Depending on your disposition, pruning roses can be seen as either the final task of winter or the first activity of spring. Either way, roses should be pruned just before they come out of dormancy and put out new growth. Roses come in many forms, but whether you are growing a hybrid tea or an old fashioned climber, pruning is basically the same for each type. The hardest part is making the first cut. CLICK HERE: https://youtu.be/SzUyi0BVMDc | P. Allen Smith

How to Prune an Established Rose* The main purpose of pruning a rose is to create a shapely, attractive shrub, with good structure. You can do this by simply removing parts of the plant during the non-flowering season - now is a good time to start pruning in the UK. Pruning your roses will encourage fresh new growth and plentiful blooms for the following season. Here is Steve to show you how to prune an established Shrub rose. For more information and for more pruning how-to’s click the link in

Roses love to be pruned. If you are growing shrub roses like knockout roses, carpet roses, or any other rose that is not a long, tall climber, late winter early spring is the best time to prune. We want to remove diseased, branches, dead branches, or anything that has been wounded. healthy rose canes are nice and green. Anything that doesn’t look nice and green, remove it and cut back into the green healthy tissue. we wanna disinfect our tools with isopropyl rubbing alcohol before we start pruni