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Is it too soon for pruning Roses
I have a Rose that is already putting on new growth , is it too soon
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Is it too soon for pruning Roses
On Feb 5, 10:53 am, "Gardening_Convert"
wrote: I have a Rose that is already putting on new growth , is it too soon to prune it ? I prune mine whenever I see fit. I cut one back just after xmas and there are no ill effects. Whether it's the best thing to do to it I couldn't say. |
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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 -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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Is it too soon for pruning Roses
On 5 Feb, 10:53, "Gardening_Convert" wrote:
I have a Rose that is already putting on new growth , is it too soon to prune it ? No, it's fine. I've always pruned in late autumn (in North Wales) with no adverse results. In the 1960s when I was working for a well known commercial rose grower in the east midlands - (think cold winters) most of the regular staff were sent off the nursery to go and prune the great man's roses just after Christmas. At that time the ground was usually frozen hard which gave us the opportunity to break yet more rules by wheeling barrowloads of fym across his lawns onto the rose beds. In the summer his roses and his lawns were very good indeed. |
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