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Originally Posted by j52c
Am I correct in saying that roses, in fact all plants, should be trimmed to just above a leaf joint, and angle the cut so that water will run off it.
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I remember watching a Gardner's World programme several years ago and, in an effort to show how effective correct pruning of a rose bush could be, the presenter took a hedge trimmer to one of the overgrown bushes. He commented that, although it was the fastest "prune" he had ever done, the results would show that doing it the slow way would pay off in increased blooms the following year.
The following year he was astounded to find that neither way resulted in any more die back or damage to the bush and that if pushed to comment he would have to admit that the bush that had been done quickly had more blooms on it.
So.... if the roses are very overgrown and you get attacked by the thorns as much as I do then a quick once over with the hedge trimmers may be the way to go.