Wednesday, November 9, 2011

HOW TO PRUNE HYBRID ROSES WITH STEP BY STEP DIAGRAMS


IT'S VISUALLY EASY
MIDSUMMER BLOOM

SO START WITH A VISUAL

COLD WEATHER WARE BEFORE PRUNING


BEFORE PRUNING





THEN FOLLOW THESE FEW BASIC RULES OF THUMB






.....OR SOME ABSTRACT RULES OF THUMB 

KEEP THE 5 STRAIGHTEST AND STRONGEST CANES WHILE OPENING UP THE CENTER




THEN LOCATE THE PARTS OF THE STEM

ALL CUTS WILL BE MADE JUST ABOVE THE NODE

CUTTING AT THE 5TH LEAFLET NODE IS NECESSARY TO PROMOTE A FLOWERING STEM


THEN STUDY THE ANGLES IN WHICH TO CUT AT A NODE FOR OUTWARD BRANCHING



THIS CUT APPEARS TO BE INITIATING INWARD BRANCHING

THIS CUT INITIATES OUTWARD BRANCHING



FINALLY PRUNE
AFTER PRUNING


AFTER PRUNING






TREE ROSE PRUNING IS MUCH THE SAME BUT LEAVING MORE CANES



BEFORE
AFTER



BEFORE
AFTER







SEE MY POST ON PROTECTING YOUR PLANTS FOR WINTER TO PUT YOUR ROSES TO BED


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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Hi - Thanks for your great visuals on rose pruning. You referred readers to your post on putting roses to bed; it would be helpful to give readers the date of the post so they can find it in your archives. Thanks again for the pruning help. I inherited some woebegone roses and they are responding well so far, but now it is time to give them some pruning...I feel much more confident now.

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  2. AnonymousMay 24, 2020 at 6:17 PM

    Awesome pictures/diagrams! I've got some old antique roses that need a good pruning. I can prune perennials until the cows come home but I've always been confused when and how to prune my roses. You've helped me a lot!

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