Superb roses begin with spring pruning Pruning is spring’s most important rose task, and April is usually the best month for rose pruning. With proper care, roses thrive in northern climates.

If you want the most blooms on your climbing roses next spring, you should prune the right way and at the right time. These gardening tips and tricks will help.

A cluster of Floribunda roses grows in the garden of the former president of the Houston Rose Society, Mary Fulgham. Valentine’s Day marks the time to prune roses.

After pruning roses or deciduous fruit trees, remove all leaves so that plants can enter dormancy, a necessary physiological condition to ensure maximum bloom in the spring. 2.

As September rolls in, it is time to focus on giving your roses a little TLC for a stunning fall bloom. Just as you mark your calendar for spring pruning on Valentine’s Day, Labor Day is the ...

Also, most pruning of climbing roses is done in early to midsummer after the spring/early summer bloom. How we train them is another difference between bush and climbing roses.

Our expert guide on how to prune roses explains the techniques for achieving healthy, thriving bushes, so you can boost your garden growth and curb appeal.

Our exceptionally long growing season means we typically cut repeat-flowering roses back twice a year. The first pruning is done anytime from late January to mid-February, and the second in ...

It isn’t quite spring but it is coming and there are chores to be done now while fruit trees, shrubs, roses and many perennials are in dormancy. Pruning is a major winter chore that is in order ...

Gardeners at the International Rose Test Garden generally prune roses sometime in the fall, and again in early spring. Oregonian file photo. LC- THE OREGONIAN ...