Climbing Rose Wintering Methods: Do These Few Things Well for a Safe Winter

Once winter arrives, many flowers gradually wither under the influence of cold air, and this is especially obvious in the north, where snowflakes drift outside the house and only a few flowers remain on the branches. Although the climbing rose is a relatively cold-tolerant plant, it still needs careful attention when faced with this kind of cold weather, so how do you get climbing roses through the winter safely? Today Qinnong Web brings you the climbing rose wintering methods.

To get climbing roses through the winter safely, two aspects of measures must be taken. The first is pruning, and the second is cold protection. These two points are very important aspects affecting whether climbing roses can overwinter safely, and below Qinnong Web introduces them specifically for everyone.

I. Pruning

At relatively low temperatures, climbing roses generally begin to drop their leaves on their own. We can do a little pruning before they drop their leaves, and that will let them get through the winter smoothly. We can cut off all of their flowering branches, diseased branches, thin and weak branches, and so on. In addition, for those very old branches that have been there a long time, they can be cut off as well. In this way, before Frost's Descent they will begin to drop their leaves automatically, and then after giving them a proper tying, they will enter a dormant state. Usually larger plants can get through the winter completely smoothly, and if you are really worried, you can also give them a little covering to keep them warm, and there is no problem at all with getting through the winter smoothly. But for those small plants, getting through the winter is not especially smooth, and they must be cared for more carefully.

II. Cold Protection

On the aspect of cold protection, Qinnong Web will introduce four points here, including temperature control and the cold protection measures taken for climbing roses in three different growth states, introduced specifically as follows:

1. Temperature

In winter, temperature is very important for whether it can get through the winter safely. Regardless of plant size, you can move it into an ordinary cold cellar, and keeping the temperature at 0 to 5 degrees is enough. Or you can put it outdoors and bury it in soil as well.

2. For young plants

Some plants that have not yet grown to full size, that is, relatively young plants, have relatively small root systems and look weak as plants, so when protecting them from the cold, it must be done more carefully. We can wait until it stops growing, then just bury it in soil for cold protection.

3. For larger plants

If your plant is relatively large, then the cold protection measures should be adjusted accordingly. We can wait until the plant stops growing, prune it a little, and after that, place it in a southeast-facing direction, and also prevent cold wind from reaching it, so as to achieve better insulation.

4. For mature plants

For some plants that have already grown to maturity, if you want them to get through the winter smoothly, generally you pile some soil around their roots and then provide cold protection. Then after watering them well with freezing water, properly shorten those long branches, and then pile 20 to 40 cm of soil on them. In this way they can be fully protected from the cold.

The above is the related introduction Qinnong Web has provided on how climbing roses get through the winter. Have you all learned it? Climbing roses enter a dormant state when the temperature falls below 5°C in winter, and some varieties can even withstand low temperatures of -15°C, but even so, they still need some cold protection and warmth measures in winter, as only this helps them bloom beautifully again in spring.