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Name: Cindy Vasko VA (Zone 6a) Restless with wanderlust.        cinvasko Sep 13, 2019 7:25 PM CST |
| I am pretty awful at growing roses, but I've joined a few groups and forums and put my learning cap on. However I only have Knock Out roses at this time. Mine are three years old and I've never pruned them - which means they are a huge, heavy, mess and are so big they tend to lay on the ground around the edges. Think of a huge mushroom cap sitting on the ground! I'd like to prune them to open up the interior and remove crossing stems, but also to remove a lot of the growth in the lower 1/3 of the plants, creating a mini tree effect. When is the proper time to prune Knock Outs? I live in z6 of the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Thanks! Give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. |
Name: Jim Central Pa. (Zone 6a)  jim1961 Sep 15, 2019 7:40 AM CST |
| I'm in zone 6 Central Pa and the best time here to prune roses is early April... Some people wait until the Forsythias bushes bloom in there area then they start pruning roses... |
Name: Cindy Vasko VA (Zone 6a) Restless with wanderlust. cinvasko Sep 15, 2019 7:46 AM CST |
| Thank you, I was going to prune them this week, so you probably saved me from botching them up! Give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy.             Paul2032 Sep 15, 2019 8:04 AM CST |
| Light pruning in the fall is ok but major pruning is done in spring. Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
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