To cut roses, wait until the early morning so the roses are.

Use clean, sharp tools. Start at the bottom of the bush and work up. Prune less in the beginning. You can always go back and cut away more Prune dead wood back to living plant tissue with an anvil. Jan 22, Bring a bucket of water with you when you cut. If you cut the roses outside without water, re-cut the stems indoors either underwater or immersed in a bucket of water. Once cut, remove all leaves that would be below the water line. They will just rot, Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Begin by snipping from the centre of your rose bush.

If needed, you could always remove a small part of your rose bush’s side to get a better view of the centre. Remove any part of the rose bush where the branches are overlapped to discourage disease growth.

Step 4. Apr 01, If a rose has a nice natural shape with good bloom and little disease, you can be very selective about your cuts. 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.

Jul 26, The method I prefer to use for deadheading roses is to prune the old blooms off down to the first 5-leaf junction with the cane at a slight angle leaving approximately 3/16 to 1/4 of an inch ( cm.) above that junction. The amount of cane left above the 5-leaf junction helps support the new growth and future bloom (s).