Video: pruning roses in spring, summer, autumn

Throughout the year, roses have to be pruned in spring, summer and autumn. Each such pruning pursues strictly defined goals. You will learn how to properly prune plants at different times of the year by watching our videos.

For pruning you will need: sharp pruning shears, a garden hacksaw (when pruning thick shoots), garden pitch to protect the cuts from infection, and thick, thick gloves to protect your hands.

Pruning roses in spring video lessons

Spring pruning is the main one and should be done every year. For different varieties, pruning techniques may differ markedly. After removing the cover, sanitary pruning is carried out, cutting out all dry and frozen shoots, leaving only living, green ones. The main pruning is carried out when the buds hatch, in the form of a video they explain in detail and show how to do it.

Spring trimming video:

    Standard roses. When pruning in spring, try to keep the crown compact. For plants with drooping shoots, thin out the crown; for other varieties, shorten the shoots by 15 - 20 cm. Remember the main rule: cuts should be made above the bud that looks outward, and not into the middle of the bush, so that young, growing shoots grow to the sides , and not to the center of the plant

How to prune standard roses in spring:

  Floribunda roses. With weak spring pruning, floribunda blooms early, but with strong spring pruning it may linger until August or even September, and the shoots will be very elongated. Therefore, roses of this group should be pruned moderately, by 4 - 6 eyes, this will promote good development of shoots and ensure abundant summer flowering.

English roses are recommended to be pruned before buds open. Late and severe pruning will delay the flowering period in the same way as with floribunda. Completely remove all weak, thin shoots; they will still not bloom, but will only shade the bush. Old, lignified branches are also removed to allow young shoots to grow.

Rules for spring pruning of English roses and floribunda video:

  Ground cover roses no systematic, formative pruning is required.For most varieties, it is quite enough to remove only dry, damaged branches and sometimes lightly thin out the bushes.

Do I need to prune ground cover roses?

Pruning roses in summer after flowering video lesson

Summer pruning is primarily the removal of fading flowers, as well as blind, weak shoots growing inside the bush. The same mistake occurs everywhere: only one flower is removed, but the stem is not touched. In this case, re-blooming does not occur very soon or does not occur at all.

When the rose begins to bloom in the summer, you need to cut off the flower with part of the stem. Immediately below the flower, the leaves consist of three leaves, and a little lower there are five-leaf leaves. Well, the cut is made half a centimeter above the sheet consisting of five leaf plates. To properly form a bush, trim the shoot above the bud located on the outside.

On bushes there are sometimes blind shoots, shoots on which there are no buds; they are also subject to culling. These are the basic rules for summer pruning roses.

Summer pruning of roses after flowering:

Autumn pruning of roses for the winter video lessons

Roses do not particularly need autumn pruning. In autumn, bushes are pruned mainly to make it more convenient to cover them for the winter. Only immature, young shoots must be removed. It is advisable to trim off all leaves, as they can also serve as a source of infection.

Pruning roses in autumn:

    climbing roses bloom on the shoots of the previous year, so these shoots must be preserved in winter. Autumn pruning of climbing roses comes down to thinning and removing branches that interfere with the shelter. The main pruning will be done in the spring.

Autumn pruning of climbing roses video:

Listen to an expert's opinion on the need for autumn pruning:

To avoid the spread of disease, all removed branches must be burned. Use only clean, sharp tools. The pruning shear blade should make a clean, smooth cut and not crush the shoot. Do not forget to cover the cut areas with garden varnish.