
If you have roses, you absolutely must prune once a year them if you want to get good rose flowers. Failure to prune is the number one reason for poor flowering plants.
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| Categories: | Gardening flowers |
| Added: | on Jun 05, 2007 at 9:19 am |
| Added By: | an anonymous user |
