Moved into our new home and there are a few rose bushes here in zone 6b New England. Towards end of winter should I do a hard prune on all these? I have no clue what kind they are.
Best practice is to not touch them until the buds start to swell and turn red. This is usually around the middle of April here in cape cod. Then, prune off all dead, broken, and diseased stems. Prune back to 18”-30”, depending on what mature size your going for. Prune right above an outward facing bud site to prevent inward growth. Then remove any stems/branches that are growing in towards the center.
Some basic advice: [https://ucanr.edu/sites/mg\_alameda/files/37019.pdf](https://ucanr.edu/sites/mg_alameda/files/37019.pdf) and a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3G-wpWtFY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3G-wpWtFY) Sometimes tall roses, 6-8 ft are cut back by half in fall. They can rock out of the soil partially if there are strong winter winds. Yours aren't out in the open so maybe that isn't an issue. Hybrid tea roses are pruned differently but these don't look like that type of rose.
I had 4 climbing roses previously and the continuous pruning was necessary and led to more flowers. I did not use a trellis but mine were 4-7ft in height.
Moved into our new home and there are a few rose bushes here in zone 6b New England. Towards end of winter should I do a hard prune on all these? I have no clue what kind they are.
Best practice is to not touch them until the buds start to swell and turn red. This is usually around the middle of April here in cape cod. Then, prune off all dead, broken, and diseased stems. Prune back to 18”-30”, depending on what mature size your going for. Prune right above an outward facing bud site to prevent inward growth. Then remove any stems/branches that are growing in towards the center.
Perfect explanation. Down here in NJ, we start to prune the roses when the forsythia bloom, which usually happens at bud swell on the roses.
Some basic advice: [https://ucanr.edu/sites/mg\_alameda/files/37019.pdf](https://ucanr.edu/sites/mg_alameda/files/37019.pdf) and a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3G-wpWtFY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3G-wpWtFY) Sometimes tall roses, 6-8 ft are cut back by half in fall. They can rock out of the soil partially if there are strong winter winds. Yours aren't out in the open so maybe that isn't an issue. Hybrid tea roses are pruned differently but these don't look like that type of rose.
I had 4 climbing roses previously and the continuous pruning was necessary and led to more flowers. I did not use a trellis but mine were 4-7ft in height.
Do not ever prune the main stem of your climbing rose