Re: Pruning Once-blooming Roses

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• From: L* T* <l*@txdirect.net>
• Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 07:39:33 -0600
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rosenlund wrote:
> 
> I think I may have ''slipped'' a noodle here.  All the sudden I'm
> just all confused about pruning them once-blooming roses. 

Prune them right after they bloom.  You'll want to let them have their
head for the first few years to see what their natural shape is going to
be, and then work with that.  If you must prune this year, just spur
back the laterals and remove dead or crossing wood.

-- 
Lynn Thomson
San Antonio, TX - Zone 8b

http://www.txdirect.net/users/lthomson/default.html

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