Summer Rose Pruning
Episode: # 29 15/12/07
Presenter: Neville Passmore
December is not the traditional month for pruning roses so what Neville did into tonight’s episode might seem like heresy to rose fanatics. However the timing is perfect, the spring flush is over and if you prune now you are going to have a great show in the coming autumn.
This prune is not a substitute for a major winter prune where you take off nearly ninety per cent of all growth. Aim right now to take off a maximum of one third, this means you are cutting back into solid stems and this is where the strong new season’s growth comes from, as do the best flowers.
The rule about sloping cuts of 45degrees just half a centimetre above outward growing buds is basically poppycock.
Neville likes to get stuck into his roses with his trusty Fiskars. The hedge trimmers do most of the work and they take off the vast majority of the bulk. Fine work is taken care of by the roll handled secateurs, they are very comfortable and you can use them all day long. If you have some really heavy duty, grunt-type, work to do the gear driven loppers will cut through like butter. If you have a particularly spiny rose the Easy reach pruner is the answer, it allows for you to stand up to a metre and a half away from the rose and you won’t get any of those prickles.
Follow up your pruning with a feed. If you are a garden tragic like Neville you want to be out doing something every week. Use a soluble fertiliser, something like Powerfeed, and pour it on from a watering can, you will be doing something for your garden every week.
The love of Roses has been the inspiration for Trevor and Neville’s new book The Rose The Latest The Greatest, they have written a comprehensive guide to growing your own roses including all of the pruning information talked about today. It looks at all of the latest additions hitting the Australian shore and the best of the old darlings from yesteryear.
The book costs $50.00 and it is available from good garden centres and book shops around the nation.
Neville used
Fiskars pruning tools
Fiskars® Easy Reach Pruning Wand
Fiskars® Hedge Shears
Fiskars® Loppers
Fiskars® Secateurs
Fiskars®
Australia Office
16 Rocklea Drive
Port Melbourne Victoria 3207
Email: Australia@fiskars.com
Main Phone: (03)86452400
Main Fax: (03) 9646 1722
Presenter: Neville Passmore
December is not the traditional month for pruning roses so what Neville did into tonight’s episode might seem like heresy to rose fanatics. However the timing is perfect, the spring flush is over and if you prune now you are going to have a great show in the coming autumn.
This prune is not a substitute for a major winter prune where you take off nearly ninety per cent of all growth. Aim right now to take off a maximum of one third, this means you are cutting back into solid stems and this is where the strong new season’s growth comes from, as do the best flowers.
The rule about sloping cuts of 45degrees just half a centimetre above outward growing buds is basically poppycock.
Neville likes to get stuck into his roses with his trusty Fiskars. The hedge trimmers do most of the work and they take off the vast majority of the bulk. Fine work is taken care of by the roll handled secateurs, they are very comfortable and you can use them all day long. If you have some really heavy duty, grunt-type, work to do the gear driven loppers will cut through like butter. If you have a particularly spiny rose the Easy reach pruner is the answer, it allows for you to stand up to a metre and a half away from the rose and you won’t get any of those prickles.
Follow up your pruning with a feed. If you are a garden tragic like Neville you want to be out doing something every week. Use a soluble fertiliser, something like Powerfeed, and pour it on from a watering can, you will be doing something for your garden every week.
The love of Roses has been the inspiration for Trevor and Neville’s new book The Rose The Latest The Greatest, they have written a comprehensive guide to growing your own roses including all of the pruning information talked about today. It looks at all of the latest additions hitting the Australian shore and the best of the old darlings from yesteryear.
The book costs $50.00 and it is available from good garden centres and book shops around the nation.
Neville used
Fiskars pruning tools
Fiskars® Easy Reach Pruning Wand
Fiskars® Hedge Shears
Fiskars® Loppers
Fiskars® Secateurs
Fiskars®
Australia Office
16 Rocklea Drive
Port Melbourne Victoria 3207
Email: Australia@fiskars.com
Main Phone: (03)86452400
Main Fax: (03) 9646 1722
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