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pruning overgrown roses
mira
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Hello all. Iam new on this forum and I have a question regarding my roses. Some of them have grown far to tall and I would reduce them into shorter, more prolific blooming plants. For example, my Gertrude Jekyll is about 7,5 ft tall and I would like to reduce her to 4 ft. How and when should I prune? I hope someone of you is able to explain this in a simpel way, so even I can understand how to do this
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It sounds like you have short climbers. To keep them shorter you need to prune them as though they were bush roses, by hard pruning in spring.
Have a look at the youtube video below, it's easy to follow and really quite simple.
Thanks for the reply. I will give it a try next year.