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from Jim contains these words:

I've trying to clear the side flower bed of my incredibly over-run
garden of the house I've just moved into. When we got the place,
everything had got overgrown and I don't think any garden work had
been done for years.

I've cleared the garden and discovered a few rose plants in the flower
bed which I've left. They are about 8" long each. Due to loads of
brambles/time elapsed etc, the bottom 1.25m of the rose stem has no
buds or anything.

I'd like to cut the plant down to a lower height, since now I've
cleared the flower bed, I don't want my roses to be significantly
higher than anything else..

However, I'd also like to try to cause the rose plant to create new
flowers.

oes anyone have any suggestions?

What part of the country are you in?

Climate may have a lot of bearing on what you can prune, and how hard.
(It's the eleventh hour aleady!)

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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