So that shrub roses have a great bloom, they have to be cut regularly. Here you can find out when the rose shears are used in spring and autumn.
- Shrub roses are an eye-catcher in every garden.
- When cutting, you have to distinguish between single flowering and more often flowering plants .
- You can find out when the time has come to cut here.
Shrub roses - and roses in general - are always a great sight in the garden. The plants reach an impressive size of up to 2.5 meters and, thanks to their dense growth, always offer good privacy.
On top of that, they can be combined well with other perennials * to form a group plant, so that the whole garden blooms beautifully. This is also possible over several months: Frequently flowering varieties produce new flowers well into autumn. So that your shrub roses are always in top condition, you have to cut them regularly. We will explain here when to start and how to proceed.
When is the right time to cut shrub roses?
By cutting the roses, you ensure that the plants * remain strong and healthy for a long time . Without the cut, shrub roses would grow larger, but would become longer, thinner and bare in the lower part of the plant. So the shrub can hardly produce strong flowers and pests have an easy time of it.
You can easily remember the right time for the cut : the rose cut is always recommended for the forsythia bloom. This is usually the case from March . When the time comes, you should have a sharp, high-quality rose scissors at hand: This will avoid crushing the plant, which will benefit from fungi and germs. For this reason, the scissors must always be cleaned.
Instructions: How to cut shrub roses that bloom once
Single-flowering shrub roses only bloom on perennial wood. That is why the plant relies on older shoots that produce the flowers. A cut in spring is therefore not recommended - only very old or withered shoots should be trimmed to the new side shoots to take care of the plant and dead or injured wood should be reduced to around five centimeters.
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Instructions: How to correctly cut flowering shrub roses correctly
More often blooming shrub roses are characterized by two flowering times a year : in June they bloom on the perennial wood, i.e. on the older shoots, while in July the new shoots produce a flower. The pruning in spring ensures that the shrub rose, which blooms more often, remains in good shape. Here's how to do it:
- Completely cut off aged and dead branches.
- Shorten strong shoots from the previous year to a third.
- Shorten their side shoots to three to five eyes .
Make sure that there are always three to five main shoots left. English roses should be more than five since they often form thinner shoots. It is also important that you keep an eye on the natural growth form of the shrub rose so that it thrives in a beautiful hemispherical shape.
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How to cut your shrub roses in autumn
After flowering , you can start with the autumn pruning of the shrub roses : With single-flowering shrub roses, cut back long shoots that protrude from the shrub form and remove faded flowers with three to four leaves. You should also remove one or two old shoots of the plant that are sloping to the ground.
Even with frequently blooming shrub roses, the faded clusters of flowers are cut back with three or four leaves and the shoots that are too long are shortened.
Cut when cutting shrub roses
Hobby gardeners often ask themselves where exactly a shoot should be cut off. Ultimately, this also determines the success of a pruning and the upcoming flowering. You have to pay attention to this when making the cut :
- The cut is made in the immediate vicinity of an eye , i.e. a thickening from which a flower or shoot develops.
- Cut about five to ten millimeters above the eye.
- Hold the scissors at a slight angle so that the irrigation and rain water can drain off.
- Choose an eye that leads away from the upset.
If you cut too close to the eye, you risk damaging the bud. If the cut is too far away, an excess drive piece is created that stunted. You should therefore adhere exactly to the cutting distances mentioned. Then nothing should stand in the way of the coming bloom.
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