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Learn how to prune your roses for a season of bountiful bloom.

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We prune roses for several reasons. Regular pruning helps to keep their size under control, though we must remember that all roses have a predetermined 'ideal' size. We also prune to shape the plant. We take out dead stems to prevent the dead area spreading back into healthy stems. But, ironically, the main reason we prune is to make the rose more vigorous.

This may seem odd but, when a rose bush has to put its energy into growing hundreds of buds, each will only make a small amount of growth. After pruning, with far fewer buds, each shoot has more vigour. That is why it is usual to prune Large Flowered (Hybrid Tea) roses, which have few, large blooms, more severely than Cluster Flowered (Floribunda) roses, which are valued more for their prolific, but smaller, flowers.

Pruning is also used to keep the bush young. Rose flowers are carried on the new stems so there's no point in having 60cm (2ft) of gnarled, woody stem at the base. Every year you can cut out some of this ugly, old growth so that nothing, apart from the base, is more than four years old.

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How to prune roses for maximum blooms, perfect for a public rose garden, or even in your back yard.

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This video explains how to prune bush roses that grow by building a structure over time. There are three accompanying videos that examine other ways to prune bush shaped roses. "Introduction To Rose Pruning". "Pruning Roses That Grow From The Base" and "Pruning Hybrid Teas For Long Stem Cut Flowers".

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This video explains how to prune bush shaped roses that grow their new canes from the base of the plant every year. There are three accompanying videos that examine other ways to prune bush shaped roses.

• Introduction To Rose Pruning
• Pruning Bush Roses That Build a Structure
• Pruning Hybrid Teas For Long Stem Cut Flowers

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We've all had roses blown over the wind or knocked down by something. This video shows you how to straighten the rose out and save it

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Video published 20 Sep 2017.

Authored by

Tom Carruth

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Feb and early March are the perfect time for pruning your roses for bountiful blooms this summer. We have tips for helping remove dead, damaged and diseased branches.

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