Pruning My Climbing Roses | Gardening with Creekside

Mid-January is the perfect time for me to prune my climbing rose. By pruning the rose now I am creating a more robust, healthier plant that will give me loads of gorgeous blooms this spring. Join me as I take on this essential gardening task.
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[@GALERYKICAU]

Always be your loyal viewer who always helps all of us in gardening, thank you for sharing, good luck and keep up the spirit ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

So nice of you❣️

[@eroswv]

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[@GardeningwithCreekside]

What an awesome story! We look forward to seeing you soon 😊

[@heatherw.2751]

You should check out HortTube with Jim Putnam. He is in Raleigh, NC and his videos are super informative!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

You did a fantastic job tackling those Generous Gardener climbers Jenny. It is such a robust and strong climber, it takes very hard pruning and blooms for the entire growing season.

[@rosaleepruett3433]

I hope we get to see it when it’s blooming

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Absolutely!

[@sandistolle4874]

They’re going to be gorgeous again this year Jenny! You did a fine job. When I grew climbers, (back in the day), there were two rules I maintained. 1. No more than 2/3 length removal of healthy canes. This is to train or size control. 2. ‘When growth is red, time to be fed!’ My roses loved the Bayer 3 in 1. The David Austin’s performed amazingly well. The root stock was strong, as were the grafts. Very hearty and disease resistant. Well worth the cost. As you explained, roses are pretty forgiving in the pruning department. Well done! 👏🌹

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

EXCELLENT advice, thank you❣️

[@sharonallen805]

When the growth is red. It's an enzymes that protect the new growth mainly from temperature change, mainly from frost.

[@lonnieclifton3883]

Yes you can plant one plant and let it grow all the way around then bury the part on the other side it will root

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Well there you go!

[@Realitytime2024]

Everyone starts in the same place. Learning is a process. Good job. Better than me.

[@nancyjensen6409]

You are so cute! I can't wait to order those gloves. I often don't use any gloves, imagine that. At present my roses are under 2 feet of snow and it has turned cold again so it'll be awhile yet. Your climbers are beautiful and I wish I had an arbor. There is a spot that I could one or two, but darlin' today is my 78th birthday and I wonder if I can continue to keep up this beautiful half acre of land, as my health isn't the greatest. I wish I was your age again. Sending love.

[@Toinette2883]

I love that Velcro tape I use it for everything. I put the green side up it blends in better.

[@nannschmidt896]

Love the clips. I used them last yesr for my tomato plants. Super easy to move, one handed.

[@angie_texas7986]

Requested David Austin roses for my birthday in December, received notification I've got 3 coming early spring, first time growing roses my Texas USDA Hardiness Zones 8b and 9a. 🤗 Thank you for this video!

[@loricawley54]

I’m in west Texas, zone 8a. I have 18 roses so far with more going to be added this spring, and they all do super well for me!

[@violetamayer6298]

Those roses are gorgeous 🌸🌸💜💜🌸🌸 can't wait to see them again.

[@ameliaschartel2863]

I have those same clips. I planted a climbing rose last year, no blooms yet, and those clips worked great.

[@jeanetteburt3335]

Roses are so forgiving. I grow a lot of old fashioned roses that only have one big flush of blooms then a few lonely flowers here and there until the next spring. Absolutely full of thorns but I love them and the scents are beautiful. We prune in late July here which is our winter. Looking forward to seeing your roses in bloom. Jeanette, New Zealand.

[@victoriabrownfrank4328]

I have found that the Velcro roll is just awesome. I cut it to the length I need and put it around my plant. And the really good thing about it is they will last more than one year. When I take a plant down I take the vel cross strips off and put them in a little container to reuse the next time I need something. I have also used a wire that's covered in a rubber but you cut to size the wire breaks but it does a good job but it breaks I have not tried your black tubing.

[@petpawteek8776]

Okay, here I go. Wish me luck, it’ll be my first rose prune 😱

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You’ve got this!!!

[@kbechtel33]

Love your attention to details.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thank you!

[@kristineshoemaker3679]

Thank you Jenny

[@skdavis71]

Just pruned my roses here in zone 8b, great video Jenny!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Great job!

[@JL-hw5hu]

Thanks for the video perfect timing doing this today.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You are so welcome!

[@Concert-girl]

I can't wait to prune my roses. I have found those 'clips' at Dollar Tree. Love them!

[@maureengee364]

Great job Jenny. Love the gloves. The roses look much better. There going to look more gorgeous this year. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Appreciated.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@MyBackyardScience]

The arch looks fantastic 👌. Ready for another beautiful summer! 😀

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You and me both!

[@carnellnutt2751]

I just pruned all of my roses, except my two climbing roses, this weekend. And I was like, I’ve never had to prune them before. This will be their second season. So, thank you for this wonderful video. I, also, am a Hugh David Austin fan. 😊😊😊

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You can do it!

[@stephaniecorella8667]

That was very helpful. I have a 2nd year David Austin "Teasing Georgia" climbing rose and live in NC zone 7b. I read about how to trim it, but hearing how you did it was super helpful. Went outside, after your video, and got the job done. Thank you for that inspiration.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

That is awesome! Way to go!!!

[@carlas872]

Thank you Jenny! Very helpful and gives me confidence to buy a climbing rose.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Wonderful!

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

I just love, love my gaunlets!!!!!🌹

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I can’t imagine not having them! So much less blood was shed on this pruning job 😂

[@janiceweisgerber322]

I purchased those clips last year at Dollar Tree and they worked great for my tomatoes so I would imagine they would work well for the Roses also..

[@desireehouse]

It looks fantastic. I had a heck of a time figuring out how to prune my overgrown Japanese maple. It’s a short variety. I found like, one video but then found a drawing online. I was concerned I’d kill it, but it already had a split in the trunk from a huge snowstorm so I figured I’d go for it. It turned out great. It looked severe when I did it but there was so much dead in it and crossing branches, it just flushed out beautifully. I now prune it every year in February (zone 6a NE PA).

[@kaylac3367]

I thought you did a fantastic job. You made it look easy.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thank you! 😊. It took me about 2 hours to do it in real time. There was a lot of contemplating happening in my head 😂

[@kaylac3367]

@@GardeningwithCreekside That would be me!

[@deb9024]

Great video coming in March us zone 5 😊🌺🌺

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

So helpful Jenny, thank you 💕

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

So glad!

[@aleagonzales]

Thank you! I needed to hear this I took over my grandma’s roses and I’ve been afraid to do it.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You can do it!

[@debrabohn4283]

I swore off growing roses after an unfortunate Japanese Beetle experience several years ago. After watching you, I found myself perusing the David Austin site and requesting a catalog! Thanks Jenny! 😏

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Wonderful! The Japanese beetles are AWFUL bugs and they can decimate a rose bush in no time flat. For me, I have found the extra work that I have to put into my roses worth it, but that is very much each gardener’s decision. Have fun browsing the catalog!

[@dianetemple4243]

I have used both the clips and the velcro on climbing roses. I did not like the clips as overtime they came apart. The velcro will hold up for about 1 season. Just good old fashioned twine is what I've been using and it holds up longer than anything. I have a Bathsheba climbing rose that I am training over an archway. Had to move it so I can't wait for it to get started this season! Love the Generous Gardener rose.

[@naturalflow157]

My dear soul, thank you so much for this video. Life has been quite a bit challenging and your video has been a true help to just reconsider what I am doing and where all the doubt is coming from. But watching you, being so passionate and putting your heart into this, is a good reminder of what shall I do. Thank you, and I wish you all the best :}

[@sheiklablount5862]

Looks great. Just pruned my roses this weekend. I don’t have a climbing one. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@erinlee2431]

I'm so ready to prune mine since they already have some new growth but the old wisdom here is to wait until Valentine's Day, so I am at least going to wait til Feb!

[@dianne3971]

Thank you for lesson on pruning climbing roses 🌹. Will be pruning roses in February, zone 8b, South Georgia.

[@jenniferwolford4646]

That's been such a beautiful rose, I can only imagine how much more beautiful it will be this growing season!

[@peggyriordan9857]

I've had an arch in our garage for some years now and couldn't really figure out where to use it. I think I will just have to put it together and get it out there to find a spot. I love the white roses on yours, so I'm going to look for some white climbers. I can only hope they will look as beautiful as yours. Beautiful job and I learned alot too. Thanks so much!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Glad I could help! Have fun finding the perfect spot ♥️

[@josweatt898]

Wow! You must have read my mind. I was looking for a how to video on pruning climbing roses. I have 4 and wasn't sure if I should take off any length. Thank you so much.

[@jolindarather5180]

Thanks Jenny, need this video to help with my climbers!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sloanhall8638]

Can't wait to see it bloom! You're inspiring me to add an archway to my garden. I just can't decide if I want Roses or Jasmine.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I vote for 2 archways & that way you can do both 😉😁

[@sloanhall8638]

@@GardeningwithCreekside that sounds good too 😂 It would also smell heavenly!

[@crystalclark9939]

@@sloanhall8638 or plant one on each side and let them mingle 😄

[@sloanhall8638]

@@crystalclark9939 that’s a good idea too!

[@doloresmanakis3995]

Hey Ginny those clips fall apart for me. I used them on my climbing roses last summer

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Good to know!

[@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994]

Applause from me 👏I could tell once you go into your rose zen you had fun ! I too am kinda new to climbers but she will bloom profusely again and grace You with her beautiful blooms !! Love an honest gardener about knowledge and where you learn yours. Thank you !!!1

[@jacquelinegomez1529]

I fiund those clips last year and they have worked great at clipping any kind of branch or vine. Hope they work for you.

[@codeewilliams9821]

Jenny your David Austin's inspired me to add 4 to my garden this year. Awaiting the bare root arrival in March. The 4 will complete my rose rainbow hedge! Thank you for the through pruning video, I always appreciate good garden education! What is your favorite rose in your garden?

[@32dras]

To tell you the truth, I prune my roses by hunch 😆😅 I have 12 shrub roses and one climber, I don't have a clue about variety, my late Mom planted it, last year I pruned it severely to size control, that rose never bloomed more since I take care about our family homestead as it bloom last season, so don't be afraid, just do it. By my hunch, I would probably cut more then you did 😅

[@kathierogers3208]

I started a rose trellis last spring and watching it grow I think the sun has a lot to do with how each side grows. But thank you for this video it explained a lot to me. I will be out and doing this when our weather is better. ❤

[@juliafiore120]

Good morning, Jenny. ☕️ Looks great to me. I have a Zephirine Drouhin Rose ordered and it will be my very firt rose 🌹 in my garden. I’m so excited, yet so nervous 😬 I still need to find an arbor or trellis, too. Thanks for sharing and, have a Blessed day 😊🐶

[@Yvonne_ennovY]

Great video Jenny! Quich question: do you spray your dormant roses with anything to decrease mildew or black spot in the upcoming year? I am brand new to roses and a little nervous about maintenance 😬 (bought 3 grafted shrubs in 2 gal pots in Sept), and this was suggested to us for the early winter (after pruning). We live in zone 8a NC also but closer to Chapel Hill/Carrboro.

[@sharonallen805]

Paul Zimmerman from Jackson and Perkins has a great video on pruning climbers. Check it out. From a old time rosarian.

[@s.barlow7062]

Hi Jenny, I’ve used those clips on my tomatoes plants. They work great!

[@digsindirt4490]

The roses look fabulous. Awesome job! I’m itching to prune mine (9a) but we always get one last nasty cold snap in February so I’m trying to be very patient. LOL

[@cathybranly1839]

I haven't had good results with roses, but I am not ready to give up. When is your average last frost date? Do you have Japanese beetles? They drive me crazy!

[@CVenza]

Those clips are not very hardy. They pop off in a matter of time. Great video by the way.

[@jeaniewatts1898]

When is the best time to trim roses? I have climbing roses, bushes and "tree" roses. Thanks so much. Love your videos. Lincolnton, NC here.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

For us, end of January to mid-February

[@MarileeBluhm19]

Thanks Jenny for the advice! I just ordered 2 generous Gardner roses last week and am now on the hunt for an arbor! I have always been intimidated by roses to, but after seeing yours I went for it! Wish me luck! I garden in zone 4b southern MN so we are buried in snow at the moment but spring will be here before you know it!🌹

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Have fun! As a FYI - I got my arbor from Kinsman Garden Company

[@mapndo2337]

NOT STEMS NOT BRANCHES....CANES😘 OH AND BY THE WAY, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB!!!

[@684jewel]

Thank you so much for this Jenny! I can’t wait to see it in bloom! I am in zone nine and about t research how to treat my Peggy Martin!

[@vickiehogan6387]

I love my Peggy Martins! Our local nursery said to wait until after the first spring bloom then prune. It’s considered a “rambler,” not technically a climber, so if we prune now, we risk pruning off blooms.

[@karenrehl5253]

I went out and pulled weeds for 3 hrs.

[@Caniacaniago007]

Good job broder

[@mraereed]

Just lovely. I just planted this one yesterday. Did you start with a bare root and had blooms the 1st year? Also what zone are you in please?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes I did and we are an 8a

[@mraereed]

@@GardeningwithCreekside Thanks! 🙂

[@dellablair5854]

Roses are tough!!! We had some enormous bush roses in the front yard when we moved into our home and they were dangerous ! They had huge thorns and were not taken care of we found out the were full of diseases, so we had to remove them. Wrapped a chain around them one at a time and pulled them out with the truck . Had to treat the soil and waited 2 years to plant new tree roses 🌹 😍 if we are in the yard people will stop and ask us about them.

[@peoniesandpuppies5197]

Where did you get the arbor? I love the simple style and width. I have a new DA bare root arriving in a few months and am still looking for the perfect arbor.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Kinsman Garden Company! I love it 🥰

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Jenny. Rabbits prune my roses😢 sometimes they griddle the “trunk “ or main stem 😢I have some of them protected.❄️💚🙃

[@Winnie-Kay]

Those clips look just like the ones I got from the dollar tree. Well, dollar twenty five now 😏😄

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes I noticed that last time I was in the dollar store! They might just have to change their name 😉

[@Winnie-Kay]

@@GardeningwithCreekside hahaha 😄💯

[@zeniazenia2787]

I use those clips for everything. Last year my Cherokee Purples. I think it was QVC ten years ago.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I’m excited to use them!

[@jeanniehall1440]

Can you let me know where you got the garden archway, and also, did you use 4 generous gardener rose plants? Did you originally plant bare root or established plants? Thank you so much for showing the process. My rose plants haven't done so well in Michigan, and now that im in Reno, this might be more hospitable for the sunshine, but I feel will need irrigation due to being high desert due to 5200' elevation ..

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I purchased the arch online from Kinsman Garden Company, and there is a total of 2 roses climbing the arch - one on each side.

[@jeanniehall1440]

@Gardening with Creekside ❤️ Thank you. I am looking forward to creating this beautiful archway in the Reno home.

[@annaa.7554]

They look great! I live in a very different climate, Zone 10a, Southern California. I have been watching your videos soon after you first started; they are very informative and you give me so much inspiration, thank you. One question, where did you get the rose arbor? Was it from Kingsman? Iam sure you've mentioned it before, but I forgot. Keep up the great videos. Btw, I like the "construction" videos as well. God Bless you.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Glad you like them! Yes, the arch came from Kinsman 😊

[@shirleyc7175]

Are your gloves cowhide or goatskin ?

[@MyCottageGarden_Natalie]

Ji Jenny, where do you buy the flex tie you used in this video

[@j.c.linden]

My experience with the green velcro stuff is it breaks down in the sun surprisingly fast. After one summer outside, I can tear it with my fingers. For places that are simply holding something already close to a support in place, the weakening in one season isn't crucial. For areas that had more constant force, I have those velcro strips break or open up. Mind you my roll is whatever was being sold several years ago. It may have improved or not since then. I have mostly gone back to plastic coated metal wire. Fast to use, and inexpensive. Have also found that brown stems versus green on roses is NOT a clear indicator of life. I always wait until I can see buds swelling before I prune. Have been surprised many times using the color only.

[@Flower_hoarder]

🌿🌹🌿🌹🌿🌹🌿

[@maryslack205]

I have a new puppy who is trying to prune my roses and that’s not the safest thing for her to gnaw on in the yard. Really nothing is! How did you teach your puppy to not eat mulch or chew on garden plants?

[@lindsaymason6979]

Thanks for the video, Jenny! Where did you get your black tubing from?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Amazon!

[@lindsaymason6979]

@Gardening with Creekside Thank you! I just looked at your video from when you put up the 9 ft trellises because I am hanging the same ones this week (taking advantage of the nice weather). Have yours shown any signs of rust yet? I deal with humidity too and I'm curious how they've held up for you.

[@angelap.8511]

I still have a lot of beautiful green leaves from the base up. Is it okay to prune now? I'm zone 7a.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It is!

[@barbarahiesel1015]

Hey, I had a terrible infestation of lace bugs on my azaleas last year. Is there anything I should be doing now to prevent this from happening this year? I just looked at my azaleas and I see the white spots 😞 ugh….. any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

[@shirleyc7175]

I tried looking it up the pro reruns from 18.00 to 163.00. They all say MUD so not sure what the difference is.. I want soft so you can bend your hand

[@lissapowell967]

I have you used those clips that you just purchased. They are very handy, but very breakable! Beware! I will not order any more of them. Thanks for this video and your honesty. That is what keeps me watching. That and that you refer to your plants using female pronouns. They are girls, of course! Love it!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thanks for the tip!

[@shirleyc7175]

What are the gloves you have on ? How do the sizes run compared to other brands ?

[@mandywood3327]

Rose Gaunlets .. she does tell you in the video

[@amywilliamson9778]

I’m seeing this variety in a 3’x3’ bush and not a climber. Is there not a climbing (and therefore as big as Jenny’s) rose 🌹

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Here’s the link! www.davidaustinroses.com/products/the-generous-gardener-climbing-rose

[@deborahbailey7679]

Would climbing roses grow in a pot?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

A very large pot

[@deborahbailey7679]

@@GardeningwithCreekside thank you

[@ruthstitt8516]

Where is your arbor from??

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Kinsman Garden Company!

[@ruthstitt8516]

Thank you!!

[@fabioleonhardt]

Três falta cores de roses