Winter Rose Pruning

1. Moved into a new house and it has a rose bush in the back garden, never tried my hand at gardening but really want the bush to flourish. This is the best video on here that i've seen! Massive help! Thank you
2. Great video, question though. You said" here in Fremont". Are you referring to Fremont, Califorina ? I'm wondering because if you are then I can use the same time schedule that you do to winer prune my bushes. I live in Redding, Ca., about 250 miles north of you. So you winter prune in December? Thanks in advance for your response to my question. Regards, Cynthia
3. i have no idea how to prune rose bushes....i think i hack mine lol
4. why do you have a mannequin in your garden?
5. This video is great for winter gardeners. Thanks for sharing.
6. I used to live in Illinois and Wisconsin. We always made sure to get the stems and the roots mulched for the winter. Rose cones or dry oak leaves with burlap wrapped around them was typical. Many common garden roses have trouble in Midwestern winters. Prune as little as is required to get the plants tucked in for the winter. Wait until after winter is mostly over before pruning. If you prune now and you get a killer freeze you may have little left above ground. Good luck.
7. Love the video! I love in Beckley, WV and our winters are pretty harsh, especially since we love on top of a mountain! I just spent a fortune in time and money landscaping, and we have both tree and regular rose bushes. Would you recommend pruning now, (we are expecting our first snow this week) or waiting until spring? Should I add a deep later of mulch to protect the new plants roots? I would lose my mind of my gorgeous roses died!!
8. @FortnightComeFriday She is really good looking but she can scare the day lights out of you if she sneaks up from behind!
9. I like your helper (tool and hat holder)!
10. @deweypug Go West young man!
11. @GreenGardenGuy1 Nice! (I'm jealous)
12. @deweypug We are zone 9, a gardeners paradise.
13. @GreenGardenGuy1 Right, we are zone 5 here in NH...You must be in zone 8 or 9?
14. @deweypug This information is fine if you live in clod climates. In coastal California our roses really never stop growing. I prune them back in winter to force some dormancy.
15. Rather than pruning in the Fall/Winter, we simply tie the roses up in the fall, and do the pruning in the Spring. We find that there will always be some sort of dieback which requires a Spring pruning anyway. Additionally, the canes provide important moisture to the plant as it acclimates to cold weather. The plant will also try to heal the cuts and take energy out from the acclimation process.
16. Thanks for your advice Regards
17. @nadia76284 When you prune roses depends on how sever your winter is. Where weather might freeze wood on roses we wait until winter is over. Where winter is mild you can prune any time between late fall and late winter.
18. In the UK - should I prune roses in November or December???
19. @simoncuming41 There is no way to properly prune a tree rose and not end up with what you refer to as the Knuckle effect. If you prune lighter you end up with too much old wood, not enough new growth and a top heavy plant. The frame work of the rose vanishes from the eye as soon as the spring flush of growth occurs. It is a temporary appearance. Consider it the make of a well pruned rose.
20. You can see this rose bush has been hard pruned in previous years judging by the large area in the centre. Thats why i never hard prune every year because you are left with that horrible 'knuckle' effect.