The best tips for all types

time

The time of cutting depends on the cultivated form. A distinction is made between single and multiple flowering varieties.

spring

For most roses, the time to cut is when the forsythias are in full bloom. Depending on the region, this will be the case from mid-March. Rose bushes that have formed fresh shoots with young leaves can tolerate pruning without any problems.

summer

This cutting time is recommended for varieties that bloom or that bloom once, such as shrub and climbing roses. The latter bloom on annual and perennial shoots, so that they can easily cope with a summer pruning. Modern breeds are stimulated to develop further flowers by a later cut.

autumn

Ideally, after spring pruning, cut your roses a second time between October and December. It is important that the trees have sufficient regeneration time before winter sets in.

Make cuts

the Secateurs

is set five millimeters above a bud or a shoot when pruning roses, so that the cut surface slopes down slightly. The topmost point of vegetation below the cut should point outwards. First, remove any weak, sick, and old shoots at the base.

Basic rules:

• Hybrid tea and bed roses: Cut back to 15 to 20 centimeters
• Shrub roses: prune back a little less intensively than more often blooming hybrid tea roses
• Climbing roses: shorten to a maximum of a third of their height

Cut bed and hybrid tea roses

So that the shoots do not become too long and the floribunda loses its bushy habit, cut weakly growing varieties back to three to five previous year's shoots. These should each have three eyes. Long and straight flower stems are desirable for hybrid tea roses, whereby the bush should not branch too much.

All stronger branches are cut back to five buds. Shorten weaker shoots so much that three vegetation buds remain. Leave three to four main shoots for slow-growing varieties and five to six branches for roses with vigorous growth.

Cut shrub roses

The overhanging character of these forms is based on a strong scaffold. Long shoots from the previous year are shortened by a third of their length. Cut the remaining branches so that they have three to five points of vegetation. Then focus on three to five strong main shoots that form the crown.

Cutting climbing roses

In the case of varieties that bloom once, remove the shoots from the previous year. Two to three year old branches can be cut back to three eyes. All cultivated forms that bloom more often have to be brought into shape by removing incorrectly growing young shoots. Older specimens are shortened to three to five buds.