Pruning roses for the winter

Roses - the most common flowers in summer residents. Rarely anyone in the garden or front garden will not meet them.One of the important stages in the care of roses is their preparation for the winter - pruning.

Pruning roses

Pruning roses - not too hard operation. However, there are many different types of roses. Their sizes range from 10–12 m to 0.3 m. Therefore in the case of pruning different types of roses (depending on the stem height), various methods are used.

General tips for pruning roses for the winter

For all types of roses, from the highest to the smallest, there are general guidelines for the implementation of pruning bushes.

• Cut as close as possible to the kidney (no more than 0.5 cm).
• Work with a sharp knife or pruner. It is important to make sharp sharp cuts, because torn - can lead to the death of the shoot.
• The cut should have a slight slope from the kidney. Incorrectly made tilting of the slice can lead to decay of the kidney.

• Cut to healthy tissue. With a brown core, the branch must be cut to a white healthy core.
• In order not to obscure the center of the crown, cut to the kidney, which is located on the outer side of the shoot. To obtain a vertical growth in roses with drooping branches, pruning of a small number of stems to the bud of the inner side of the shoot is necessary.
• We must not allow two shoots to grow at the pruning site. There must be one escape!
• Remove from the roses completely dead, diseased stems, as well as thin and weak growths.
• Remote parts of roses must be burned!
• To prevent the development of many diseases of roses in their autumn pruning save a sufficient interval between shoots. This will ensure breathability and good lighting.

General guidelines for pruning roses are absolutely suitable for all types of roses.. Therefore, if you do not know which group of roses your flowers belong to and especially how to cut them correctly, use general advice and you will not lose.

Terms of pruning roses

Different varieties or groups of roses pruning time vary. Therefore, it is impossible to give an exhaustive answer to this question.

Pruning roses for winter is usually done in September-October for early and medium flowering varieties of roses. For late-flowering varieties - the timing of pruning shifted closer to November-December.

What is important to know when pruning roses for the winter?

• Pruning roses for the winter is best done in October. After pruning roses, fertilize the grounds of young shoots.. For this, use well-rotted manure or compost.

• Pruning roses stimulates the formation of well-developed young shoots, therefore, it is necessary.
• If the first hard frosts suddenly damaged growths, then prune the main stems to the most dormant buds.
• There are types of roses, which leave flowers after the end of the flowering period (they do not lose their decorative properties due to brightly colored fruits). Such roses, for example, include Moisé or Scarlit Fire. In most other less decorative varieties of roses, flowers should be removed as they wither. This will help the roses to bloom profusely next year.
• Never do not cut the shoot too hard, only as much as necessary. Strong pruning of roses weakens the plant and its reproduction.

Autumn pruning plays an important role in preparing roses for the winter and the next growing season.Following the general guidelines for pruning roses for the winter, you will receive unusually lush and beautiful flowering rose bushes next year. And how to care for them, read the article How to grow roses at home ?.