Whether you own or rent your home, anyone who has ever moved into a new place knows that decorating can be more than a little daunting.
14.08.2024 - 20:41 / gardenersworld.com / Alan Titchmarsh
If you look after your roses in autumn, they will get safely through the winter, coming back healthy, vigorous and full of flowers the following year. The key autumn rose care jobs are tidying up, removing spent blooms or diseased foliage, and pruning. Watch our video guide above as Alan Titchmarsh demonstrates how to prune a rose in autumn. Autumn is also a good time to plant a rose.
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Step 1Snip off any soggy, shrivelled rose flowers to prevent rot setting in. If your rose produces good hips, remove only the petals, so the hips can continue developing. Discover the best roses for hips.
Step 2Pick off and bin any remaining foliage that shows signs of disease, such as black spot, mildew or rust. Also collect any infected leaves that have fallen on to the ground, as these can carry over diseases from one year to the next.
Step 3Autumn is a good time to transplant any roses that are in the wrong position. You can also plant new ones, as they’ll have time to establish before winter. These are available as container-grown plants, or as bare-root plants from November through to March. Find out how to plant a bare-root rose.
Step 4Prune out dead, damaged or crossing stems from shrub roses. Aim to create an open-centred framework to encourage good air-flow through the plant.
Step 5Shorten the stems of tall bush roses to reduce wind-rock during winter gales, as this can loosen and damage the roots. Cut stems just above an outward-facing bud wherever possible.
Step 6Thin out the heads of standard roses (shaped
Whether you own or rent your home, anyone who has ever moved into a new place knows that decorating can be more than a little daunting.
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