The rose bushes in my yard have fully bloomed once this summer. Should I prune them back now or later?
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i see two choices for you. 1) call a green house and ask them. 2) go to a do-it-yourself store and buy a book. good luck.
i see two choices for you. 1) call a green house and ask them. 2) go to a do-it-yourself store and buy a book. good luck.
Later for seroius pruning....obviously taking roses from a bush doesn't kill it like some plants die from that this time of year..but save the pruning till fall...
or when you cut roses from the bush cut more down than you need that way it can recover once not a bunch of times
I think if you deadhead them now, it will do no particular harm and may induce a second bloom.
I have eleven plants in my yard, and as I am not really worried about how much or often they bloom, I just prune them once a year in early spring. I find if something blooms just once, I appreciate it a lot more!
You could also look up info on that particular rose, and find out its bloom pattern. Does it still have an identifying tag on it? I was surprised when I first came to this yard how many of the mature roses still had metal ID tags around their bases or in the dirt nearby. A popular rose can be pretty easy to identify just visually, I have discovered (in identifying the rest, who had no tags!) There are MASSES of good rose books, just check out the selection at your library. Even if you can't identify things, or get stressed out trying, the books are enjoyable to look at!
You can do a light pruning now. Then come winter you can do a hard pruning leaving just the canes.
I would wait till fall and do an agressive caning prune. The danger of doing it now is that you may be inclined to fertilize and promote new juicy growth,perhaps to get another bloom,which will be detrimental in winter as the liquid in the canes freezes and kills the root.