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How do I get my standard rose back into shape?
CharleyD
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I pruned my standard rose in February/March this year. I cut the branches down to about 8 or 9". It's flowering profusely so no problem there but it's very untidy with long and short branches; some drooping down, some shooting up higher than the others. I wanted a nice sphere shape. How do I do this next year?
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You won't stop growth CharleyD like you describe. All you can do is shape it at the pruning stage into a ball shape. If you do get straggly growth, you can prune back the longer stems to a leaf axil which stimulates a flowering shoot. You'll have to cut the longer shoots right back to within the ball, and the new flowering shoots, which are always shorter, will grow back to the edge of the ball. Some varieties are better at keeping their shape than others, so try to stick to those, they are usually the more popular ones.
That's very helpful Dave. Thanks very much