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Old 05-02-2007, 12:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Is it too soon for pruning Roses

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 Gardening_Convert wrote:

I have a Rose that is already putting on new growth , is it too soon
to prune it ?


The received wisdom (well, the wisdom received by me!) is that it is
better to leave rose pruning until March when new flower heads won't be
affected by later frosts. Whether this is a valid argument or not I
don't know but it's the way I've always done it.

David

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