Other shrub roses demonstrate a low-growing habit that hugs the ground.

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Hybrid Teas, Floribundas & Grandifloras: Modern reblooming roses are pruned in the early spring just as the buds begin to swell.

Prune hard if you want large blooms suitable for cut flowers. This will produce fewer total blooms. In the spring, cut out all but three to five of the healthiest, most vigorous canes.

Deadheading is cutting off faded old flowers.

Pruning to Rejuvenate Growth Cut back the oldest branches to the ground, leaving two-thirds of the branches in place. New growth will emerge and bloom profusely. During the following spring, remove another one-third of the oldest growth, evenly, from throughout the bushmulch.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

Use clean, sharp tools.

There often is one main flowering period during the growing season, sometimes with a second smaller flush of blooms in early fall.

Start at the bottom of the bush and work up. Prune less in the beginning. You can always go back and cut away more Prune dead wood back to living plant tissue with an anvil pruner.