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[@yorkie75]

I always prune roses hard. I pruned my elderly neighbour’s roses last year too (at her request), she was horrified and told her son I’d probably killed them; they’d never flowered so well as they did last year 😂

[@casaroccafamilyking]

Such a pleasure to tune into Laura. The positive energy, joy and extreme horticultural knowledge make for a great start of the day!

[@leesaaugustine1444]

Good Morning! 🌹I live in rural Iowa, we are still having winter weather! I usually wait til the middle of March to uncover & prune back my roses! When the weather turns to Spring weather, I am going to move my Father in Law's Knock Out roses so I can take over their care! Those Knock Out Roses were his pride & joy! 🙂🌹✂️🌿

[@pollytiks3885]

I’m sure that he would very much appreciate that. ❤🌹

[@NinjaOrchids]

The willow in the sunshine looked glorious! It glowed like one of those big golden fireworks 😍

[@pollytiks3885]

And wasn’t that a spectacular view through the arbor?!?

[@NinjaOrchids]

@@pollytiks3885 yes!! I could hear harps and hallelujahs 💖

[@JoshuasGarden]

Good morning everyone! Snow day here in Rhode Island today so I got to wake up early and watch Garden Answer! I need to get some climbing roses this year!

[@darcygillan3098]

I know that I'll be watching this video a lot over the next few years. I just ordered my first climbing rose, a David Austin Strawberry Hill, that I am planting in memory of my mother who passed away earlier this month. She loved roses. I know I'll be nervous the first time I prune it, but Laura's instructions will guide me through. 😊 Sending much love to the GA family from Illinois zone 5b.

[@ritadonovan6606]

Sorry for your loss but happy to hear you took over those 🌹 🇨🇦

[@pollytiks3885]

❤🌹

[@brandoncorrea9867]

Flowers are the best response to grief. My condolences 💐

[@CULady]

Good morning from Michigan! Yes, I ❤️ to watch and listen in the morning! Seeing and hearing God's creation in the morning is a blessing 🙌🏻 thank you for sharing so much info! And Ken, thanks for allowing the natural sounds to play when you edit!!

[@catherineshiddengarden2596]

Hi, from Michigan too. 😊

[@shirleydickey6140]

I'm from Michigan as well, watching GA within minutes of Laura's post. I'm not gonna miss such a joyful way to start my day. Thanks Laura, we love you !

[@deezahm9143]

☕️Good morning Laura and friends around the world from a dreary day here in Michigan. Love starting my day with you all, and the roses are so beautiful. Hurry up springtime. Enjoy a lovely day everyone 🌹

[@barbwalter1869]

Mid- Michigan here, too. 8 to10 inches of snow yesterday, Monday. They are calling for 10-15 more this Friday. Ice on top of all! Love GA . I've been watching for the past 5 years & still learning more. A daily morning blessing.

[@DessyFerdinandus]

Hello from sunny day tropical Indonesia. Hang in there, Michigan friends! I lived up in Mt Pleasant, MI 8 years ago❤

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Rose pruning to me is so therapeutic... especially climbing roses. I have a huge Lady banks that I will be tackling this weekend. Thanks for the tips Laura!

[@conniewesselman9655]

I planted my first climbing roses last season. This video was just the guidance I needed. My respect for you grew when I realized that you were standing on the top of a ladder, holding a camera and pruning the top of the roses. Wow! You always amaze me with your knowledge and dedication. Thank you! Connie

[@helenwilliamson7099]

Just came in from doing some clean up it's been a lovely week here in Scotland UK, even seen the aurora borealis it was beautiful 😍

[@kennethparks3568]

Bought my first climber AND those Felco gloves. Wish me luck.

[@laraemitchell9064]

I get any need for roses vicariously through watching you. I love other people’s roses. I’m allergic and just can’t do it. Yours are beautiful! And really enjoy seeing them, so thank you for that! 💚💚💚

[@stephanieberan3857]

Thank you so much for the video. I am so nervous to prune the beautiful Bathsheba roses my daughter bought me last year for my birthday. I don't want to ruin them. Watching you always gives me the confidence to tackle things I wouldn't otherwise do. Thank you Laura and all of you!

[@MyBackyardScience]

The arbors looked so amazing last summer! Cannot wait to see them again this year! 😀

[@kimberleyfrasquillo3684]

👋Good Tuesday morning, Laura!!! 👋Hi Russell!🐈 You should go back inside the greenhouse, where it is warm, silly boy.🥶🥶🥶 🤣😂🤣Loving the Laura clone👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 that is helping you get your work done faster!😉 Thanks Ken!!! The weeping willow looks beautiful, when it was framed by the archway at 11:13.🤩😍 I think you did a very thorough job of explaining and showing how to prune the roses!!! You are a VERRRRY GOOD teacher, Laura!🤗 Have a Blessed and Beautiful day/night 🌞/🌜✨️⭐️🌟⭐️✨️ 🌐 everyone!!! Kimberley F in the Arizona desert 🌞🌵💞🏜 (Zone 9b) USA 🇺🇸

[@bettyharvath5217]

Good morning from Delaware GA friends.

[@Gdji5fv]

💐 *YOU'RE MY ONLY FLOWER GIRL GARDNER!* 💐 *THANK YOU* 💐 😊👍

[@dia9491]

I was so excited when you showed these arbors. Out of all the flowers I’ve seen in your garden, those roses are so beautiful. I’ve never seen roses that look like that. They’re perfection, and that’s coming from someone that usually isn’t into pink roses.

[@BACKYARDBLOOMSWITHKIM]

Very helpful thank you.. I do really good with shrub roses, however, climbing I was cutting off lateral canes, which I guess is a no, no LOL. No wonder I have not got lots of blooms yet.

[@cathybranly1839]

Every time I decide no more roses, I get inspired by watching you. I deal with black spot, mildew and Japanese Beetles(yuck!). Roses are so beautiful and I am determined to get some climbing ones established.

[@lindsayforde]

Spring 2022 was our first in our first house, and I watched your videos all winter, Laura! It perhaps had me coming up with too many ideas so the growing season last year was a little intense for this first-timer. When the dormant period began the last thing I wanted to do was think about my garden for months! But with February thaws I’m back on my gardening kick and this was the perfect video to return to as I hope to tackle our inherited climbing rose after learning from you.

[@tbear1111]

I had the exact same experience! With the reprieve I’m feeling ready to dive back in and add to it even more. 😊 Hopefully with the learning it will be a little easier for both of us.

[@suechitwood9271]

Thanks for this video!! I have a climbing rose from David Austin 2 years old this year so I think I can trim it up!!! My husband cut it back totally last Spring!!!!! I’m hoping to train it up the arbor and onto fence like you have done-we have the same arbor!!!! Thanks for ALL your wonderful wisdom and knowledge!!!!!

[@kdean9537]

Thank you for such a lovely start to my day...makes my morning coffee so much more enjoyable! The roses are just gorgeous, can't wait to see them in bloom! Have a wonderful day! Kathy x 💖Ontario, Canada

[@Jaypee4]

Great camera shot of the willow tree through the arbor. Have a great day Laura.

[@InTheKitchenwithTabbi]

This was INCREDIBLY helpful, Laura! I’ve never pruned my climbing rose…🫣 I will be doing it this weekend now! 🌹

[@marybogar5981]

Excellent! I followed your pruning advice last year and my climbing roses that never bloom were amazing! They were so beautiful. Thank you.

[@overmanfarms]

Flower bed cleanup videos and pruning videos are so satisfying! But like why though! 🤣 I’m hoping one day I can get my own Colette rose! ❤️ my fiancé and I rent a house right now, but hopefully within the next two years we will be moving into our permanent home, and this rose is high on my list to buy! Thank you for everything Laura!

[@LadyRiderFG]

Thank you for this. I have a Cecile Brunner that has gone wild. I’m going to trim it for the first time. I don’t feel quite so nervous after watching you.

[@susanchapmansuzow2929]

I was raised by My grandma, her favorite, !!

[@lisaoswalt5233]

Good morning GA friends- Happy Tuesday! 😊

[@barbaracarlson1331]

Good morning!

[@mygardeninbloom]

Good morning from the other side of Oregon. I pruned my rose last weekend. It feels so satisfying to have them looking clean and ready for the spring. I absolutely love both your rose arbors. Can't wait to see them bloom. 🍃🌸🍃

[@tbear1111]

I’m also on the other side. I have been wondering if I can start pruning my roses yet? I’m itching to get out there. It’s not too early?

[@MoniqueARuiz]

None of my roses look anywhere as nice as the “worst” one in your garden! 😂 😅 but I’m trying! I appreciate all the tips

[@joyces.9021]

Obviously, Laura has no fear of heights! Pruning with one hand while filming with the other, up on a ladder...👌Thank you for the close-up shots and explanations.🌹

[@robingrunzweig3940]

pruning roses is one of the most satisfying jobs, isn't it? "cleaning the clutter" my hubby likes to say... this is a great video! i like to hard prune mine, too, esp since we deal with rust and blackspot and aphids (ugh) but oh so worth it when they bloom and scent the air... i love those colettes but have nowhere to grow them.. i have a community slope behind my house and i've often said i want to just "accidentally" plant a few vining things on the slope.. haha.. i'm thinking if i share vining veggies with the crew that tends to it, it might be ok!! not sure how'd they feel about thorny roses, but it sure is tempting!! it looked cold out there! how do you work in the cold? i'm such a wimp! 🥰❤thanks for the video!! 🥰❤

[@melissapotthast4141]

Hope you'll video the first flush of your first flush of these roses. Thank you for the pruning lesson.

[@angelaengler2387]

I am really itching to get outside an prune my climbing roses now but it’s too wet because we had some wonderful rain yesterday! I really appreciate Laura giving us a refresher course on pruning roses and other gardening tasks, I know my garden is greatly improved because her❤️

[@tawnicall7658]

Her garden cleanup/pruning videos are my favorite! They motivate me and teach me what to do. If you read this Laura, I'd love to see how you rejuvenate overgrown lilacs and how to prune forsythia.

[@eberlinschwinn5634]

Thank you. I’m training climbers on the fence and I wasn’t sure how far to cut back the newer green stems. I always learn something from your videos and my garden benefits.

[@WhittAcres]

So much to get done in a big garden! I love the lifestyle

[@kathy8832]

Good morning from Illinois! Love watching the Spring clean up of your garden. Looking forward to doing the same for mine. Also, good to see Russell!!

[@cv7357]

That guitar music is so perfect for this kind of video... also like the natural sounds. Nice to have a mix. Can't wait to see the rose show!

[@alcg3981]

I never knew about clearing roses of the old leaves! Thanks for your little tutorial, it'll be time for my pruning after this latest cold snap we're having. Usual time here in the Paris suburbs is mid-March. We shall see ....

[@keradee8742]

I LOVE pruning! Is it crazy to admit that I look forward to it each spring? I'm also kind of a pyromaniac. I can't wait to see Aaron light up that pile of debri in the pasture when the conditions are right!

[@paulastafford1642]

Your videos are so helpful and crystal clear. You and your husband are a blessing, and your kids are as cute as can be. Thank you

[@maureengee364]

What a difference. They look fantastic. Yes you’re step by step was great. Understood it all. They were amazing last year so this year should be the same. Can hardly wait to see them. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Appreciated.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@candledancer2]

Good morning from Northern Michigan. We have lots of snow here. My big garden project this year is to put in a rose arbor despite everyone warning me the deer will just eat them. I spent weeks pouring over roses trying to decide what to do. I was so tempted to go with Collette as that is one gorgeous rose. But I hear it is also very thorny. I decided to try the arborose series. Honeymoon and Tangerine Skies.

[@Myfirstgarden]

Ordered mine because of your showing🎉❤ so excited for my first year of blooms

[@chichitex1252]

These rose arbors are one of my favorite things in your garden!❤❤❤

[@cannotgetabloodyname]

Dang I'm early lol greetings from Scotland x

[@marysumner335]

I'm impressed at your ability to film while on a ladder.

[@iartistdotme]

Timely information. I have 3 old rose varietys and needed to cut them back over my arch made of hog fencing. It looked so pretty last year with annual vines but the roses are growing and I want them to cover it. Your instructions helped so much! My mouth dropped open when I saw you reach into the mass with your gloves and just rub around without problems. I MUST have a pair.

[@cindyslutsky9316]

Does anyone know who makes those gloves?

[@cindyslutsky9316]

Just rewatched the video and found my answer. 😅 Only bold faced printed on gloves.

[@iartistdotme]

@@cindyslutsky9316 they are linked right next to the Show More in the video description.

[@cindyslutsky6990]

Thanks Mary for the glove info!

[@rosealvarado264]

Good morning all have a safe and blessed day 🥰

[@AlexasGarden]

Nice weather! ....I have 10 inches of snow in my yard... My roses are still sleeping, but soon I too will be counting the stems and handling pricks on my hands... Excellent climbing rose pruning guide 🥰🥰🥰

[@kitstah9741]

Good morning! 🌻🐝

[@marinbandel2574]

Alright, you raspberry/strawberries plants Laura has given you warning! Either produce or you hit the road, and she means business!! Love the tough love!! Hugs from N.C..❤️

[@jgwood10]

They would be gone already since they send out so many suckers. Too much work for not producing!

[@junoharpoon]

Can't wait to see these when they are in full bloom. I learned a lot from this one - be brave and prune back a bit harder. It's a snow day here in Victoria, BC. Thanks Laura!

[@thackeray4]

My favorite time of year is spring. I love love love the pruning. Starting a WHOLE new garden space this year on our new land in North Spokane. Love your channel Laura. You are my inspiration!

[@Merb.]

Good morning from Alberta! Zone 3 :) I’m so excited to see what my climbing rose does this year, it will be its first full season in the garden🥳 These videos are so helpful! The explanations and just watching you go through the process really helps to clarify things for this relative newb 😊

[@maryshields1935]

Planted my first climbing rose last year so this video was timely! I need to order those gloves!

[@rosemorecottage1614]

Oh, I so appreciate this video! I've watched your other climbing rose pruning videos, but my zephirine drouhin is much older, like the roses in this video. I haven't done the best job pruning it in the past (though it has managed to bloom gorgeously in spite of my best efforts lol) and this year I really need to train it because it's overgrown the fence. I loved seeing a prune job for an established rose - thank you so much!! Your show brings me such joy every morning. Sending you and your family the best ❤️

[@JenniferPerryMyScraproom]

Between you and Paul Zimmerman I had the confidence to prune all of my roses and even move a few bushes around to better locations. But after doing this job with regular gardening gloves (ouch!) I quickly ordered some felco gloves. I have regular long sleeve rose gloves but they are so thick that I could not even use my pruners. 🙂

[@fromseedtobloommedia9340]

So much well tuned knowledge, and very pertinent to what we’re doing in the garden.

[@pamhouglan4710]

Your willow (in the background) seems to have a halo. It is quite heavenly. 🌳😇🌳

[@audreyholt7721]

I have a troublesome rose that I have almost pulled 3 times. The last 2 years I have given it the Laura treatment removing all the leaves and pruning severely. It is improving and beautiful. Thanks to Garden Answer!

[@loranemiller9006]

I wanted to take a moment and say thank you. I have been watching your videos for sometime now. I have enjoyed them very much. I have spend the biggest part of my gardening life not ever being able to grow roses. My mother in law gave me a climbing rose prior to her passing more than 13 years ago. So I got the rose just before she passed. It would only have 2 cane and only would get around a couple feet and then the canes would die and the next year new canes would grow and the same thing. I dug it put and transplanted it in another spot. A new trellis. And I spent some time following your rose trimming videos. I am happy to say I now have multiple canes, with a ton of growth. I now cut red roses and have them on the kitchen table almost daily. The ones I leave are currently growing up the entire back side of my shed shed. I can not even begin to tell you how excited I am to have gotten it through all those years limping and this year boom shaka laka! Roses everywhere. I feel like a true Gardner now. I have since bought 4 of the at last roses and they are just loving life now that I am more mindful of how to care for them. Again I can’t thank you and your team enough. You all are really an inspiration to me and I am sure many other daily. Take care. Happy gardening. And may god continue to bless you and you family. See you in the next one.🌹

[@homeandnursery]

Wow!! That Arbor is beautiful! Something out of a fairytale garden! Can't wait to see them bloom this year!

[@celinedavis2189]

This is the best climbing rose video I have seen. You are very clear with how and why!

[@uponcallicohill3096]

Good morning! I’m watching daily and I’m about to go out and take care of my roses and raspberries today! Thank you soooo very much for the work you do to teach us!

[@ann2155]

Oooh! So glad your doing rose trimming today. I have some strawberry hill climbing roses that I will need to trim this year. It will be their 2nd season. Not sure yet if I will need to trim them but it’s good to know how. ❤😊

[@rosemarythyme6351]

Thanks for the GLOVE LINK in the description for pruning roses. Much appreciated!

[@bethsatterfield9499]

Thanks so much for this video this morning. This is my scheduled chore for today and I needed a refresher course. In our upstate South Carolina climate this year, Zone 7d-8a, our roses are already putting out foliage. Do you treat them the same way you just pruned yours? I’m gonna do that anyway and hope it’s fine. Thanks so much for all of your wonderful videos. You do get me into lots of trouble at the plant nurseries, however. 🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰

[@sandy-rr1by]

I got real lazy last fall, didn't do garden and yard cleanup for winter. I am really appreciating which chores you tackle, have been following along with my own pruners. I'm finding out that it'll be ok by summer! Thanks

[@patriciawilson6524]

Oh my Laura I love those roses. Here in Kentucky it's so humid making our roses so prone to black spot and of course the destructive Beetles are a night mare.

[@heathernesbitt1309]

I have a climbing Joseph’s Coat rose which has been producing beautifully for about eight years and I want to relocate it. I cut it way back to prepare for the move but have not pulled the trigger yet. I wanted to get your advice first. Im really afraid of killing or shocking the plant. I’m in zone 10 so ready to plant!

[@heatherw.2751]

Her roses are always so healthy and gorgeous! I don’t have any in my garden because of the bugs and diseases that plague them in my hot , humid NC garden.

[@judyheim6998]

How you can take the drudgery part of gardening and still keep it enjoyable is kind of amazing I think it’s a little like you are a friend that we are just hanging out with while she trims her roses and she teaches as she’s doing. I doubt you’ll see this but there is a climbing rose you should look into. It’s called Sally Holmes. It is a ‘white ‘rose but not really. It’s buttery or creamy looking and the rose blooms grow in bunches as it climbs up your wall, etc. & from a distance you aren’t sure if it is a rose or something else because of those big bloomy bunches of creamy flowers. It’s beautiful.

[@kfowler193]

So helpful!!! I've been pruning my climbers wrong so I learned A LOT!!!! Thanks!

[@kathierogers3208]

How in the world would you ever be able to freshen up the paint on the trellis and fences?! I know you will never see it when those beautiful roses are in bloom but the upkeep of them to stay beautiful and sturdy would be a challenge. 😊

[@dmann579]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your process for pruning climbing roses. I planted two Don Juan climbing roses last year with some companion clematis and am excited to prune and train the main branches this year. Looking forward to a spring filled with blooms. 🌹🙏☀

[@dorenenagy564]

Laura you do such a wonderful job explaining pruning. Thank you so much for posting. The roses are going to look beautiful this summer.

[@aprilgaudenti257]

Hi I loved seeing you us organic fertilizers, my first time viewing! Also! You didn’t bother with measuring it 😅my style too😊 your garden is so sensible, I’m a here and there planter! So glad I found you. Now this winter I can radically prune my roses without fear 🎉

[@geaizee9204]

Great video, the roses along the fence are going to be gorgeous!!

[@elisecurran9497]

Laura has all her equipment: ladder, Rosetone, pruners, gloves, RUSSELL!

[@wynorawishum5860]

Very satisfying watching the transformation from wild to clean and tidy. Can't wait for the blooms

[@Erin-tk5jw]

I planted a clematis in with my trellised rose (mine is a rambler, not a climber, I think) last year. Can’t wait to see the intermingling of the two this summer!

[@sandraharvey3274]

Thank you for teaching me so much about gardening. I was wondering who named Russell? His name seems to fit him to a tee.😺

[@cathyobrien9890]

Thank you so much for this detailed pruning video Laura! I’m about to tackle my climbing rose that is on an arbor the end of this week. I’ve been so afraid to really get in there and do a hard prune. This video has given me the courage. I always trust you 😊

[@nancyswartz3453]

That’s a beautiful scarf or cowl you’re wearing. Did you make it? Is it a pattern you can share? Also, I am a caregiver for a 94 year old lady who has climbing roses surrounding her house. I followed tips from a previous video of yours and pruned them hard last year. They bloomed beautifully! Thank you for this refresher video! I can’t wait to get her roses pruned again! Happy gardening! 🥰

[@SuperSoFlow]

This really helps to see exactly where to cut to understand how to get the desired results! 🌹🌱🌹🌱🌹🌱🌹

[@sf55514]

I really like the rose arbors at either end of the raised beds.

[@maryalicehuffstetler3026]

I would love to have a climbing rose like that one! Love the color!!

[@pansyface00]

This was so timely. I’m about to tackle mine so this was helpful. Thanks.

[@lindawashington500]

So glad to see this!

[@amydeeds6248]

Question-if we live in an area that has more moisture, should we wait to fertilize until the rose is actively growing? I pruned my climbing rose hard last year following your advice and it flowered much better and less insects. Thanks 😊

[@susanchapmansuzow2929]

Can't wait to this in bloom!⚘️

[@GrowingonVancouverIsland]

Snow day for me, on Vancouver Island. I definitely need to add climbing roses to my collection.

[@seriouslyreally5413]

We just got 8in of new snow in Spokane. Feb 28th. My raspberries need cleaning up! The snow came down so late last Fall before they even dropped their leaves so we couldn't get in to clean them up.

[@aprilh200]

Love watching the garden come to life

[@sheilamontoya7003]

Good morning 🌅. Love the step by step instructions. I need to find some roses like yours