How to Prune Climbing Miniature Roses
Remove dead or dying shoots from the start., Keep long, strong shoots that have as much length as possible., Tie the long shoots to the trellis or framework against which the miniature climbing rose is growing., Keep new shoots in preference to old...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Remove dead or dying shoots from the start.
Cut back dead or dying shoots to the healthy wood.
All other shoots must be treated as follows. -
Step 2: Keep long
On rose bushes, these are shoots that you would target for removal.
For climbing miniature roses, however, these shoots remain important for continued climbing growth.
Remove only the tips of these growing shoots. , Fanning out long shoots is best done when the shoots are young and green (and therefore more pliable). , Cut back and shorten flowering shoots that have grown along the length of the previous year's branches.
When doing this, leave one or two buds of the thinnest shoots.
The rest can be removed. , These can, in the main, be kept.
Tie these shoots back into the framework regularly to encourage growth in the pattern that you consider desirable. -
Step 3: strong shoots that have as much length as possible.
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Step 4: Tie the long shoots to the trellis or framework against which the miniature climbing rose is growing.
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Step 5: Keep new shoots in preference to old ones.
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Step 6: Trim strong shoots carefully.
Detailed Guide
Cut back dead or dying shoots to the healthy wood.
All other shoots must be treated as follows.
On rose bushes, these are shoots that you would target for removal.
For climbing miniature roses, however, these shoots remain important for continued climbing growth.
Remove only the tips of these growing shoots. , Fanning out long shoots is best done when the shoots are young and green (and therefore more pliable). , Cut back and shorten flowering shoots that have grown along the length of the previous year's branches.
When doing this, leave one or two buds of the thinnest shoots.
The rest can be removed. , These can, in the main, be kept.
Tie these shoots back into the framework regularly to encourage growth in the pattern that you consider desirable.
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