Tree Rose Pruning (Rose Standard)

[@bryancrawford8659]

Thanks Jason, yours is the only advice I listen to regarding anything to do with roses.

[@skyz3160]

Whew! Talk about a crew cut ! Never would of thought we could cut back so much . Always informative !

[@theropesofrenovation9352]

Same here. I was having palpitations. I'm just sure if I did that, the plant would die and I would have wasted my money.

[@unclegianttreatboxhouse8365]

Thanks for the info! I bought two tree roses last year, and will prune it according to your instructions. I didn't know that you can heavily prune it!

[@mastiffmom2592]

I have absolutely no confidence in myself about pruning. I’m going to watch several videos to see if I can build my self esteem. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@ringostar4904]

Thank you Jason for a very informative clip. Growing roses for the first time, so it really helps.

[@vanessao2643]

You do an excellent job delivering your presentation. You thoroughly explain your points in a manner that anyone can understand, while keeping the length to a minimum. Your visuals are thorough and very helpful. I will definitely look back and forward for more of your presentations. Thank you.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much for the feedback Vanessa.

[@karbotanik01]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I would be glad if you could help me to find out which tree the rose plant is grafted on, please

[@channelnoise]

Thank you for your pruning videos. I always learn so much. It’s hard for me to understand Rose pruning and fertilizing in zone 9. The roses never stop growing and most are in containers. Never the less, they are beautiful plants. I especially love the fragrant ones with lots of vivid color.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks - sometimes I envy a year-round gardening climate like yours. Mostly just deadheading with maybe the occasional corrective prune, I suppose. How do you do for pests? Here the winter gives a natural "pause" to sanitize and start clean.

[@npknscrb]

I’m in zone 9 too and one recommendation I’ve seen is to sort of force dormancy by removing all the leaves from roses after winter pruning. The gardeners did this with my mother-in-law’s roses (also zone 9b) around December/January. The roses didn’t push any leaves until late winter/early spring when they regrew beautifully. Haven’t yet tried it myself but definitely considering it this winter because they seemed so reinvigorated.

[@craigcaski]

Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge, Jason. I love watching your videos as I'm falling asleep. They are so calming.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Well, so long as the sleep isn't an unintended side-effect of my videos!

[@craigcaski]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Haha definitely not! I only rewatch watch old videos for that. 😉

[@djlowtek]

Thank you. This gave me the confidence to really prune down much further than I was comfortable with for the last couple years. The rose trees have gotten really stalky and unruly and I realize now I wasn't trimming them down far enough. Kind of scared but it seems like they can survive an extreme cut back.

[@doubledark2]

I'm in the same boat :) Went to a rose punning demonstration at the International Rose Garden in Adelaide, Australia and one of the concerns I have of pruning too hard is the scorching Australian summer sun. Hopefully Jason will see our posts and reply.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. You definitely have to take your local climate into account - and in your area, I'd try to do your hardest cuts in the coolest part of the year (June/July) to give them a bit of recovery time before the more extreme heat

[@doubledark2]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thanks for your reply. Some of the roses were planted 20+ yrs ago and I would like to bring the size down a bit - how close to the grafting point could I go?

[@sherrywalker4619]

Wow, it looks like you have done this a few times. Thanks!

[@Criminaljustice79]

Great tutorial. I have 5 of these and was afraid to cut them back like this. I'll be pruning them today :)

[@katiemccue5250]

Thank you for answering my question, you were most helpful, I really appreciate your videos and your answer to me!!!

[@Craig_Humphries]

You only had a few hundred subscribers when I first stumbled across your channel. Congratulations on the 20k!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much Craig!

[@Chocolatecaramel07]

Thank you 🙏🏽 I live in a very hot country and looking forward to pruning rose’s form like in Europe 🥰

[@lindalopez4381]

Well explained, all I needed to know about tree roses I just bought 2 I had never seen them before and i just had to buy them 😅😅

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Best of luck with your new roses Linda

[@torontogirl711]

Thank you for video, very informative. I live in Greenville, SC. Our weather here is crazy. Had 70F one week, things were confused and started budding, then got into 40's and last week we had a snow storm and expect cold weather, then 40's, 50's. Things bud, then it gets cold. I have a ketchup/mustard tree rose and wondered when should I prune? Even I'm confused! 😀 Thank you!

[@torontogirl711]

So when should I prune if the weather temps are sporadic in winter months?

[@andreaainsley4173]

Thank you so much for all this excellent information, I can't wait to put to use your expert advice! I really appreciate your specificity and detailed explanations!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Andrea. I'm glad you found it useful!

[@sanymatos]

Thanks for all this great info, do you have any video teaching how to verticalize the plant? Here in Brazil the garden shops doesn't even know the varieties they are selling, neither the cientific names of the plats.. so I'm planning to do some trials with the bigger roses I can find around here, I just need to learn how to start shapping. If you have this kind of content I'll be glad to watch and share.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. I'll see what I can do.

[@LNTH7283]

Thankyou for this video. I've recently moved into a house with 7 of these scattered about the yard in a very bad state of neglect. I don't think they've been properly pruned in years. 😞. At least I now know I can prune them back quite a lot to regain some shape & balance. I'll just have to keep looking at them for a while till after winter here in Oz though.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Jessica - happy to hear you're going to bring them back into shape. Do you know any of the varieties?

[@LNTH7283]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm two of them I can tell are types of knock out thanks to another of your videos. 😅. The rest I believe are types of China Rose. They all flower in different colours which is nice though. Yellow, red, white, pink & an almost lilac purple.

[@fifi887]

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[@emkn1479]

Great information,thanks! I pruned my tree roses heavily this year and cut back spent bloom stalks again during the summer, but they grew so much that they’re top heavy and leaning a bit. What is the best way to stake them until they firm up a bit? I cannot seem to find any good advice on this… Thanks for any help you can give!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I used orchard posts and bungee cords, like you would for a young tree. I have a (silent) video somewhere on my channel where I support these very roses.

[@emkn1479]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm ok, I’ll look into that. Any idea what search term to use? Or if it’s on a certain list or whatever?

[@mexbutler1661]

Hi Jason. I love your rose care videos -- very helpful. Could you do one on pruning big old roses? I inherited two in this garden that are about 10' tall and very complicated. Also I'd like to know about growing pillar roses. How do you get lots of flowers all over a pillar when you can't really make the canes go horizontal? Thanks!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Mex. I'll add your suggestions to my list

[@clannadgirl46]

Thank you for this very informative video as always! ❤

[@amandagorman2960]

Brilliant! Thank you.

[@astonbridgman185]

Jason, how do your tree roses look like now? Would be great to see an 'after' shot to see the effects.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Aston. I should get out there and take some photos or footage. They're good, but rather topheavy right now and in need of additional support.

[@astonbridgman185]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thanks Jason - I'm always interested how these things turn out.

[@winterliy103-7]

Excellent information . I see you have to be just as judicious with tree rose pruning as with shrub roses. It can be a bit daunting in that tree roses a fairly expensive

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I skipped them on my order this year, but I think next year I might buy in some of the 2ft mini-standards, which are much less expensive, and kinda cute.

[@katiemccue5250]

Just one addition, we live in Victoria and usually have pretty mild winters.

[@That_Guy_In_The_Sky]

Zero nonsense, thank you.

[@janierodriguez8171]

Great video as I am new to rose trees! Do you have a video on winterizing rose trees? It’s fall and my trees still have many blooms.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Janie - I don't have a video specific to tree roses over winter. If the stock is hardy to your climate, you may not need to protect at all. I do have a more general video on roses, and the kind of plastic mesh fencing I use here might be useful for standard roses as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoG4Z4iFiLuGeKc

[@theab4321]

I especially liked your last tree pruning. My problem is that in winter (in South Africa), our trees are pruned. However, I find that my standard roses grow completely out of shape with high, long strands during the summer season, mainly because I usually feel terrible to cut rose buds off. If I cut them now (March), I could perhaps still get roses before our winter season? We would normally prune in July/August, which is mid winter for us. Many thanks!!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Thea - it's difficult for me to get a good sense of the rhythm of your season. Depending on how warm/mild it is, I would think 3 months would be plenty of time for your roses to bounce back into bloom.

[@reneetraud1176]

Great video. Thanks very much. I’ve got a Brill Pink Iceberg tree rose. It’s got more fine branches and lots of criss-crossing. I’m dead-heading and wondering how much to cut back. Is there any difference than on your examples that have fewer, larger branches? Thanks a million!

[@Craig_Humphries]

Hi Jason. Is there any particular pruning method for creating large standard roses like the example shown at 0:36? I guess you just prune them back less (as in your example #3?) Thanks as always for your great work.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Right - but it also has a bit to do with variety and maturity. Mine are fairly young, and even with support would be quite topheavy for the shrub without a substantial pruning. Also, mine were mainly large flowered - and in future, I'll probably go with something more cluster-flowered and less upright in habit. Live and learn!

[@Craig_Humphries]

Thank you :)

[@heatherstephens9295]

👍👍👍 I needed to see this. Thanks again 😊

[@matthewbuckner4000]

I'm year one, first winter with landscaped front of house. 1st I found butterfly bush, now the tree rose. T Y

[@matthewbuckner4000]

Feb 26th, 40 in Cleveland. The deer stayed on the snowballs n butter; and a evergreen bush i planted decades ago. Now to prune everything and do no harm. Deer like bird seed, who noo

[@nostra1874]

Thank you for sharing, this is a great video. Can we prune all the way back to the actual stump?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

If you get too close to the main stem, you may put the graft union at risk.

[@vernitabrooks3673]

My rose trees were budding inside my garage, now that I have taken them outside they have stopped and look and look dead. I have not pruned them yet I wanted to watch your video first.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

That doesn't sound good Vernita - the buds have turned dry and brown/black?

[@vernitabrooks3673]

Fraser Valley Rose Farm yes they are brown now

[@rosesarered3904]

Hello, good video. I didn't trim my rose trees in mid season and know they have super long stems going up. I don't like the leggy look of the tree. Can I still trim it even though summer is about to end?? It's mid August here and temperatures have been in the high 100's. These past 2 weeks we were well above 105 degrees. Because of this heat, I'm afraid trimming will hurt my roses.

[@katiemccue5250]

We have been in our present condo for a year now. It has a beautiful rose tree that has blossomed all summer long and still has some flowers that are hanging on. It is very crowded and needs a good pruning. I just watched your wonderful video and was wondering if this is the right time to do a full pruning of this tree. I also had a problem with black leaf this summer and not sure how to treat it. Please help!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Katie. I'm going to assume you mean Victoria BC (and I have to check, because y'know, Australia!) - if so you can pretty much choose your own timing with your mild winters. I'd probably do a light prune now to take off those flowers and most foliage and then a tighter pruning in like February, just before it begins to flush with new growth.

[@rockyc4557]

Very informative, thanks! I just purchased a few sunblaze roses and wondering what plants would be a good combination to grow beside it since the bottom is bare and all the foliage and flowers will be on the top. I am planning on planting mine on a plant bed behind a retaining wall. Looking forward to your response. Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Rocky. Here are some of my favorites for rose companion planting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV7Wmn57jcSqpc0 Depends a lot on personal taste, but I'm into the compact forms of salvia or echinacea, heuchera for foliage color, astrantia, geranium - all perennial and pretty adaptable to location.

[@rockyc4557]

Fraser Valley Rose Farm Wow! That was quick response :) I will check it out for sure. Thank you for your time. Can’t wait to plant mine, hoping it’ll survive the summer heat we have here on zone 10 🤞🏼

[@loisenolp4746]

Jason I got a grafted dual Rose tree for Mother’s Day (my first😊) and I still have it in the pot it came in from Lowes. Should I get that in the ground soon or do you think it would be okay to stay in for a little bit? Doesn’t seem to be too big for it but I am not sure. My hesitation in getting this planted is 2 fold. 1 I’m terrified I’ll do something wrong and kill it, and 2 I can’t figure out where I want it to go. I’m not sure if it would be good along the side of the house where I have the rose planted. Any tips you can give me (yet again🙃)

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

So long as you're not struggling to keep it watered, you can wait a bit to get your rose into the ground.

[@loisenolp4746]

Jason I have another question for you😌 what type of pruners do you recommend and how do you sharpen them? As always thanks for helping.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I go with Felco or similar - because the blades and construction are solid enough to get a good clean cut. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ2yknZ9dsioacU

[@milesgiehtbrock8510]

Northern gardener here. Would it be possible to graft a cane hardy rose to an apple rootstock?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Roses are related to apples, but not closely enough to make a "match" for grafting so far as I've been told.

[@magrao2017]

Ola Jason,meu nome é Mario Weckerle , moro em Itajai-Santa Catarina-Brasil.Eu gosto dos teus videos,,assisto todos, são muito bons.Obrigado

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Obrigado Mario. Estou tão feliz por você achar meus vídeos úteis. Saudações do Canadá

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

Thank you, this helps me alot.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure Wendy. Have a great gardening season.

[@stellalam344]

Hi Jason, I have successfully propagated a long stem from my rose shrub ( Poetry's wife), air layering with a plastic root ball. After I planted and used a stick to support it, new shoots came out from almost every joint along the stem and I have removed them except those on the top. Can you plesse tell me what else I have to do to see this becoming a tree rose successfully. Many thanks!

[@raj_tweets]

Hey Jason, use same family thick root stalk for grafting, the result will be surprised to you. Success ratio is less but it is possible.

[@KashmirMovieProduction]

Tree rose how grafting techniques use please make a video.

[@dinaangert8561]

Jason, Thank for you for excellent video and knowledgable information you provided. I have a question if it is appropriate to prune rose tree in zone (7a northeast Pennsylvania) in December with temperature fluctuating between 37 to 45 F? Please, advise. Thank you.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Dina. Unless the rose is in desperate need of a trim you're better to wait until late winter/early spring.

[@dinaangert8561]

Thanks for advice. I will definitely follow your recommendations.

[@pamd1861]

Thanks for all the great tips! I noticed none of them were staked. I bought one this spring and added a bamboo stake for support ..should I not have? Thanks

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

More likely I should have - some of them are leaning a bit now that they've put on some new top growth.

[@pamd1861]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm one more question on the subject of fish liquid fertilizer I've never used yet but want to start. I'm sure you have videos on it and I will be getting to all your videos but is there a brand you recommend? I prefer organic with everything. Thanks again

[@kamisakanto189]

Thank you for the tips. My tree roses are not in pots. It's my 1st time to plant those in my garden. Do I have to protect them in winter. If so, how? Thanks for your help. Warm regards from Germany.

[@DT-we2ye]

Thanks for this video. Im my backyard, i had a long half dead stem about about 2 feet tall with a few limbs that also appeared dead. I looked at your video and realized it was just a dormant neglected standard rose. I pruned it hoping it was still alive. Now its 5 feet tall and blooming very pretty two-colored roses. My issue is the shape. It does not sit up like a nice boukee. Its very oddly shaped. And now just in the past 2 weeks, a long stem is growing from the ground right next to the main stem. The original stem is hard and bark-like. But this new stem is purple with very sharp pointers and literally grew to 4 feet in maybe 10 days. Looks like some flowers are starting to bud. Should I cut this long extra stem growing to keep the main rose tree healthy and well shaped?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Del. If it's a standard rose, the long stem is probably from the rootstock, and will never give you those lovely two-tone blooms. Prune it down as low as you can get it (even below ground if possible). With some regular thinning of the scion and little extra care to feeding and watering, I hope you can rejuvenate the top growth to maintain a better shape.

[@marymalouin3359]

for safety what should the final dimension of roundness be? Should you concentrate on height or fullness?

[@lesliekuna8756]

Jason, I have two standard rose trees in pots that I’ve over wintered in my garage. I’m planning to plant them in the ground when danger of frost has passed. I’m in zone 6b. The trees have started growing new leaves. Should I prune them before planting or let them grow, plant them and prune them lightly as they grow this spring/summer? Thank you for any advice!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I'd probably do the latter - with repeat flowering roses the spring timing isn't so critical, and why stress the plant with both pruning and transplant at the same time.

[@dianepoe3594]

Thank you!

[@charlimiali9364]

Hi Jason- I have a question regarding how to get my roses to re-bloom at a specific time. I live in So Cal Orange County Ca Zone 10b. I have 7 standards, 5 climbers and 7 more floribundas and hybrid tea roses. I have pruned all through the month of January, dormant sprayed and given them their first feeding as they are leading out. I want to have most or all to be healthy and re-bloom for my daughters wedding reception June 13th!! Is there somehow I can prepare my subsequent pruning to accomplish this🙏 I’ll be SOOO grateful for your advice. Love your informative videos and appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thanks much

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Charli. It's a tiny bit trickier than it sounds to time your pruning & subsequent blooms. I know because I've tried. Here I tried a fairly widespread pruning about 6 weeks out from the event, but I didn't do every plant because some were already recently deadheaded and starting to recover. I also fed the roses around this time to encourage a good recovery. I spent some time preemptively deadheading any buds in the following two weeks, figuring that those roses would be too early anyway. After that, I just let them do their thing, and did a quick tidy of spent blooms a day or two before the event. It worked out well in my climate, but California is much warmer, and so flowers would develop quicker. I wonder if there's anyone else reading this who would like to add an opinion.

[@charlimiali9364]

Fraser Valley Rose Farm thank you Jason for letting me know what you’ve already tried. I’ll count backwards from the week of the reception back 6 weeks for pruning and hopefully that’ll work🤞🤞🤞 I’ll keep checking this post and of course keep watching your videos. Thanks again I truly appreciate your input and expertise.

[@lawman722]

I have some branches that have started at the bottom and seems to have grown over night...suggestions as far as pruning? simply prune them as it obviously is taking away from the visual aspect of a tree rose...thank you in advance for your suggestions.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Those are rootstock suckers. Remove them as low as you can - even below the soil line if possible.

[@karbotanik01]

How do you use these roses to be so big depends on what you are using

[@robertfutoran9545]

Hi Jason, We had a very beautiful rose tree that didn’t survive the Tx freeze of 2021. It had a 5 inch trunk so I guess 20 years old. How do I grow/prune a new one? Don’t want the lollipop look. Thanks RMF

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Normally the tree roses are grafted by specialists - we get some from Weeks, for instance. But if you're not looking for the typical top-grafted "lollipop" it may take some time to get it your way, as they're all trained this way initially.

[@lillylight3481]

The two tree rose that I have . When I pruned them in February they were bleeding their sap from their pruned stems.

[@lillylight3481]

The rose tree was devastated and has never been the same. It lost all its production of leaf and flowers. Its in a large pot. And am thinking of planting it in the ground side ways in hope that it will take root and in that way I will not lose the tree and gain a bush instead. It's is a white fragrant rose the tree was grafted with two diffent colors pink roses and white roses.

[@coolsuly5365]

Hi jason, do you need to make sure that there are at least 2 eye buds before you prune the branch of the roses? Thanks

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Its safer if you see the buds, but there are often other dormant buds on the stem even if you don't see them.

[@lendishaoops3168]

How do you grow such a thick stem... I have got some bunch of roses... But all of them have thin stems... I don't think I'll be able to make it a tree rose... Any idea how to get such a thick stem?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

This is the result of a specialized sort of grafting. The stem is produced from a rootstock variety grafted with different varieties on top. It's not easily reproduced by just selectively pruning a shrub rose.

[@lendishaoops3168]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm okay... Do you plan on making one such video? Pls do if u can...and thank you so much

[@ladym6738]

That helped alot. Thanks.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure, thanks for watching

[@jin8339]

What kind of roses were the 3 you were showing ? Thanks for information. I have not gotten any yet but i really want weeping China Doll :))

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

'Olympiad', 'Julia Child' and the one with thin stems was 'Burgundy Iceberg'

[@nadeemsvlog5762]

Nice video 👍👍💯💯💯💯👌🤔

[@TheRuffryder82]

What do we do if we had a bad scale infestation and now all we have is the one branch. How do we tell if it's dead? And can we cut it down the actual cane if we think it's dying

[@lorettawymbs6936]

My Rose's are in trouble. I took care of an aphid issue. Got rid of the leaf hoppers...they loved my roses, too. But now there is a new issue. For some roses I had to eliminate a lot of leaves..not liking that. But now I see an issue with thse little snails. I am in SE Georgia, so humidity and heat can be kind of a problem. The garden center I go to gets some of its plants from Florida. I bought this one plant that the gardener chose for me. Wasn't liking it and should have went by my instinct. Brought it here and it just seemed droopy..leaves not so happy. I then cleaned every area on the ground and on the big covered porch. Then decided to really check this plant out. I found little snails all over it. And now I see snails on my roses....is there a product to eliminate these critters or do I have to pick each one by hand? I ask because people here seem a bit evasive. I am from Alaska moving here. A lot different in this zone for raising roses...

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Big difference in growing climate! There are plenty of products and methods for getting rid of slugs and snails - but you have to decide if you're willing to use slug bait/poison. It can be quite effective, but there are valid concerns over product safety (especially for pets) and environmental impact. There's also no lack of interesting alternatives - like copper tape, diatomaceous earth, etc. to protect plants, but honestly, I've never had much luck with those methods. Over the longer term, birds and other predators may do the job more sustainably - and they work for free. To encourage: provide shelter and diversity of plantings to encourage a more stable population.

[@karbotanik01]

I would be glad if you could help me to find out which tree the rose plant is grafted on, please

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I've seen standard roses grafted onto R. multiflora stock before, but I'm not sure which these were grafted onto.

[@allisonmeri]

How should shoots from the ground/root be handled? I have several coming up from the ground and I’m not sure how to handle them.

[@monaali1898]

Thank u i got a double delight rose tree. Should i plant it in a raised bed planter? Or should i buy a container?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

If you have a reason why you'd like to keep it portable, then the container. Some people, for instance, move their container roses in under cover in harsh winter climates. If you're not too concerned about portability, a raised bed or directly in the ground will make for more consistent soil moisture and temperature.

[@monaali1898]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you for your reply and proper guidance when it comes to roses. i live in Texas zone 8A i dont have to take plants indoors specially roses but the last freeze we had, I lost few citrus trees so was wondering about a rose tree. I will plant it in a raised bed facing west and when weather gets hot will water it frequently .God Bless 🙏

[@KWwest]

Great video - thank you learned so much as a 4th yr beginner:) I saw a sharpening stone- would you tell me what it is & basics angle and direction for blade to sharpen? Thanks so much!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I go something like 20 degrees - and I think they say you should go only one direction for consistency of the angle, but I just run it back and forth on the outside edge of the cutting blade on a bypass pruner.

[@KWwest]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thanks for the specific response - appreciate it!

[@keithgibbs6599]

when cutting back in the winter, if you prune back and do not leave a bud will it still form a bud where you have pruned of do you have to prune to a bud.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Keith - next year's buds are small and dormant, just around the places where the leaves emerge from the stems. Unless you cut awfully close to the graft union (don't do that!) you'll have left dormant buds up and down the length of the stems. My advice would be to prune for healthy wood, shape and air circulation. Don't worry too much about which bud(s) will express next year - they're unlikely to do exactly what you want anyway.

[@keithgibbs6599]

Thank you for the reply

[@Bezayne]

Thank you again for a very nice video! I do have a question - one of my potted roses has created one single massive shoot which grew to about 1.80m height, while the other about 4 shoots stayed a lot weaker and shorter. How do I cut that - try to get them to a similar height, or leave the strong one longer?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Just to make sure, you don't think the super long shoot it a root stock sucker, do you? If you can rule that out, I'd probably prune it to encourage some branching, and also eliminate 1 or 2 of the older, weaker stems to encourage some more basal breaks.

[@Bezayne]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you for the reply! No that shoot is definitely the real thing, as it flowered nicely and as it should. Going to sharpen my shears then :)

[@isabellorenzo842]

hi ..di you change their soil when in pots if ao how regularly? or just fertilize? that pruning seems agressive for me but im a bigginer i wonder what would happen with year doing so? will love to see an update with this plant, thanks😊

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. Mine are in the ground, but if grown in a pot I do like to upgrade/refresh every couple of years. The severity of the pruning can be a judgement call based on variety and climate. Mine put on a lot of growth every year (sometimes too much!) so I can be a little more aggressive.

[@robind8155]

Hi, after pruning roses, is there any solution or care treatment to put in the wound to prevent bacteria or disease?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Robin. Horticultural research doesn't support "sealing" cuts to help them heal. It seems best to leave them to recover naturally.

[@robind8155]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you 😊

[@Methus2010]

Thank you for the tips. I have two grafted rose trees as well that I bought but there are new branches growing at the lower part and now out grown the tree itself. What should I do with? It destroyed the beauty of my trees.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You should do your best to remove the basal suckers as low as you can manage.

[@DusanTomic2]

I wondering. For rootstock you get Rosa canina, after that you graft Rosa multiflora and you put scion boods or you use just one rootstock? And does bud removing is enough for removing potential new growth of rootstock? And I also see very strong thunks, does that results of time or something else? Thank you.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I believe they used a double graft like you described - I've seen it done with a single stock of multiflora f. inermis up to the top graft, and that seemed to work okay as well. These are fairly young plants, and yes, I think the trunks will thicken significantly with age. Thanks!

[@DusanTomic2]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you.

[@user-gc8ku6ni7v]

So, life got in the way and I got super busy. I wasn't able to prune and now I have an "umbrella" and blooms all over the place. Do you recommend pruning slowly over the season to get it back down? Surely I can't prune heavily at this point. It currently has 20+ blooms.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Sounds like a reasonable plan.

[@kellygioconda3720]

I live in pa where it’s very cold now. When is a good time to give a good prune. Thank you

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

After the risk of hard frost. Usually, the landscape will begin to "wake up" with some of the early flowering shrubs going into bloom (forsythia, flowering currants, Japanese quince) and that's a good time to start.

[@MrJendert]

Living in Toronto area in Canada, do we need to wrap the tree rose for winter or will a good amount of mulch around the base of the tree be sufficient?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

That trunk can indeed be vulnerable to deep cold and wind. I've seen some people use a pool noodle/pipe insulation to protect it. Even the graft unions high up on the top can be at risk. You could use something like fabric crop cover (remay) or burlap to cut the wind once the stems have gone dormant.

[@clannadgirl46]

My 2 DA Eglantyne standard roses We bought in SoCal grows like crazy. At least 5’ Not sure how short I should take them. I even had to prune it after it’s first bloom. Help

[@Flower_hoarder]

🌹🌳🌹SO HELPFUL‼️🌹🌳🌹

[@dixit-rohit]

Could you make a video on how to make a standard rose plant? But it should have multiple coloures.. I want to make it... 😊

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Sounds like a great grafting project - I'll see if I can make time to play around with it a bit.

[@dixit-rohit]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I took a 40 inches long rose cutting for the standard rose plant... I planted it on April 11,2020... Buds are growing... Everything is fine so far...

[@milaturkenburg]

Hi Jason, I planted this rose last summer in my garden. I forgot to prune it. What should I do now? Thanks.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Unless you're in an extreme climate (like if it's going to get super hot and stressful on the plant), it's okay to prune now, or wait until after blooming to tidy it up.

[@milaturkenburg]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm many thanks

[@Ryin88]

Do you have a video on how to train a rush bush into a rose tree? I mean is it possible?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You might be able to do something similar, but part of the charm of a rose tree is the nearly perfect symmetry of the grafted stem. That's difficult to accomplish from an established rose bush.

[@fjb-fjb3128]

I have a double blooming knockout rose trees. My question is can I cut all the blooms after they die during growing season?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, definitely. It'll speed them back along to reblooming.

[@KWwest]

My home had 14 roses that were in bad shape when I bought it 4 yrs ago. I’ve been trying different pruning lengths each year- lessening on spring. This summer the stalks & flowers reached 10+ feet on some! My lollipop rose is now 12’h x5’ diameter- wow. I’m a SW-Southern California Zone according to David Austin & want a full- big show. Wondering how much to prune off of smaller diameter branches, after eliminating old, sideways & just wrong branches are gone… Thanks!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

That's a tough judgement call un such a large specimen, but it sounds like you've already made some good progress on their condition. I tend to be pretty brutal on thin, spindly inward growth - and that's just based on knowing how vigorously my roses seem to recover from the pruning in past years.

[@trudy285]

I watched this video earlier this spring before I pruned my one and only double knockout red rose tree. It's now June 10th and so far I'm very disappointed. I'm afraid that it's either dying or dead. Some green is noted on the branches but not green where the branch connects. It started to get a few tiny leaves that withered and died. I fed it with miracle grow for roses a few days ago. I decided to not wait three weeks like the greenhouse that I bought it at last year, told me. We're in a drought of sorts here in the upper Midwest. So I've been watering it fairly frequently. The greenhouse also said no refunds like with some of their other roses. I'm just sick about this situation. It was to be a focal point in my new flower garden. The box of miracle grow says to feed more often than the greenhouse said. Their website says that too. Do you have any suggestions on how to revive? I had indeed wrapped it very well over the winter. Thanks for your time! 🤞 Brightest Blessings to You! ☺️✌️❤️🦋🙏 9:43

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Sorry to hear it Trudy. That darkness around the stem at the point where it attaches to the trunk is not such a good sign. Give the skin a scrape in that section and see if there's a layer of green underneath. If not, that tissue may be dead, so even if there are green stems beyond that point they can't access water or nutrients from the roots. That's what it sounds like to me with the leaves and shoots emerging to later wither.

[@trudy285]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Hello! I didn't realize you had responded! 🤭 Thanks! Yeah it's as dead as a doornail. I couldn't get myself to say the words until recently. I took it that hard. Oh well. 🥴 God soon afterwards put another live specimen right before me as a surprise for half the price. This New One is staying in the pot. Behind a tall privacy fence this time, receiving Southern exposure still, but protection with the fence too. Not out in the open in the center of what I imagined would be a beautiful rose garden. I'm in zone 5. My local Greenery is very popular. I'm not sure why they don't give better education on their HUGE Rose department. What I learned has been a lot. First, they are not going to carry them anymore. The second one I recently acquired, came from a hardware store that has a garden center too. It's a double Knock Out just like the first one that died. In my recent research found out that essentially there is no way that a Rose tree can successfully go dormant in a zone 5. The temperature to go dormant has to be somewhere between 30-40°F. Garage too cold, basement not cold enough. Unless someone has a southern exposure enclosed porch with some heat, I can't imagine it surviving. So the other day I realized that I have a miniature red rose that has been growing in my dining room window of West sunlight for the past two years. It's like two feet tall now and has three more long lasting roses. So I've decided that when the weather gets cooler here, I'm putting my Rose tree in the dining room! Not allowing it to go dormant! 🤭 At least it'll have a happy roommate for the winter! 😂 What a conversation piece! Hopefully for all good things! Keep Smiling And Enjoy Your Holiday Weekend! Brightest Blessings. ☺️✌️❤️🦋🙏

[@pamelagardner631]

when would you do a deep prune in Phoenix AZ ? before heat in summer

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, in your climate, careful to avoid the warmest part of the year

[@elsagrace3893]

Are all tree roses grafted onto a root stock stem? Is it possible to train an own root rose into a standard?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, these ones are all grafted. I don't think it would be practical (or perhaps even possible) to train a multi-stemmed (ungrafted) shrub to the form of a standard. Maybe someone could prove me wrong!

[@goodpull]

I have a new branch growing out from low down the main trunk. Should I remove this from the point where it meets the trunk or should I just leave it to develop? Thanks

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, remove it flush with collar of the new shoot. It's not the scion variety. It'll mess up the form of the plant, and won't produce the flowers you're looking for.

[@shirleyknight9458]

Hi Jason, I have 2 Rose Tree at a grave site in honor of my mom and brother. I would like to cut a stem from each and replant it at home. Is that possible? If so what would be the best time of year to do this?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You can take cuttings from a tree rose, but of course the form would revert to the regular shrub type. I like to take my cutting just around the time of flowering.

[@aaronlaw5639]

Great- Thank you 😊

[@tomnaglak8139]

My rose tree died over the winter but eventually bloomed from the root at the base. How do I grow it to another rose tree? Do I prune it so only the center shoot grows or do I let it grow and prune next year?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

They're top grafted, so the variety shooting from the base won't usually have the same style of flowers - nor have I ever seen someone successfully retrain this basal growth into the tree form. I wish I could be more encouraging on this, but you're probably better to replace the rose entirely.

[@kphanmaha]

I have 2 new rose trees. I’m new to taking care of roses and live in CA. One tree has blooms still on it and the other tree the flowers have lost all its petals and now they are just buds. Should I cut prune the buds that no longer have petals?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

If you have time for it, removal of the spent flowers (see deadheading: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5rPZXZ5gcaBa80) will encourage quicker rebloom.

[@benjaminkibler5335]

Can I prune in the summer. Early June? My knock out rose tree is super full and top heavy. I have staked it up. But still too heavy. I'm in Ohio.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Sure. And good idea to prevent breakage. Knockouts are pretty tough and should recover well even from a heavy pruning.

[@Melanie-mq5sh]

god bless you more

[@dapolimagic]

Hi Jason, I have Mr Lincoln rose in standard form and by the end of season it grows really tall from the graft point. It has a vigorous growth habit. Last year I pruned it back to 12 inches in late March from graft point and it delayed the first flowering on it. I am in zone 6b-7a and was wondering how should I prune it so that I get early blooms and also control the size.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You may have to pick a balance of medium pruning in early spring, and then a little more shaping while deadheading throughout the season.

[@dapolimagic]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you. I will follow that.

[@brianpotts7793]

I was wondering if getting the “chinese” OT Rose Viridiflora is worth getting. I’m trying to get multi-colored roses going and if it’s the only “true green” rose if I should go for it. Thoughts and suggestions? I know it’s leafy

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Hi Brian. I'm not sure I'd call it attractive, but I plan to add it to my collection as a novelty. The lady I'm taking cuttings from has found it worthwhile as a conversation piece, but if you didn't know what you were looking at, the flowers don't stand out from the foliage much.

[@brianpotts7793]

Fraser Valley Rose Farm thank you very much for the response! They seem like very interesting “roses”

[@manjubohra2765]

Thank you sir

[@catwoolf11]

It's December 16th. I have two tree roses that I forgot to prune before snow fell. Now we have 18" of snow and my little tree roses are bending over with the weight of the snow. Can I prune them now?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes! If your rose is at risk of being damaged by the weight, you should definitely intervene with some pruning cuts!