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Rose pruning advise
etonwick
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Hi All, I have several amazing Roses in my small front garden and they all have great flowers on them. However they are very tall and when they flower they lean over and touch the ground. I suspect that I am not pruning them correctly? If this is the case what should I do to correct this problem. All help more than welcome and appreciated.
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Hi Etonwick
In march they have to be pruned,if theyre hibrid tea's or floribundas ,it's too late to do it now so I would put some canes in and tie them up,just dead head them.In November you can cut them by half and prune them again starting from march
Hi Logan, Thank you for the info, I will use canes. When you say cut them in half do you mean the one long main branch that is in the picture above or the small branches with the flowers on?
I cut mine practically down to the ground in Feb/March, those that I want to be fairly short. My climbers I just remove the tops and any branches I don't want as I want them to grow bigger.