kanimal Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 My husband wants to prune them back almost to trunk and down to trunk from top. I think it's too much.I can see pruning where they are dead but some of the branches he wants to cut have what looks like an apple at the end ,any help would be greatly appreciated ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 This is not the time of year to do that kind of pruning because he may stimulate the plant to try grow instead of going into dormancy. The result could be tender growth that will die back. Most of those rose trees are grafted which means they attach a bushy sort of rose onto a heavy long stemmed sort of rose. If you damage or cut off the graft you will only have the inferior "trunk" at best. I'll try to find a link for you. May is rose pruning month. Tree Roses: http://www.rosemagazine.com/articles04/tree_roses Pruning: http://www.humeseeds.com/prunrose.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanimal Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Just found out that you can prune them back a lot ! He only did one tree as an experiment as I was kinda worried ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 If you have the modern ever-blooming roses or floribundas you should cut them back hard to 1/2 the height of the bush. They bloom on new wood. The modern shrub roses bloom on mature but not old wood. Cut out all of the dead wood and about 1/3 of the older wood. The old fashioned ramblers can be cut back almost to the ground. The rest you just prune to remove dead wood and to shape. If you are growing real "tree roses" or standards they are double grafted and not usually hardy in DuBois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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