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== Pruning Guide ==	== Pruning Guide ==

Pruning depends on rose class, climate, and whether the rose blooms once or repeats. When in doubt, remove dead, damaged, diseased, and crossing growth first, then prune lightly until you know how that rose behaves.
	Pruning depends on rose class, climate, and whether the rose blooms once or repeats. When unsure, remove dead, damaged, diseased, and crossing growth first, then prune lightly until the rose's flowering habit is clear.

=== Basic rules ===
	=== Safety cuts first ===
* Use sharp bypass pruners for most canes and loppers or a pruning saw for thick old wood.	* Use sharp bypass pruners for most canes and loppers or a pruning saw for thick old wood.
* Remove dead, damaged, diseased, weak, crossing, or inward-growing canes.
* Keep the centre open enough for air movement and light.
* Cut to healthy tissue. If cane centres are brown or dead, keep cutting lower until the centre is clean or remove the cane.
	* Remove dead, damaged, diseased, weak, crossing, rubbing, or inward-growing canes.
	* Cut to healthy tissue. Brown cane pith means keep cutting lower or remove the cane.
* Clean tools between suspicious disease cuts.	* Clean tools between suspicious disease cuts.
* Dispose of diseased material instead of composting it.
	* Dispose of diseased material. Do not compost material from suspected RRD plants.

=== Timing ===	=== Timing ===
* Many repeat-blooming shrub, floribunda, grandiflora, and hybrid tea roses are pruned in late winter or early spring as buds begin to swell.
* Once-blooming old garden roses and many ramblers bloom on old wood, so heavy pruning before bloom can remove the season's flowers. Shape them after bloom.
* Climbers are usually trained by tying main canes horizontally or diagonally and pruning side shoots for bloom production.
* In cold climates, winter injury may decide how far back the plant must be cut.
	* Many repeat-blooming hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, and shrub roses are pruned in late winter or early spring as buds swell.
	* Once-blooming old garden roses and many ramblers bloom on older wood, so heavy pruning before bloom can remove the season's flowers. Shape them after bloom.
	* Climbers are trained by keeping main canes as horizontal or diagonal as practical, then pruning side shoots.
	* In cold areas, winter injury may decide how far back the plant must be cut.

=== Cut placement and aftercare ===
* Make clean cuts just above an outward-facing bud when shaping.
* Remove suckers from below the graft union when they are truly rootstock growth.
* Some extension guidance notes cane borers may enter fresh cut ends; local practice may include sealing large vulnerable cuts.
* After pruning, water appropriately, refresh mulch, and avoid pushing tender growth too early in freeze-prone areas.
	=== Practical shaping ===
	* Make clean cuts just above outward-facing buds when shaping an open plant.
	* Remove true rootstock suckers from below the graft union at their origin, not just at soil level.
	* For dense disease-prone roses, open the centre enough for light and air movement.
	* After pruning, refresh mulch, water appropriately, and avoid forcing tender growth too early in freeze-prone areas.

	=== US and UK notes ===
	* US extension timing varies by region. Local county extension timing is better than a fixed calendar date.
	* RHS groups pruning by rose type. UK growers should separate hybrid tea/floribunda, shrub, climber, rambler, patio, and groundcover guidance.

	'''Use controls lawfully:''' Current local product label/register wins for any pesticide, fertiliser, or soil amendment use.

=== Sources ===	=== Sources ===
* [University of Maryland Extension: Guide to Pruning Roses](https://extension.umd.edu/resource/guide-pruning-roses)
* [Oregon State Extension: Pruning Roses](https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/flowers-shrubs-trees/pruning-roses)	* [Oregon State Extension: Pruning Roses](https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/flowers-shrubs-trees/pruning-roses)
* [Illinois Extension: Pruning Roses](https://extension.illinois.edu/roses/pruning)
	* [University of Maryland Extension: Guide to Pruning Roses](https://extension.umd.edu/resource/guide-pruning-roses)
	* [RHS: Rose pruning for floribunda and hybrid tea roses](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/roses/modern-bush/pruning-guide)
	* [RHS: Rose problems FAQ](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/roses/frequently-asked-questions)

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