PRUNING SHEARS ofthe scissor action typemake the cleanest cuts.Hold them so that thecutting blade is down.

Figure 1

PROPER CUT slants at almost 45-degreeangle, upper point is 1/3 to 1/4 inch abovegrowth eye, lower point is slightly abovelevel of eye on opposite side of stem.

Figure 2

Right Wrong

CUTS TO BUD UNION should be flush toit. Any stubs may die back into union, allowinglater entry for disease.

Figure 3

READY FOR PRUNING dormant bushis leafless or nearly so. Note the numberof stems and their varying thicknesses.

Figure 4

REMOVE old canes that produced no stronggrowth, branches crossing through bush’scenter weak stems. Shorten remaining canes.

Figure 5

Figure 6

Suckers - below bud union

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IN MILD CLIMATES, healthygrowth should not be reduced bymore than one-third. This ismoderate to light pruning.

Figure 7

IN AREAS where winter damageoccurs, remove all dead and injuredwood. This may leave bush onlyhalf to a third the size it was in fall.

Figure 8

Remove dead wood

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Figure 9

Prune away weak, spindly canes,and cross canes

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Figure 10

Rounded form

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Before Pruning

Figure 11

After Pruning

Hybrid Tea

TREE ROSESPrune back byabout half. Thiswill encouragenew growth andmaintain thecompact roundedform

Figure 12

Rounded form shrub rose

Figure 13Used with permission from Jackson & Perkins Roses

Figure 14

ENGLISH ROSESDuring the first two seasons, allow the plant’sbasic framework to develop, pruning only thesmall spindly shoots. In the third season, prunesmaller shrubs back by one-half and larger shrubsby one-third.

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Figure 15

Let two leaf budsremain on eachflowering shoot

Remove deador diseasedcanes

Remove suckersby pulling themout

Hybrid teas andrepeat bloomersare pruned whiledormant

Retain 3 or 4vigorous, youngcanes

Remove oldestand weakestnew canes

Supports have been left out toshow pruning more clearly

PRUNING CLIMBERS

Figure 16

Remove oldflowering canes

Remove theweakestnew canes

Ramblers andvigorous climbersare pruned afterflowering

Retain 4 or 5 of the mostvigorous new canes --tie to supports

To tie aclimber, knot

the stringaround the

support

then looselyaround the

cane

Figure 17Used with permission from Jackson & Perkins Roses

1.

To stimulate co-called continuous-blooming or everblooming climbersto produce flowers repeatedly allseason long, the top of each stem(above line) should be pruned offafter the blossoms fade.

Make the cut a quarter of an inchabove the second five-leaflet leaffrom the bottom. Slant the cutupward on the side toward the leafto avoid damaging the bud eye, thesource of a new flower-bearing stem.

Within six or seven weeks a newstem should grow out of the bud eyeabove the higher leaf, and often onewill also grow out of the lower one.Repeated pruning as flowers fadewill ensure repeated blooming.

2. 3.

Figure 18

CUTTING A ROSEAllow at least two five-leaflet leaves to remain onthe new shoot when youcut a rose.

Figure 19

Prior cuts

Cut here