How should roses be pruned after flowering? Save this pruning guide

In my opinion, the rose is a very down-to-earth flower. It appears in ordinary people's homes, unlike roses, peonies, and the like, which can only be admired from afar and not touched. As long as you are attentive, it can fill your whole summer with floral fragrance. So after the flowers fade, the problem also arises: how should you prune after flowering so that the next blooming period also arrives as promised? This is not something to be done carelessly!

After each flowering there is a different pruning method. Do you want to know the correct pruning method? Then come along with me for a look!

The first pruning after flowering can be chosen around May, and pruning should be put on the agenda right after flowering. At this time, pruning should pay attention to maintaining the plant shape of the rose, so that future flowering can also be neat and orderly rather than scattered. Note that pruning at this stage is best done lightly, ensuring that about 5 buds remain on the plant. If there are poorly growing branches, you can be more ruthless, that is, prune heavily, so that they grow new branches again.

But the main task is to prune the faded spent flowers so the rose does not set seed. Doing this can also reduce the consumption of nutrients and make material preparations for the next flowering.

When pruning the rose, be careful to stay a little away from the buds, ideally about 0.5 cm above the bud.

The second pruning of the rose can be chosen in June or July. Pruning at this time also has its particularities, and you cannot just do whatever you like. Once the hot and rainy season arrives, most roses begin to enter a dormant state. At this time, do not prune heavily; light pruning is enough. You only need to remove some crossing and overlapping branches and buds to keep the rose ventilated and exposed to light. Not much pruning is needed. This is a process of building strength and making full preparations for later flowering.

The last pruning is around August. At this time, you can prune appropriately, that is, moderate pruning. To put it simply, just leave two or three buds on each branch. You can keep the robust branches, and the other old, weak, diseased, and damaged branches can be cut off without hesitation.

If the rose is well maintained, it can bloom every month. But I suggest still not letting it bloom every month, because this takes too much of a toll on its growth.