How to Prune Roses: the Beginners Guide

How to Prune Roses for beginners. This guide will help you prune your roses even if you don't know what type of rose you have. Pruning helps promote masses of gorgeous flowers and is really easy!

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Presented by Garden Ninja, Manchesters Garden Designer and blogger Lee Burkhill. He's an RHS Award winning Chelsea garden designer and expert panellist on BBC Radio Manchester's Saturday morning garden phone in.

hi welcome back to garden ninja today's video is going to be on pruning roses but this isn't like every other video out there if like me you've inherited a load of really old frankly ugly roses that look in a real mess then this videos for you because I'm going to show you how you can renovate old tired broken roses and turn them into beautiful specimens so come on let's get cracking!

Now there are loads of different types of roses and each of them has a slightly nuanced version of pruning the guide I'm going to give you today should help cover most of those the roses I'll be showing you today at hybrid tea roses and what that means is that they grow a stem that has one flower on in the summer you've also got floribunda roses which have the stem but with multiple clusters of flowers now the only difference is with a hybrid tea you can prune a bit more than you can with a floribunda

You want to take off maybe only a quarter not a third whereas a hybrid tea Rose you can be a bit firmer now winter is an ideal time to prune your roses and what we're aiming to do is to take out any of the deadwood the old unproductive stems and prune back to an outward facing bud so dead and damaged old would prune to an out facing bud I'm going to show you how to do that now.

So the first thing I'm going to do is take out any Deadwood but you can tell up usually dark brown and if you slip a bit off its kind of crispy
in the middle so here we've got a really good example of a dead stem and this is called necrosis where the tissue dies and it goes all the way back now we do have a pod here and it's facing inwards so we don't want nothing it's with my sharp secateurs we're going to nip this off here right back and angle so that the water can run off this is a prime example of old wards I'm going to take that right the way back really sharp cut this may look brutal and she's following me down here on this really leggy growth you've got here and outward facing bud so I'm going to nip it off there look really brutal take a stand back and you'll see the kind of height I'm taking off anything that's crossing I'm also gonna take out so this one here it's just sending out growth into the middle I don't want that snip that off so to give you an idea of the scale I've taken this Bush down from about here to here all the growth that's facing inwards that dead material and I've taken 1/3 off all of this year's
growth as well so here you can see that there were two stems crossing over here they've gone and tidied up so you've still got all these stems and little buds that are ready for this year's growth if it would say hard food all the way down you'll have to wait a year to grow again

So even if your roses are looking really old and tired by taking them back and being patient you can bring them back to life you don't just need to hack them right the way back to the bottom you can do it in stages and then you'll get the benefit of some farmers this year and
each year it will get better and better and better that's always gonna be a few examples that don't quite fit the rulebook and this is one of them so some roses are going to be in such a bad way like this behind me it's a bit like an old witch's finger and no matter what you do with the new growth trying to renovate it it's never going to have a huge amount of impact so in these cases we're gonna have to use sharp loppers and take it back to the ground because that's the only way you can really renovate it.

[richardfitzpatrick]

Thanks Lee, such clear instructions. I feel ready to have a go ❤. And, I fancy you❤❤❤

[eloizajs]

Best rose pruning video out there. I love that you took the effort to show actual examples on what and how to prune for different growths

[jclark]

I can watch and listen to you all day. You are so knowledgeable about gardening in a most charming delivery.

[stephenowens]

I"m 68 and my knowledge of gardening equals the square root of JS ☺️. I just moved into a retirement flat. Outside of which lives a lovely rose bush. Still blooming but too much growth for a good perfect ten. I was encouraged to garden from about 9 or 10 and can proudly admit to successfully killing everything I grew - it never sparked an interest. But. Having stumbled upon this ( as you do ) I reckon I should attempt at pruning and cutting back. as the months progress.

I'm so thankful you made it all so simple 🍻. Subscribed with thanks.

[paul]

Lee what a boss vid on looking after roses you maid it so simple for people, that do not now much about roses I do now many thanks paul liverpool

[kimholland]

I wanted to come back and tell you that I took you advice earlier in the year and my neglected rose is looking the best it ever has. It’s really healthy and producing some massive blooms already. Thank you

[lizvillegas]

Thanks for the clear info! Also you're really good at presenting, you're like a TV pro. :D

[louc]

This is so so clear where other videos and books aren't thank you so much

[conspiracylibrary]

Thank you very much! My wife and I are dealing with some very over crowded bushes. This video helped a whole lot! Thanks Garden Ninja!

[Steeny]

This is exactly what happened to me! I bought a house with an out of control rose bush and a tiny one I uncovered after cutting back an unruly garden. I am clueless on how to deal with it but they're so pretty, I am going to try this pruning technique. Thank you! Very informative video :)

[kiragroneveldt]

Thank you! We moved into a house with about 8 rose bushes and we know nothing about roses. Your video was awesome because it was clear, simple and you are such a joy to watch! You should seriously have your own show. Anyway, cheers from Los Angeles!

[marystiller]

YOU ROCK! Just bought my first house & I have zero idea what I'm doing in the yard. Your clear commentary and precise videos are wonderful! I'm so excited to have discovered your channel!

[pennysmith]

Love everyone of your videos.
Your a garden angel, I'm a gardener. You never stop learning.
Keeps me fit and sane. Lol
Thank you.

[davidjennings]

Moved into my first house in September, there are a lot of roses but they haven't seen secateurs for years I imagine. This video gave me the confidence to tackle them!

[EASYTIGER]

Useful video! I think one of the biggest lessons for beginners is don't be afraid to prune. As a beginner I'm always worried that cutting right back and removing ALL the leaves from a rose in winter will kill it. But they can take it and, so long as they're not diseased, will grow back better!

[ash]

Love your videos. I’m a real amateur and your videos help greatly as you explain everything you do and demonstrate clearly and slowly. 👍🏻

[meganyork]

Thank you for clear instructions to pruning without the jargon. 😊

[saraheaston]

I planted a five inch high rose start in half a bag of compost and manure two years ago. It did nothing last year but this year…😳. It’s gone mad growing up its post just covered in roses. But that means I don’t have a clue where to start pruning it. This video is very helpful. Thank you.

[frankanthonymakesnoise]

not often I pause the video in the first minute to like, subscribe and whack out my pen and paper!! Thanks for being so informative, es muy apreciado

[gregoryallan]

Thanks for the vidio.im going to do my roses tommorra.its the 2nd week of winter here in Australia.👍👍😀