Yes, I typically prune in late February or early March; mind you, this is only the third year I have had roses so am relatively new at this. However, most of the local gardening advice I have read or heard has suggested mid to late February pruning of roses. I did it weekend before last. This year especially many of my roses are already starting to leaf out. I am hoping we do not get an extremely long cold period as I have many perennial plants already coming up. However, our temperature rarely falls more than a few degrees below freezing overnight this time of year and that does not seem to bother the roses (knock on wood!)
