How to Prune Roses

Think you don't have what it takes to successfully prune your roses? Well, you do! Roses are super resilient and Rebecca Sweet breaks it all down for us in this video. Grab your pruners and get pruning!

🕒Video highlights:
[00:57] — 3 Reasons To Prune Roses
[01:57] — Where to Start
[02:58] — The 3 D's: Diseased, Dying, and Dead
[04:16] — Remove Small Branches
[04:42] — Where to Cut
[05:41] — How to Cut: Straight vs Angle
[06:30] — Crossing Branches
[07:53] — One Last Step: Add Nourishment

📅 When to prune roses:
Zones 3 and 4 - May
Zones 5, 6 and 7 - March or April
Zone 8 - February or March
Zone 9 - January or February
Zone 10 - January
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[nadiazahid]

That was a great tutorial.video on how to prune roses . I've been pruning several rose bushes in my garden for seven years without knowing these tips!

[meeganlybolt]

awesome thank you! Funny your trick with the bag closing/tying - ive been doing that for years with my French fry bags! it works fantastic! thank you for your video!

[DonSimoni-frni]

Very cool! I have been helping my wife more and more in the garden, and was unsure how to best tackle our overgrown roses.

[lisab]

You forgot to remind people to disinfect their pruners before making the first cut and before moving on to a different rose bush to prevent spreading disease (black spot, etc...). Also, they should practice good garden hygiene by removing fallen leaves at the base of the bush to prevent disease from overwintering and reinfecting their rose bushes when they bud out in the spring. I use potassium bicarbonate as a disease preventative. It's the only fungicide I know of that will actually kill black spot & powdery mildew as well as prevent it. Never saw it in the stores but you can buy it online. It is not the same thing as baking soda. Happy gardening!

[studioblur]

Thanks for the tips. My roses have always feared clippers in my hands.

[andrewjacksongatefarm]

Lovely presentation and very useful info . I’m doing my roses today 17/2/2024 with great confidence 😀

[thevmc]

Thank you! Doing all this now. Very helpful telling us how to think about caring for these plants!

[marakolb]

Thank you so much, this was super helpful! Going out to prune now :)

[kellyk]

What is the cute holly type plant in the back right? Loved this video!

[proactive]

Excellent . Very well explained in a sweet soothing voice. It's may in Ontario and still little bit chilly in the morning and night. The rose plants are coming up with green leaves. Is it ok to prune now?

[BochaGasemokwena]

Mine are gripping roses but they are not flowering, help me