While a plant is blooming, it directs its energy toward its flowers.

In the summer, prune rose bushes to remove dead or diseased branches. Make the cuts one inch below the diseased branch, so only healthy wood remains. Summer is also the time to look for any branches in the center of the bush that are growing across each other.

Prune. Basics of Pruning Roses. Whether you’re pruning roses to reduce the size, deadheading spent blooms, pruning to shape the shrub, or pruning for airflow, you’ll always cut the same way.

Using sharp hand pruners, loppers, or a pruning saw (for large branches), cut the branch at back to an outward-facing bushmulch.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Gloves are optional but leather gloves are useful when pruning roses. The pruning cut. Make a clean degree cut on a downward slant, away from the bud, about a quarter inch above an outward facing bud eye.

Cutting to an outside bud increases air circulation. Strip the bush of foliage two weeks before pruning to cause new buds to bushmulch.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. May 24, Pruning is necessary to remove winter-killed canes (stems), control size, and train the plant for its best production of blossoms. However, different types of roses require different pruning techniques. Except for climbers, pruning in the fall is needed to cut the tall canes to about thirty inches.

Apr 01, A moderate pruning cuts the plant down to 18 to 24 inches high with 5 to 12 canes coming from the base. Do this if you want to improve the branching structure of your plants, which will encourage new growth and better flowering. A severe pruning takes roses down to 6 to 10 inches in height and 3 to 5 canes.