How to manage a runaway Rose?

jamesvint · July 2023

Hi, I have a Rose that I don't know what to do with...it's 2 meters tall (see picture), and just grows straight up - never bushes out. Should I cut it back, or try and tie it to an arch or something? Not sure, advice appreciated, Thanks Jimmy

SalixGold · July 2023

Welcome. Did you plant it?

bcpathome · July 2023

Wait till it stops flowering ,or cut them off and put them in a vase if you like . Cut it back a little then in the Autumn ( November time) prune it down to about 10 “ it will come back in spring and then keep it pruned . Sugggest also a deeper and larger pot .

Marlorena · July 2023

I wouldn't call that a runaway rose, but it's never been pruned adequately during its time, by the looks of it..
You need to be ruthless and brutal to attain a bushy shape, not fiddling about around the edges snipping off bits here and there..

You can do this now. Prune off all the top growth down to about 1 foot, so you are left with just the trunk. If you then apply a decent rose fertilizer and water that in, it will reshoot quicker and form a bushier plant before late summer..

Use the cut flowers for a vase or somesuch..

How to manage a runaway Rose?

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