7 Rules for Pruning Roses

Hello Jason, great timing on the video since I live in N. Delta and plan on prunning my HT roses on this gorgeous spring day. Have a few questions regarding dead canes......
1. Some of my roses only have a couple of healthy canes along with one or two old brown dead canes up to 1.5 " diameter. I'm always hoping that I will get some new healthy canes emerging from the base of the large dead ones. Should I just saw those dead canes off close to the crown as to encourage that new growth I'm looking for?
2. Some of the crowns look to me like they are rotting away. Are they just getting too old ? Is having leaf mulch tucked next to the crown causing this? They are located next to the east-facing side of the house so only get 5-6 hrs/day of direct sunlight.
thanks, and enjoy your first real taste of spring weather these next few days!
Harry

Thanks!

I am based in Malaysia and some of plants are still giving out only the weak thin spindly stems. Should I just prune this off to encourage the plants to shoot out hopefully thicker stems?

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In SE Michigan it was very warm for the past couple of weeks, all the buds are out, forsythia is blooming and to morrow night it's going to minus 7 centigrade. I was going to prune - and actually started - is there a danger of dieback?

So what is the rule for David Austin and large shrubs like Sweet Mademoiselle that is about 8' in my garden?

Good morning Jason..
I’ve got some rose cuttings from last year they are doing well. Some are 2” tall and a little leggy. Would you prune these. Don’t know when to prune the new ones.
Thank you for an excellent channel 😊
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My question is about cutting a long stem rose…not pruning, but cutting for a vase. Does it matter where I cut, since it will all be pruned down later, or does this do something funky and undesirable in the meantime?

You’ve added a third category to art vs science by introducing common sense. Thank you for that, for adding confidence and raising my return on my investment.

My roses continuosly blooms 12 months a year , from India

So you can train a climber to be a shrub? I love climbers but hate maintaining them and training them. If we layer change our mind, will they go back to growing as climbers?

Your videos are always incredibly helpful and this one is no exception! Thanks Jason!!

I've been watching you for about a year and a half now and you provide such really great advise about flower gardening. I finally have the time to focus on my roses and lilacs and you have been such a big help to me. Thank you so much for making these videos.

I honestly don't know who else to ask... I have a rosebush that's about 8 feet high where the blooms are, it only has about 5 canes with a few branches, and hasn't been properly pruned for several years. It's already started to leaf out and some of the new shoots are up to 3 inches long. It's supposed to start raining in 3 days, maybe snow next week, and only a few clear days for the next 2 months (if you can believe the forecast). Is it safe to prune it now, and can I take the existing canes down to about 4 feet tall? Sorry to bother you and thank you!

hi there could you please do a video on feeding the roses and what to avoid? great videos and great manner, thanks from Newzealand

Clear, concise, helpful. As always, I'm appreciative and impressed.

Very helpful. Thank you. My first year of planting David Austins, and I never had a rose bush in my life.

Extremely nice! Many thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the video.

You talk so much about roses and hydrangeas that I can’t miss the opportunity to ask a professional. ;)

I was trying to look for an answer online, but it looks like it’s a tricky one.

Since my backyard space is so limited with 60% concrete, I have to rely on containers/pots a lot.

I really want to have hydrangeas and lilac in my backyard. As far as roses go, they can be planted in big containers, what about hydrangeas and lilacs? Is there any possibility for them to grow in an xxxxxxxxl container? From what I’ve read, no matter how big the container is, eventually you HAVE TO transplant those two to the ground.

Is it true or there’s a size that can FULLY accommodate lilacs and hydrangeas?

Thanks in advance.
Hope my little question catches your eye ;)

So in short I need to cut back the one in my garden that was there when we bought the house - it's maybe 10 feet tall if fully errect but bending over due its own weight

This dude just barehanding rose bushes like an absolute madman

Thank you. Appreciate this. In the indo subcontinent we usually prune in fall (end September) so that by December the Roses send out their first flush.
Our season here is from December to April (depending where one is geographically)
Thank you once again

Always the best suggestion on roses. thank you so much.

what about no pruning at all and letting a rose (not a ramble or climber) just grow. I have some old roses that came with the house. Basic red and always get black spots and loose all the leaves later in the year. Can this yield a healthy rose and fit in with a more natural looking landscape? Also the rose is in a spot with not the best light so my thinking was keeping it high so it gets more sun.

I just scored myself THE Botanical Rose Encyclopedia Foreward by David Austin. Got it for 2 bucks at a nursery yard sale. I'm about that life 😂 it's so freaking heavy and the photos are sublime.🎉🎉🎉

Great video on pruning. Where do you buy the carbine sharpener from to make the pruners sharp?

In India winters are mild but summer is too hot 45°C for 4 months

I got too excited and cut too much off mine, have I messed up my roses or is there some hope?

Best ride pruning video out there’s just watched all of them lol

Great information, thanks

Hi Jason I'm from Malaysia
Thanks for generously sharing your thoughts and knowledge about roses. Though my climate here is just sunny and rain we can get too much of either one weather conditions 😂 I've got abt 40 id in my collection of Thai grafted roses in pots but they still require almost the same caring process.

Great video. Very informative & easy to understand.

So pretty in the backyard setting. Green grass..

I am looking to grow my rose bushes up to window height, (highest is about 6 feet), not understanding trimming at 18" when I'm seeing yours far higher than that.

When should you prune rose starts? I have 18 rose stars from last summer & they are growing well. Not sure how to care for them now that they are thriving. Thanks!

This is the best crash course for pruning roses. I like the way you talk about rules. I've heard so many explanations before, and you finally made sense.

Thank you for making the experience of growing roses less agitating and very informative on what is true...gardening should be fun and not brain surgery...I really did like this video😊

can I prune even if its June? I live at a tropical country and I want my rose bush to be smaller..

Do all roses need to be cut back to 18 inches? I have some garden roses about 7 feet tall.

Probably the best guide on pruning roses. I like the way you talk about it. I also had some doubts about value of cutting at an angle rather than just making straight cut. It applies to outward facing bud as well.

Thank you, I saved your video! I always get confused to prune, for floribunda even more confused

Thank you so much for all of your videos and your massive knowledge base. You are one of just a few content creators I always turn to for accurate advice in caring for my roses. I wish you shipped to Texas but I do get your vaulable advice for free. Thanks again!

Really good video

Thank you 1000xs!

Thanks for re-confirming my process that I have developed over the years as well. Great information and well presented! THX

god bless you more

We are in texas, we are looking at getting started with roses for the cut flower market. We ordered 200 bare root of hybrid teas and we are planning to plant them in January, am i on the right track on planting?

Could you please address roses that are planted against a solid privacy fence? no room for a vase shape, I was wondering if I can do a sort of fan shape, or if that would debilitate the rose over time? I have a Queen Elizabeth and a Medallion in a soil strip about 40" wide along a solid wood fence. Thanks for any insight.

I’ve been pruning roses off and on for the past several days and now I’ve come back to share an my perspective. Y’all tell me if I’m being overly cautious.

I’ve had cane-borers in my garden ever since 2021. I’ve used the “black stuff” for fresh cuts occasionally. I’m ready to start using it religiously now tho because in my pruning I found a few too many borers within an inch of the base of my roses. These were the borers that go down the center of the stem… I’ve never seen them go in any other way in my garden.
Disclaimer this was on young roses. I definitely won’t be using on old established roses but I do wonder if it does have a use. I’ve heard they don’t go for the woody stems as quick. What do you think? I’m just a gardener, I have no training.