Need advise on Rose's

[flhiker]

all, When do you prune back and where? I got a couple of rose's from Heirloom Roses: Unusual Color Roses and they are Own root plants, they came very small with no leaves, but after a couple Days the leaves started to sprout and only a month it started to bloom. This is my most recent flower. The first pic. is the first day it opened and the second one a day later. And has a incredible scent. I checked out the suppliers site and still unclear where to cut being that the plant is still quit small. any help will be appreciated. thanks

[dennis]

we order from heirloom as well great plants. are yours a climber or more of a shrub type. with the colder winters we prune ares back in the spring being you are quite a bit warmer i would look at november december time. depending one the type again as far as old english, hybrid tea rose and such is going to depend on how far back you will cut them

[flhiker]

Thanks Dennis, Do you cut off the dead flower or leave them on?

[dennis]

we dead head them to help promote more blooms. we have some that produce some nice rose hips on them so these the flowers are left on

[Becca]

Here in Idaho....I have always pruned mine back late fall...we get to at least 10 degrees in the winter and I have never had a problem with the roses making it through the cold. This year however, I didn't get to two of my rose bushes, so I will which one's do better. When pruning for the winter, I just take my pruning shears or whatever is easiest without shredding or tearing the canes and cut them as short as I want to....I am not sure if that is how it is supposed to be done, but that is how I do it and I haven't had any problems and I have done it this way for the last 4 years. When I dead head during the growth/blooming season...I have read to make the cut at an angle where it would face towards the middle of the plant (does that make sense?) and make the cut just above the next set of leaves that has 5 leaves. Not sure if I am remembering correctly, but that is how I have been doing it. Maybe some one else will have a method they can share with us that works for them! I have had some roses the same size as yours...I usually try not to let them bloom at that size since I always thought they should be putting their energy into growing in size....but that is just my wacko idea...lol. I love the colors of your roses....before orchids came along....I was obsessed with my roses...lol.

[flhiker]

Thanks Becca it does make sense. The company did say that it will take 1 to 2 years for them to get to the size of a plant you may get a garden center.

[Ross]

When I did grow roses (in Oregon - it's too cold here) I would mound soil around the base of the plant and trim the canes down to the soil line. Then in Spring I would remove the soil and let the new shoots grow up.

[camille1585]

I'll try to remember what I learned in my first year of college...
The type of pruning depends on the type of rosebush.
The ones that flower once in the season need to be pruned after blooming, so during the summer. The ones that flower continuously all season should be pruned in feb-march, after the severe frosts are over. Heirloom roses should be pruned less severely than modern roses.
On older bushes cut off the older branches at the base.

For the pruning itself, Becca is right in saying to make the cut at an angle. Cut it so that rainwater slides off the slope of the cut on the opposite side of the bud. Make the cut above a bud facing the outside of the bush.

Flhiker, I'm wondering if it's not too late to prune yours as it is already blooming. Normally it's better to prune before the year's growth has developed too much. But that's just my

[Jo Ann]

I grew mini roses and to encourage blooming I pruned them back a little hard sometimes.. I just watched which direction the bud was facing before I made the cut..dead heading is a must to encourage the rose to keep putting out more blooms…powdery mildew seems to be a problem here with roses.. it would only attack my yellows but leave the red ones alone so I got tired of fighting with it and gave up the roses.

[snow]

hardy shrubroses is all we can grow here in winnipeg
i prune in spring as pruning in the fall dries them out to much
i prune as camille advised.
now florida is a whole dif picture, i would just prune for shape as well as cutting out any kriscrossing branches and thin weak ones. would,n,t mold and viruses be a bigger problem?first is shrubrose morden '' centenial''
second is shrubrose morden '' winnipeg''