1. Pruning & General Information Mary Lou Meredith Ann Beinhorn
Roses
Pruning & General Information
Mary Lou Meredith
Ann Beinhorn

2. Selection Two main categories:
Garden Roses -valued for their flowers
Hybrid teas (most common rose in home gardens), floribundas, grandifloras, and climbers
Landscape Roses – shrub roses and groundcover roses
low maintenance
grown on their own stock (not grafted)
Select pest and disease resistant varieties

3. Pruning General Guidelines Remove dead, damaged or diseased wood
Keep shrub from becoming a tangled mess
Shape the plant
Increase air circulation
Removal of 1/3 to 2/3 healthy wood OK
Encourage growth of flowering wood
Cut ¼” above outward facing buds

4. Pruning cont. Prune in January Clean sharp tools Dormant or sulfur
spray after pruning
BY-PASS PRUNERS

5. Remove growth below bud union
Pruning cont.
Hybrids
Prune annually
3-5 canes
Vase shape
Remove growth below bud union

6. Pruning cont. Landscape Roses Climbing Roses
Leave unpruned or do “rejuvenation” pruning
Miniatures can be mowed
or “headed”
Climbing Roses
Wait 2-3 years after planting
Select ~6 well-spaced canes
Attach to support – remove others
January – remove unproductive canes
Cut lateral shoots back to 3 buds

7. Pruning
Deadheading
Reduce disease
Improve circulation

8. #1 Disease & Pest Problems
Limit problems by purchasing disease-resistant varieties; give good air circulation; place in the right location; use sound pruning techniques; remove infestations immediately.

9. Powdery Mildew White-grey powdery growth Spreads by airborne spores
Controlled by disrupting daily spore cycle
-spray wash foliage in the a.m.
Prevention method
-4 tsp.baking soda per gallon with 1% solution
of horticultural oil (JMS Stylet Oil; Saf-T-Side Spray
Oil, Sunspray Ultrafine Spray Oil; neem oil; jojoba oil)

10. Aphids Red, green, yellow, or black soft-bodied insects
Black color on leaves with an accu-mulation of honeydew and sooty mold if heavy infestation
Natural predators: lady beetles; soldier beetles; syrphid flies
Control
Strong stream of water in a.m., soaps & oils
Insecticide : acephate (Orthene)

11. General Care Fertilize Regularly inspect for pests & disease
3-1-3 or (N-P-K)
Regularly inspect for pests & disease
Maintain irrigation
Clean up yard