After the rose blooms its first round of autumn flowers, will it still bloom if you cut it back?

In autumn, the rose blooms its first round of "autumn flowers"; after "cutting back," will it still bloom?

After the first round of autumn flowers on a rose, if you cut it back, will it keep blooming? This is a very interesting matter. Unless you are in a very cold region, it can actually bloom after cutting back, but at this point whether to keep the flowers or not is another trade-off.

For Shanghai, after the rose's first round of blooming in October, if you prune off the spent flowers, since the temperature is still fairly suitable and it has not yet immediately entered the low-temperature period, the plant can still send out flower buds again, and from late November to around December you can enjoy a second round of autumn flowers.

If you want to enjoy the second round of autumn flowers, you can cut back immediately after the first round of flowers fades, in the same way as the earlier summer pruning. The lighter the cut, the faster new shoots emerge, and flower buds can form in a short time. If you cut a little heavier, the side buds take longer to accumulate before sprouting, and flower buds will still appear, but they tend to open at low temperatures, making them prone to frost damage.

Because the second round of autumn flowers opens later and at lower temperatures, the flower color is deeper and more vivid than the first round of autumn flowers, but the flower form tends to be smaller.

Whether to let the second round of autumn flowers open still depends on personal preference. I personally prefer to remove the buds when the second round of flowers enters the bud stage and not let them open, because blooming consumes a fair amount of the plant's nutrients. By removing the buds, you let it accumulate nutrients, and entering dormancy while looking forward to next year's spring flowers is more interesting.