Pruning is essential to many rose species' health - but pruning with the right technique, at the right time, is even more ...

If you want strong, healthy rose plants with big, beautiful blooms this spring, winter is the best time to prune them. Don Chapman, a member of the Marin Rose Society and UC Marin Master Gardeners, ...

Prune roses in fall for shaping or in spring for strong growth—timing depends on your climate. Trim lightly through summer to ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

It’s time to prune back repeat-flowering roses. Pruning roses makes the bushes shapelier and more attractive and stimulates vigorous growth that produces lots of flowers. It doesn’t have to be ...

Question: My roses have grown tall and lanky, plus they are not blooming very well. When is the spring pruning time and how much do I cut them back? Answer: You are just in time to perform a scheduled ...

No matter what time of year you prune roses, how you do it stays the same. Cutting back hard will promote the strongest growth, while a lighter prune will result in less vigorous growth. To ensure ...

'Pruning helps increase the size of the flowers, as pruning offers the plant more energy for flower production,' says Steve from LeisureBench. 'They also naturally become tangled and overwhelmed, so ...

I love roses. There’s nothing quite like walking through the garden in May and feasting on a bonanza of beauty, color, form and fragrance. To get a bounty of flowers, besides sun, water and good soil, ...