How To Prune Climbing Roses (Winter)

[@pippaWatkin]

Brilliant video and so helpful to see the before and after pics as well as those in full leaf/bloom.

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I'm glad you found my video helpful.

[@brianmcallister7114]

Best tutorial I’ve seen.

[@Stuart36]

Good tutorial, I planted my first climbing rose this winter, can't wait to train it

[@henrymann1443]

Fantastic, just what I was looking for! I am loving pruning and training the roses and fruit trees during the lockdown, gives me so much to look farward to in the spring and summer!

[@Gardeningat58N]

It's also one of my favourite winter gardening activities, the plants always do much better the following summer if they've been pruned well over winter.

[@teresamadsen4316]

Thank you!! I'm a 'Rose virgin' so looking forward to sorting my inherited climbing roses out!

[@fierywomanpacnw7004]

Thank you for explaining the logic of how to prune!

[@Gardeningat58N]

I hope it helps you prune your roses.

[@bluebowser3121]

I didn't think it'd be safe to prune roses in the winter. Great video.

[@Gardeningat58N]

As long as its not below freezing when your pruning, Winter is usually the best time to prune.

[@mygardenanddinosaurs]

Perfect timing for me as I have a climbing rose to prune as soon as the storm passes.

[@indrayudhakusuma7334]

i just re attached and pruned and try to espalier it on wall fence couple days ago 😂 but mine still small in size, probably like your 2016 photo ,yeah about that size , awesome 👏 thanks for sharing

[@princesslunakusuma8322]

do more cottage style garden pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

[@Gardeningat58N]

I'm sure in a few years it will be covering your wall. Once they get their roots down climbing roses can grow a meter or two a year.

[@Gardeningat58N]

I will soon, I have a big update for the channel this spring.

[@mirandazhou1660]

Thank you this is most helpful!

[@Gardeningat58N]

I'm glad it was helpful, good luck with your roses.

[@ahmedsiddiqui2832]

Awesome video,Keep it up!

[@trainingyourdogonline2269]

Thank you! Great video.

[@janetang5327]

please do an update on your Arthur bell floribunda

[@Gardeningat58N]

I'm going to plant it outside in the ground this year, or in a bigger pot, so I'll hopefully have an update on it in Spring.

[@suemerritt1679]

Very informative. Thank you...

[@scperryman]

Thanks for the video. I think this will give me the confidence to tackle pruning my climbing rose. I have an old Joseph's Coat climbing rose that still has the original stem coming from the ground and some new ones. Is it safe to cut the old stem down? And if it is, how much should I leave sticking up?

[@Gardeningat58N]

Yes if the old stem is not growing as strongly as it used to and there are new stems coming up to replace it then you can cut it right back to the base just an inch or so above where it meets the other new shoots.

[@jonathanjimenez5793]

What’s the wire attached to, the wall with hooks or is it freestanding

[@Gardeningat58N]

Its attached to the wall with expanding eye bolts, although there are also some older screw in eye bolts as well.

[@susancraybould3919]

I'm in the UK. Can I cut it down now?

[@Gardeningat58N]

No, for hard pruning you need to wait until its dormant in winter, although you can prune a little bit in summer such as removing old flowers and any stems which are growing in the wrong place.

[@jamessparkman6604]

How many of these things would it take to cover sleeping beauties castle

[@elicopeland4364]

What happened to your peony plants from seeds. did the seeds germinate ?

[@Gardeningat58N]

Yes, they took a long time to germinate, they didn't come above ground until around July, but they have grown on my balcony for around two years now. I did have two plants, but one was eaten away by vine weevil larvae one winter. But I still have one plant left. I'll film an update some time this spring when it starts to grow again.

[@wolfgirl535]

Yas queen, FIRST!!!

[@sta9706]

I want to see the it blooms :)

[@Pedro-tf9xz]

Wow just started watching your videos and it’s been really helpful, but I have run into a problem. I live in NY and right now it’s winter and it’s cold , but some weeks we get warm weather and I have a lime plant that I planted from seed last year and it has grown so tall and I have it indoors now but I left it outside yesterday because it was sunny but I forgot to bring it back inside and it was pretty chilly and the leaves are like all dry and down, is my plant dead ? Is their any way I can recover my plant, it’s a shame if it died because it has been doing really well ;(.

[@Gardeningat58N]

I'm glad you've found my videos helpful. Did the temperatures drop below freezing when it was outside? If the temperature stayed above freezing it should still be alive, but the leaves may have dried out in the cold air. It should begin to grow new healthy leaves within a few weeks if its kept in a warm sunny location. If it dropped below freezing when it was outside if may have been killed, but it depends on how much below freezing the temperature was. When its recovering be careful not to over water it as it won't be as thirsty as it was before its leaves were damaged.

[@Pedro-tf9xz]

Gardening at 58 North it wasn’t below freezing , and that’s good to know, the leaves have dried and i hoping it would regrow , thanks for the reassurance

[@mandybarraclough8785]

Hi, I’m in the UK too, I’m a bit confused, i just bought the iceberg climber from b&q and I’m surprised to read on the instructions that i should cut the whole thing down to 10cm in the winter, is that a must or would, like you, just prune it back?, many thanks . Mandy

[@MUSTASCH1O]

Maybe that is just if you want the plant to grow in a small area of wall or trellis, rather than train it over a larger section of wall.

[@aminettethieullet5466]

When you do a video move your camera slower and dont pan so fast