Get Gardening: Standard Practice (Pruning Standard Roses)

It's time to prune your Standard Roses! In our latest video Ian Roofe shares what material to get rid of, how much to chop and how to make your plant the best shape.

[eliev]

I’ve just planted 8 Roald Dhall standard roses in my new garden this summer, and was delighted to find this excellent video on how to prune them. I am surprise to see how hard they can be pruned! Thank you for this very clear and informative video.

[robynpetch]

Excellent video, very clearly explained, thanks!

[DawnFallon]

Brilliant video - thank you so much for posting this. I'm clueless about gardening, but i bought a beautiful yellow standard rose last year and was determined that I was going to take care of it and this video has taught me so clearly how to prune it - I pruned it about 2 months ago and it is looking fantastic!! It is growing into a lovely round ball shape thanks to the times in this video. Many thanks!

[Vagrant]

I don't typically post comments on YouTube but I'd thought this would be an ideal time for an exception. I live in Phoenix, Arizona and have been tending (rather poorly) a rose bush on my property. I'd always thought that pruning was strictly small snippets here and there and decided to look up a video to learn the proper way to do it. Yours was amongst the first and taught me that, not only was I pruning improperly, but the majority of my bush was actually dead and rotting away. Hopefully I've saved it in time, but I wanted to extend my gratitude to you for educating me and sharing your knowledge with the world.

[Juizhaigou]

Thanks for the tip not to prune too hard for new roses. I love English accent too.

[derinum]

Im a professional " " gardener and i learnt some great things from your video thanks

[stephenlaw]

Can I ask maybe a silly question but what if you don't have many outward facing buds???

[rahiarman]

hey i wanna see the bloom of this standard rose....can u send me the link of any video of u

[carollewis]

How about cutting off old briars on s roses 30 years old please

[Ellofez]

What the name of the rose cant make out the name thanks?