Ive always pruned on Valentine’s Day or there abouts. I say always...this year was the first time and I actually only pruned one rose. But I do my espalier apple tree at the same time.
Its very mild here in my town garden. Can leave dahlias in the ground, antirrhinum and marguerite daisies can overwinter in the border and actually I had a marguerite self seed last year, although it was exceptionally mild.
I’m going to take some hardwood cuttings from any long bits on the roses but then leave any other pruning until February.
@Omori thank you for that link. I'm zone 9b. I'm nervous but quite looking forward to pruning. Really interested to see how my new ones do in their second season too.
For those that I plan on repotting should I do that now or wait until I prune them?
I was thinking waiting until I prune mine @poppyfield64 because the smaller plants will be easier to manage. But if now is better I will take advice.
That is an interesting map @Omori thanks for linking, I'm apparently zone 8b but I think it is milder in my garden than that, it is a very sheltered one.
just heard my DA despatched today, exciting getting my first bareroots. Those that already have theirs how long did they take to arrive after the despatch email?
@Tack I got my email on a Friday and the roses came the following Monday. But then went back to the depot and finally made it through the door on the Thursday!
@Omori, @Nollie, thank you very much for detailed pruning advice. I will leave the pruning to spring and will only cut some particularly swinging branches. Have bookmarked this page to come back to it in spring.
I have been cutting whatever has been flowering for vases in home. I feel that after bringing in, say after 1 hour, once rose have settled to room temperature the fragrance is stronger. The myrhh ones which i couldnt detect anything in garden, i can smell those we well. Anyway i am now a days very scared of sniffing roses in garden. There are some small white spiders hiding in the blooms! I only sniff after thoroughly checking each bloom indoor.
I need to do this as I have so many buds. The weather has been so terrible I haven't faced going outside. Will do tomorrow 😊
@Tack This map puts me in 8b too but it is the only map that does, three or four other maps put me in 9a or just on the border between 8b and 9a. I haven't been here for long but I haven't encountered temperatures lower than -4, usually, we have only a small number of frost nights and almost no frost days and our winters are very mild, I can overwinter pelargoniums or similar tender perennials outside. Before moving to North Wales, I used to live in Newcastle (9a in that map) but winters there were colder than here.
@edhelka I just put my tender perennials that are in pots up against the house, I don't expect to lose anything either. Just 5 miles away it is always several degrees colder but that map places us in the same band. @newbie77 from da I have Buttercup , Scepter'd Isle and Pearl Drift coming. Thanks @Mr. Vine Eye
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I think may be Feb would be good for me.
Ive always pruned on Valentine’s Day or there abouts. I say always...this year was the first time and I actually only pruned one rose. But I do my espalier apple tree at the same time.
Its very mild here in my town garden. Can leave dahlias in the ground, antirrhinum and marguerite daisies can overwinter in the border and actually I had a marguerite self seed last year, although it was exceptionally mild.
I’m going to take some hardwood cuttings from any long bits on the roses but then leave any other pruning until February.
For those that I plan on repotting should I do that now or wait until I prune them?
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@newbie77 from da I have Buttercup , Scepter'd Isle and Pearl Drift coming.
Thanks @Mr. Vine Eye