Selwyn Times: June 26, 2019
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Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 25<br />
Gardening<br />
HEALTH: Hard pruning roses will produce more vigorous new growth.<br />
Protect your pruned roses from frost<br />
THERE IS more written about<br />
pruning roses than almost any<br />
other aspect of their care.<br />
Yet, why do we prune our<br />
roses?<br />
Here are a few key reasons:<br />
Encourage new growth and<br />
more blooms. Maintain the<br />
health of the rose by removing<br />
old wood, improve air circulation<br />
within the bush.<br />
Maintain a specific shape,<br />
especially for climbing and pillar<br />
roses, and those that are pegged<br />
down.<br />
Not all roses have the same<br />
need to be pruned, some just<br />
need an annual “going over’’<br />
after flowering to remove the<br />
dead wood. Other roses, most<br />
notably the highly bred hybrid<br />
teas and floribundas, need regular<br />
pruning. If you garden on a<br />
light, sandy soil then prune your<br />
roses only lightly as they will not<br />
be able to support the vigorous<br />
new growth that hard pruning<br />
encourages.<br />
The time to tackle pruning<br />
is in the winter while they are<br />
dormant, before they burst into<br />
growth. In some areas of New<br />
Zealand, and in some seasons,<br />
there may seem to be almost<br />
no period of dormancy and so<br />
you must choose your moment<br />
carefully. So do not prune when<br />
there is still a risk of severe frost,<br />
as any new growth will be frosted<br />
and die back.<br />
You will have to cut back to<br />
the next bud, reducing the plant<br />
further.<br />
Most bush roses flower on the<br />
current year’s growth.<br />
A hard prune will produce<br />
more vigorous new growth.<br />
Remove the oldest cane on the<br />
plant; this keeps the bush fresh<br />
and vigorous.<br />
Then reduce thick, strong<br />
stems by about half their height.<br />
Thin canes need to be cut back to<br />
one-third their height.<br />
Try to keep the centre of the<br />
plant open. A mess of spindly,<br />
twiggy growth in the middle<br />
of the plant restricts light and<br />
air circulation, encouraging<br />
disease.<br />
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