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New to roses. Just a few questions.

Austin Sigstad
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Hey, thanks for stopping by.

I started working for my dad and one of my projects is this gigantic rose bush that is outside. This rosebush doesnt look like its been touched for 10 years. There was a lot of dead canes and chunks from very old pruning sessions (as seen in the photos). Ive been doing a lot of research in the past week and I think its a Hybrid Tea Rose but Im not 100% sure.

When I first started to trim it down it was over 8 feet tall. It has canes as thick as the cardboard in a paper towel roll. One was even as thick as a soda can at the base. Im a tall guy, with pretty big feet and you can see in the photo where I cut off the dead cane, that it was a pretty big.

So the few questions I have are: What type of rose is this? How much should I prune this monster? (Ive already trimmed it down about 50% and its still almost 4 feet tall) and Is it able to be brought back to some kind of glory?





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