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Re: pruning

Jeaa1224@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Just purchased 2 Flower Carpet shrub roses which will ultimately reach 6 ft.
> They're in 3.5 gallon pots,  are about 3 ft. high, have many pencil-thin canes
> and
> a couple of sturdy ones and are scrubby looking. What  suggestions does anyone
> have about sprucing up these very hardy, own-root roses? They'll be planted
> 7-3-98
> and will be along a stockade fence w/ about 6 hours of sun. They otherwise
> appear
> to be healthy and happy with some nice cluster blooms. Their habit, I'm told,
> is
> vase-like rather than mounding.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
> 
> Joanie, Zone 5 (hot & humid)
Dear Joanie, unless they've come out with a variety I didn't hear about,
I just dunno about them getting to 6 feet. These are ground cover roses,
last I heard. And my 4-yr old is maybe 24-30 inches tall and four feet
across. They will stand pruning, but don't need it. You could shape if
you like. Otherwise, feed them, water them and leave them alone. Cathy,
CR, zone 6a.
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