rose pruning - Knowledgebase Question

Waggaman, LA
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Question by dee518
February 7, 2006
Is there a difference between pruning old fashioned roses?
I pruned my four roses that are all planted in pots. Three are
old fashioned and 'generosa' types: Mme.Paule Boucose; Paul Massad;
and Florence Delatire(hard to read the tag anymore --- gotta make a new one!). The other I have in my location of Zone 9 near New Orleans
is another everblooming tea rose that I rescued from a store w/no tag
to know the name.
The tea rose has a nice long stalk --- in good condition and with growth about as thick as a pencil and a fair amt. toward the bottom that's thicker. The problem was that I couldn't find an otward facing bud that I was hoping for toward the thicker base of the
stem, so I've got one fairly long stem left on the whole bush, which looks strange.


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Answer from NGA
February 7, 2006
Dianne,

Old fashioned roses are often just hedge pruned with little care as to the particulars. Rose pruning can be complicated for all the various types. For you tea rose I would not worry as much about outward facing buds as for creating a more balanced plant with several canes in various directions.

Pruning roses can a bit of a trick, so visit these sites for more information:
http://www.ars.org/About_Roses...
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu...

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