There seems to be lots of different ideas on when to prune roses.

I usually prune my bush roses end of Feb with no problems.

When do you prune yours?

"Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in
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There seems to be lots of different ideas on when to prune
roses.

I usually prune my bush roses end of Feb with no problems.

When do you prune yours?

When I remember :-)

Mike

"Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in message
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There seems to be lots of different ideas on when to prune roses.

I usually prune my bush roses end of Feb with no problems.

When do you prune yours?

I lightly prune back the taller shrubs and floribundas in Oct/Nov/Dec when
growth has all but stopped. In March, I cut everything back and reshape the
bush if need be.

Spider

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:22:54 -0000, "Spider"
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"Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in message
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There seems to be lots of different ideas on when to prune roses.

I usually prune my bush roses end of Feb with no problems.

When do you prune yours?

I lightly prune back the taller shrubs and floribundas in Oct/Nov/Dec when
growth has all but stopped. In March, I cut everything back and reshape the
bush if need be.

Me 2. The plan is good


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On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:22:54 -0000, "Spider"
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"Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in message
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There seems to be lots of different ideas on when to prune roses.

I usually prune my bush roses end of Feb with no problems.

When do you prune yours?

I lightly prune back the taller shrubs and floribundas in Oct/Nov/Dec when
growth has all but stopped. In March, I cut everything back and reshape the
bush if need be.

Me 2. The plan is good

My mother told me that there were two theories:

1) prune in autumn, because otherwise the winter winds rock the plant
and cause a hole to be formed around the base which collects water over
winter and causes rot

2) prune in spring because if you prune in autumn you get early new
growth which gets nipped off by late frosts.

So the two-stage plan looks to solve both problems

I usually prune mine sometime in spring when the urge takes me, but then
I inherited my bush roses and don't feel an overwhelming commitment to
their welfare (in other words, I've been hoping they'll die off and I
can plant something else, but 19 years later they are still going strong
;-) )


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Kay

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I usually prune mine sometime in spring when the urge takes me, but then I
inherited my bush roses and don't feel an overwhelming commitment to their
welfare (in other words, I've been hoping they'll die off and I can plant
something else, but 19 years later they are still going strong ;-) )


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Kay

I am pleased to see that I am not the only nutter who feels that as long as
the plant is alive I have to leave it alone to live as long as it wants to
:-) I do nearly all my pruning and cutting down at this time of the year
because I cannot see little green bits that tell me the plant is alive, yes
I know get a life :-)

kate

Kate Morgan wrote:
I am pleased to see that I am not the only nutter who feels that as long as
the plant is alive I have to leave it alone to live as long as it wants to
:-) I do nearly all my pruning and cutting down at this time of the year
because I cannot see little green bits that tell me the plant is alive, yes

Not such a problem with roses, but when I prune the soft fruit bushes I feel
obliged to plant every single branch I cut off if it has any new buds on it
(which most of them do). I have about a billion blackcurrant plants
growing!

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Kate Morgan wrote:
I am pleased to see that I am not the only nutter who feels that as long
as
the plant is alive I have to leave it alone to live as long as it wants
to
:-) I do nearly all my pruning and cutting down at this time of the year
because I cannot see little green bits that tell me the plant is alive,
yes

Not such a problem with roses, but when I prune the soft fruit bushes I
feel
obliged to plant every single branch I cut off if it has any new buds on
it
(which most of them do). I have about a billion blackcurrant plants
growing!



Have you informed Ribena? You might do a roaring trade there ;-)



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Mike

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'Mike' wrote:
(which most of them do). I have about a billion blackcurrant plants
growing!

Have you informed Ribena? You might do a roaring trade there ;-)

Actually, I think my first ever blackcurrant plant came from a cutting sent
by Ribena from a competition!