Re: Transplanting Nerines

I'm not sure what David said regarding the subject of "not pruning roses" but I said something along those lines.
 
What I said was that roses should get almost all of their pruning during the growing season.  Winter pruning becomes minimal when you do that.
 
If you did not prune your roses last growing season, then you should have pruned your roses this last winter to get them into at least a halfway decent shape and size.
 
And NOW start pruning during this coming growing season so that you don't end up with roses that require winter pruning.
 
 
Joe

Joe Seals
Horticultural Consultant
Pismo Beach, California
Home/Office: 805-295-6039

--- On Sat, 5/1/10, Ben Wiswall <benwiswall@pacbell.net> wrote:

From: Ben Wiswall <benwiswall@pacbell.net>
Subject: Transplanting Nerines
To: "medit plants forum" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 8:29 AM

Hi All,
Just wondering when is the best time to move Nerine (I think N. bowdenii).  Right now in Spring they're a nice clump of foliage, they go sort of semi-dormant in Summer, and bloom in the Fall.

Also, last Winter I asked about pruning roses, and I think Joe Seals or maybe David Feix recommended not pruning them at all.  So, to report back on the results: 
 
The roses look good to me, but maybe wouldn't look good to a real rosaphile.
The shrubs are loose and rangy with sprays of blossoms, as opposed to dense and bushy and covered with blossoms.  I like my roses loose and lanky, though, because they make a nice contrast to most mediterranean plants' rounded, compact shapes.

-Ben Armentrout-Wiswall
Simi Valley, Inland Ventura County
Southern California

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