How do you trim roses for the best looking bush with the most blooms?

There are 2 ways to prune roses. I do my hard pruning in mid-January. For this you remove any dead parts of the plant and canes crossing over, or growing towards the center of the plant. Also trim off branches smaller in diameter than a pencil. Cuts are made at an angle above an outward facing bud junction. Bud junctions look like a "smile" on the cane.



Maintenance is done by deadheading the spent blooms. If you look at the roses some leaf clusters have 3, 5, or 7, sets of leaves. Pick the first 5 leaf set facing outward from the center of the plant and make an angled cut just above the bud joint, with the highest point of the cut facing outward from the plant. Then pull off the leaf set.



New rose bushes should not be pruned (except for deadheading) for 3 years after planting. Roses like lots of sun, moderate to light water, acidic soil. Working spent coffee grounds (use the unflavored kind of coffee) into the soil will raise the acid level of the soil. However, I've had the best luck with Job's Rose plant stakes. Also, glossey leafed varieties are more resistant to mildew, rust, and black spot than matte (dull) leafed varieties.



If your rose is a climbing variety, pulling the arching canes over and tying them either to the base of the bush, or arching them onto a trellis will increase the number of blooms per stalk.

How do you trim roses for the best looking bush with the most blooms?
just make sure the plante has good ventilation
Reply:Cut bush off very low at an angle.When bush regrows cut roses off at an angle at joint in stem. Remove any dead roses for regrowth.
Reply:trim all old, brown canes off first! then prune the branches that grow through other ones! when making cuts make sure u cut to an outward facing sprout! it will react nicely if done properly!