Will hard prune damage knockout roses?
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Comments (2)wait until the forsythia blooms in your area (it is a large shrub with yellow flowers). It should be in the next few weeks (the ones here are late this year). Double KO doesn't need anything special for pruning, hedge clippers would be fine. Use hand pruners to take out any dead or damaged canes....See MoreWill hard prune damage knockout roses
Comments (2)They'll be fine and bloom normally. I have several close to a road that gets lots of plowed snow. Being on top of a slope they're also exposed to winter's cold drying winds. I pruned them today and several were pruned to 4-6 inches, a few less. I still expect bloom at my natural time, late May/early June. Relax!...See MoreBest Time to Prune Blushing Knock-Out Rose Bush?
Comments (5)I am actually trying to get a handle on how low to prune if I want my knockouts to eventually be about 4 fet tall. Can anyone help? I just cut them back to about three feet but my hunch is that from here they'll go crazy. Two feet seems so smlll compared to where I am starting from. This will be their third year. Last summer they got to be about 5 feet and that is larger than what I want right now. The first year they were in they grew pretty slowly and last year I pruned in early April to about 2 feet and they grew to about 5 feet. Should i go back to 2 feet if i want an outcome of 4 or should I go to three feet and then cut back in the summer if they are larger than I want?...See MoreKnockout Rose Bush- ok to prune now?
Comments (4)Hi Texas-grrl! Welcome to the Texas Forum. We hope you hang around and we get to know you. As for pruning your rose, you might get by with doing it now. It depends on whether this nice weather holds, but Valentine's Day is the recommended date to prune roses in and around San Antonio. It will be a little later if you are much north of here. The later date is because pruning stimulates the rose plant to quickly regrow and the tender new foliage and canes would be in danger of damage in a possible hard freeze. So it's best to wait. Around here the roses, especially the 'antique' varieties, are loving the recent rains and warm weather and are blooming to 'beat the band', as the old saying goes. Happy gardening!...See More- 13 years ago
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