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20 years ago

I NEED A LITTLE HELP, I HAVE A VERY NICE BUSH ROSE AND A COUPLE OF FLORABUNDA. ONE YELLOW AND TWO WHITE, MY QUESTION IS HOW DO I PRUNE THEM? I HAVE HEARD THAT YELLOW AND WHITE NEED ONLY A LIGHT PRUNE. THE BUSH ROSE CAN HAVE A HARD PRUNE IS THIS RIGHT? ALL SUGESTIONS WELCOMED. ROUGHIE

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20 years ago
Sorry I cannot help you here as I only grow Standards, ground covers, ramblers climbers and Mini's

I am surprised that you cannot get *Help* from the ones that know it all here, they get on to my posts fast enough.

Have a look at the link below plenty of info there with photo's to HELP.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning Roses
Sparaxis
20 years ago
What is your bush rose specifically? Bush roses can include species roses which do not like to be pruned hard, so I just lightly shape my gallicas and Damasks.
Floribundas can cope with a hard prune in winter, or you could constantly deadhead them, just cutting as if you were cutting stems for a vase. This will keep them in shape all year. It really depends on how you want them to look. I do a bit of both. I dead head a couple of times over the summer, and I prune hard in July (well over 100 roses). The hard prune allows me to get into the garden beds and give them a thoroughly good weeding, and manure and mulch them without getting thorns in my scalp.
The deadheading keeps them flowering through into late Autumn. Hope that helps. I think everyone else must be digging their garden beds. Autumn is such a great time for gardening.
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