Pruning

Last post 25-01-2011 11:06 PM by AlexS. 3 replies.

• 25/01/2011 03:35 PM
  Wendy Location: Burnley Joined on: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact should I wait for a frost free forecast before pruning roses?

• 25/01/2011 04:08 PM

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  The Hedge Folk Location: Somerset Joined on: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 663

  Reply | Contact  Hi Wendy, welcome to the forums! Short answer: I wouldn't bother. Longer answer: I can recall my grandmother telling me that a healthy rose should be pruned late, in early spring, while a sick rose should be pruned early (and usually brutally!), in October-November. However, I think that her reason for leaving the pruning a little late was that she wanted her roses looking nice for as long a possible. By pruning just before they regrow in spring, she cut down the time that they spent looking sparse. Have fun! Ed www.ashridgetrees.co.uk

• 25/01/2011 05:35 PM	In reply to
  Wendy Location: Burnley Joined on: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact Thanks Ed

• 25/01/2011 11:06 PM

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  AlexS Location: Reading Joined on: 06 Sep 2009 Posts: 499

  Reply | Contact Ideally, I prune climbers and ramblers in late summer/early autumn. Others I prune in January or February or March, whenever convenient. I've pruned quite a lot of roses already this year. It doesn't seem to me to make much difference exactly when I do it. Leaving it later means new growth gets going later, and first flowering is also likely to be later, although the weather plays its part. What do others think? Alex