What is the best way to prune roses, so they rebloom?

Answer 1

It depends on where you live...and be careful of trimming back too far if you are in the south (MD or lower).....and if you are in the south, don't trim the final blooms back in the fall. Leave a few "hips" on the ends of about 1/3 of your bush. It may not look as nice, but you'll have less dead stalk tops in the spring. The sudden onset of heat in the south makes that reserve compnents in the "hips" neccessary for the new growth in the spring....anyway....
Dead-head to simply clean up, trim back any browning branches, and this will sound funny, but push aside the mulch and bury a bananna peel about 3-4 inches from the main root knot. Then re-bury the peel. I give mine a bananna peel about every two weeks and they simply go nuts. My climbers are up and over the porch and are covered with clusters of maroon roses....it's great. It works on my hedge roses, climbers (including Joseph's coat...which can be REALLY picky), and my stand alones. I rotate the placement of the peel, so it's feeding continuously. The potassium in the bananna peel makes roses go nuts! it also, for some reason, keeps the cats away!! Also, make sure that the roots are getting enough air. When they get matted and stay damp, they shut down. As for "cutting", the reference to the next group of leaves is sound. Just remember to cut at a downward angle so that the hollow stems don't fill up with water.

Answer 2

Cut the stem of the old rose back to about 1/2" above where there are five healthy leaves.

Answer 3

After the flowers have bloomed,and are wilting go down the vine and cut it off just above the first limb with five leaves. The next one down should have seven.

Answer 4

in the fall, trim the whole thing back to like 4 to 6 inches.

Answer 5

keep the fragrance in ur heart