Triming roses?

Question

Well we have roses in our backyard and over the years they have gotten wild and tall, how do I go about trimming them?

Answer 1

For trimming roses what you want to do is get some pruning shears (heavy duty ones) not like house hold scissors Go down to your desired height then look for a 5 leaf steam and cut above it on a 45 degree angle. Look at the rose bush and and see if you have any dead limbs. They will be brown and dried up like a stick. Remove all the dead limbs and clear out by the base of the rose bush you can look up all kinds of information on the net about doing it but most of it goes into so much detail that it sound confusing. The one thing to remember it the 45 degree angle, a good cut, and the 5 leaf then cut above it. The worst thing that going to happen is you wont have any rose buds for a while. You wont kill the bush if you haven't pruned roses before. Once you prune them your going to want to get some rose bush feed for your local hardware and also a fungicide for them. Follow the directions on the boxes for each and you will see that your roses will look allot healthier when they re bloom. For the rose feed sprinkle it all over the drip area or the rose. The drip area is about the same as the size of the rose bush before you prune it.

Answer 2

General Pruning: in order to shape your bush and clean it up after the roses have dropped you simple cut your canes down to a 5 leaf set that is pointing outward and at an angle. The direction of the leaf set is the direction that a new can and buds will grow.

Autumn Pruning: In Autumn after the first frost when the plant has gone dormant you can cut your rose back to 2 or 3 feet. At this time you don't really have to worry about where you cut it but I usually cut mine at an angle right above a node that points outward just like you would a five leaf set. Doing this will make a much fuller plant for next season. At this time you will want to prune out any dead or damaged canes. The only canes left on your plant should be green and healthy.
Good luck and happy pruning.

Answer 3

the best time for radical pruning is january, the dormant season. but some moderate pruning is good during the growing season, too. in your situation i advise to wait until january to cut them back. cut out weak growth then, and you want to cut down to the little nubs (future branches) which are outward-facing, roughly 2 ft up from the ground. ie: the plant should grow outwards, not inwards, and the nub you leave at the top of the cane will be your leading growth on that cane. leave a nub which follows the natural trajectory of your cane, ie: if the cane slants back toward your house, choose the nub which points most in that direction also. fertilize with organic fertilizers as soon as you see the buds beginning to sprout new growth, and continue to do so monthly until the flowering season is over. mulch well. they like a lot of water, 7 gals a week is optimal for them, but they can get by on less.

Answer 4

Since they have gone wild and tall, "de-heading" would be best after they bloom. Also if you are wanting to trim them back so they are so overgrown, you can usually take the plant down about 1/3 of it's total height/width without killing it. That should be done in the fall or once it's done blooming, it's really up to you.

Answer 5

you need to wait until after they're done blooming and perform what we gardeners call "dead-headding" : take a dead bloom and follow it down to where it meets another branch and cut it about there. When you finished this, you should think about sawing off the weakest branches, which would make the plant focus its energy on the stronger branches.

If you do all this, you should have nice, beautiful, tamed roses next spring. Good luck, and wear good gloves; your hands will thank you later!

Answer 6

Pruning roses is as much an art as a science. Entire chapters of books can and have been written on this subject. So much depends on your hardiness zone, microclimates, and the types of roses you grow. For a quick reference, review table at http://www.reganroses.com/pruning_specifics.htm.

Answer 7

our front yard was over growing with rose bushes and we dug all but one up. it grew so fast and tall, we just keep cutting the wild ones off and we use string to keep it together so it doesnt branch out and look so "wild".

Answer 8

wut we do is every few yrs we cut them really really low just before winter, then they just start growing all over agin