Pruning rose trees like a gardener

What you need:

• Rose scissors
• gloves

Rose trees are grafted Roses. The refinement point is located above the trunk. All rose trees are very frugal. That means you can't make big mistakes when editing. It is sufficient if you follow a few basic rules.

Carry out the rose tree pruning in spring

• To cut your rose tree, you first need a pair of secateurs, also known as "rose shears". This should be sufficiently sharp.
• Roses have spikes that pose a risk of injury. Therefore, you must always wear gloves when cutting the rose tree.
• In general, a rose tree is pruned once a year, in spring
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• When cutting the rose tree, orient yourself towards the forsythia flower. Depending on the variety, it blooms between March and May, so late March is a good time to prune.


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• How you prune the rose tree is up to you. This applies to both the shape and the size of the shoots.
• Many people like it when a rose tree is cut into a spherical shape. This makes the plant look very noble.
• But before you can dedicate yourself to size and shape, you have to remove dried-up wood from the rose tree with scissors.

Always use eyes and leaves when cutting

• Always use the eyes and leaves as a guide when cutting. Rose shoots are always cut off just above the eye or leaf. At this point the rose tree sprouts again.
• It often happens that wild shoots grow at the grafting point or at the roots of a rose tree. You can easily see them. Wild shoots are lighter and softer than normal shoots.
• Wild shoots are completely cut off because they remove nutrients from your tree.
• When you have removed wild shoots, dried flowers and wood from the rose tree, then you can concentrate on its size and shape.
• When cutting, you only have to look at your eyes or Pay attention to leaves. If you cut the shoots cleanly, the tree will sprout exactly at this point and produce beautiful flowers in summer.
• In autumn the tree has faded. You should therefore cut off the dried flowers at the end of October.
• Rose trees are sensitive to frost. Therefore, you must take important precautions before the onset of winter: Cover the crown with fleece or a jute sack. You can coat the lower end with bark mulch, pile it with soil or cover it with twigs.

Rose trees are biennial plants, but with a little luck and care, your little tree will bloom for many years.