How to fix badly pruned climbing roses?
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Comments (2)There is some misinformation in this article. For one thing, once-blooming roses while they bloom on year-old wood do NOT set flower buds by fall the way rhododendrons do. The article implies they do: "After all, if you pruned them in early spring, you'd cut off all the flower buds." Well, I prune and train my once-blooming old roses and ramblers in fall or late winter/early spring. They bloom on laterals produced on the old wood canes. They do not start producing flowering buds until after the forsythia bloom. The most important thing about training ramblers which this article doesn't even mention is to train them horizontally to encourage blooming laterals all along the canes. The reason for using fences or trellises or other structures is to encourage the horizontal growth. About 1/3 of my roses are once-bloomers and I have a lot of climbers/rambers including this one on the arbor below, 'Debutante'....See MorePruning climbing roses
Comments (6)AVM, in California, you should have no problem cutting Sombreuil back after its spring bloom. Cut the lateral canes back as much as you have to. It should come back strongly with another cycle of bloom. I would, if possible, avoid shortening your main basal canes much during the growing season though, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Roses are tough. Sombreuil will adapt. If you have not visited the Sacramento City Cemetery's Historic Rose Garden, (1000 Broadway) I urge you to do so. Go on a Saturday, and you'll likely find a crew of volunteers working, they'll be happy to show you the way THEY prune climbers. They will also offer a guided tour of the garden on Sat., Sept. 20, and later, they do pruning demos. You can learn more there than anywhere else in your entire area. Jeri...See MorePruning canes on climbing rose - how to?
Comments (5)Hmm, I just googled this the other day. I told myself THIS would be the year that I would finally prune my roses, and that THIS would be the year that I would not let pruning intimidate me. I read a few sites on pruning, tried less successfully to find tips for climbing roses, grabbed my shears, marched out the to garden.... and proceeded to snip of the dead ends of the branches. Yes, ends, as in one or two inches. Sigh. I am such a wimp. I did cut out the dead branches, and there is one bush that is really weak and so I pruned that back fairly hard (not that there was much left to prune). I'm hoping it comes back with a vengeance if for no other reason than to help me get over my pruning fears. I was at a loss with my climbing rose, though. I'm going to go take a look at the links Molie provided, and maybe go back out there with the shears.... :) Dee...See MoreHow do I prune a climbing rose?
Comments (0)Climbers should not be prune for three years so that they can put out tall canes. The little pruning is required appart from the removal of dead or very old wood plus dried out tips. Lateral branches on wood which has flowered can be cut back under the blooms to three inches. If the climber is outgrowing its alloted space then these canes can be cut back to fit....See Morealwaysundecided7b
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