Oh, Dr. Manners, that was quite an education for a rose newbie like me. I had no idea OGR's were pruned like that in Florida especially at the age of one year. I have several of these roses, and they are also one year in the ground. Is this what I should be doing in my garden? Do you do this every year? This really sets me back on my heels.

Would appreciate all the explanation you have time to give, Malcolm. Thanks!

Sherry

Sherry, We do tend to prune most of our roses pretty severely in the spring, so they don't become too huge. Teas are an exception -- I try to keep them fairly large, but even there, we do remove all dead wood, thin, twiggy growth, and dead heads. But nearly all other classes, we prune severely.

Lovely garden. I am looking forward to the peak. I shall be there. I've seen the garden twice, but both times it was winter and I could not spend much time.

I also have a question. Next year, would it be possible to, say.... if one happened to be in the neighborhood, and if one knew the pruning date... would it be possible to snatch up some of those cuttings?