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Mar 15, 2024 5:55 AM CST
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Maryland
Hi all! This rose "bush" lost some branched last year due to chunks of snow falling from our roof. How do I prune it so it becomes bushier?
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Mar 15, 2024 6:23 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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It will get bushier w/o doing anything.

If you just want to reduce the older growth, you can cut back to a sprouting stem.

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As shown...

Or not as much if that's your preference... Kind of hard to mess up... I do prefer to have the shortest stub above where the new growth forms.
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Mar 24, 2024 11:09 AM CST
Tuscany, Italy
Hmm...I don't think I'd cut it back as drastically as stone has shown on the photo. Roses do store energy in their canes,and this one has seriously begun to leaf out,so it has already spent a lot of energy putting out those leaves, but maybe that's just me. In my climate, the summers are so hot and dry that my roses risk die-back, so I prefer to be conservative of spring growth.
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