2006-12-21 06:22:32 · 4 answers · asked by afbrat65 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I moved into a rental with 17 rose bushes that had not been trimmed in 10 years. I started in February and ended in March. Winter is the best time to give them a good cut.
2006-12-21 06:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by Cheryls 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jeffrey has some good info.
'Nearly Wild' is a Rugosa style rose. Which means that it should be treated more like a 'regular old flowering shrub' and less like a 'rose bush'. You can almost not do anything wrong to those roses.
Generally I recommend pruning in the early spring as the Forsythia start to bloom (USDA hardiness zone 5). If you have a different very early season flowering shrub, you might use that. When those early shrubs bloom, it is a 'nature' indicator that warmer weather is a coming. Cut out dead branches, then cut back 'wimpy' stems to the thickness of a pencil... the wimpier the stem, the smaller the flowers.
Fertilize them in the spring with an organic fertilizer such as ESPOMA 'rosetone'. Follow the directions on the label.
I hope that this helps
Good luck
2006-12-22 02:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nearly Wild Rose
2016-10-05 02:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best time is in the spring just before the buds (leafs) leaf out. The cut should be diagonally to keep water standing on the cut.
Winter is not the best time. It will not kill the plant but the fresh cut will get moisture in it, then freezes, thus it will damage the ends.
2006-12-21 11:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
before they bloom or in the fall- I did mine in the early spring. Look on the internet for how to cut properly.
2006-12-21 08:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by northville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋