Triming Rose Bushes
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Triming Rose Bushes
I am from Northwest Ohio Zone 5 and would like to trim my Rose Burshes, they are carpet roses, but not sure. When i brought them 6 or 7 years I ask for Carpet Roses and the man at the greenhouse said they were, I do not know what a Carpet Rose looks like. They are 2'1/2" tall or more. They need a good triming out, if I do it now will they get new roses on this year yet? If I do it will be a very big triming that I will do.
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I always trim the roses right down to about 6" high Just before winter.
Place a bucket (without a bottom) over it and fill it with mulch and leave it until spring.
Then remove the bucket and mulch and water water water.
Place a bucket (without a bottom) over it and fill it with mulch and leave it until spring.
Then remove the bucket and mulch and water water water.
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From: Near the trees
Originally Posted by proeliator
A can of starting fluid and a zippo will trim rose bushes nicely 
(the wife still hasn't forgiven me that one)
(the wife still hasn't forgiven me that one)
My sweet one loves roses, but she very seldom gets a chance to trim them. Elk and deer love roses also.
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Trimming roses is easy. Where they are cut - the next leaf below will be where the new shoot will start. I trim off dead flowers after they wilt. The cycle is bloom/seed. If you don't let the grandiflora seed, they keep on blooming. We used to live in OR - not far from Jackson-Perkins, and had roses blooming till after Thanksgiving.
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