Pruning Roses

[Vagus]

Best time to prune them? Many need deadheading, and there are only a very few actual flowers on any of them, perhaps six in all. Is it too early, or can I do them now to tidy them all up? We have about 15 rose bushes and they've done really well this year despite the rain..or maybe because of it 🤷‍♀️

[jourdain2]

I'm thinking  about doing mine now - it rather depends on if frost is forecast - we had quite a deep one the other morning.  Been pouring with rain today, so I'm thinking about tomorow.

I need to cut back the lavendar bushes as well - but they still have a few flower spikes for bees.

[Vagus]

Why does frost matter when pruning roses?

[Old_Geezer]

Best prune late winter or spring. You deadhead all through summer. If you cut healthy growing stems now it may reduce the number of blooms next year.

[bookbinder]

https://www.wikihow.com/Trim-Rose-Bushes-in-Fall

[Vagus]

I've deadheaded all summer, it's just the last couple of weeks while we've been away that I haven't, and I'm wondering if it's actually worth it now, with pruning looming.

Have to say, greenfly, black spot and other rose problems haven't been much of a problem this year, due to all the rain maybe? They were covered in black spot last year to an awful degree, and I was forever spraying for greenfly and whitefly, but this year was so much better,,barely seen a green or whitefly.

 

 

[Buenchico]

From the RHS:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/roses/pruning-guide

[Hazlinny]

Usually, I cut back slightly in November then fully in Spring - seems to work.

[johnk]

I dead head all the time and cut back to a foot high when they've finished flowering in the winter and back to 6 inches in March, all to an outward facing bud.

I usually have flowers till January