Pruning

Pruning is a way of fine tuning and controlling the growth of your rose plants. It helps to reduce diseases, keeping the plant shape attractive and also regulates blooming. Proper pruning encourages the rose to make vigorous new shoots that will support larger flowers. Since we all want our roses to be healthy and produce abundant flowers, pruning should be a job you love and face with confidence.

Pruning your roses is simple!

Over my many years of rose growing, I have pruned tens of thousands of roses. I have also read countless articles on rose pruning and have come to the conclusion that some rose growers have too much time on their hands, and just want to complicate a very simple task. Below are my suggestions on how to prune roses. But remember, these are only suggestions. If you ask a 100 people how to prune a rose bush, you will get a 101 different answers.

One good thing to remember is that you'll never kill a rose bush by pruning! Well, almost never.