The task of pruning tea roses is a tough love job that even seasoned gardeners can find intimidating. Tea roses – hybrid roses which are the type that most people grow – require severe cutting in order to thrive. When you’re left with a few naked stalks poking out of the ground it may look as if someone has run amok with gardening shears, but in truth, this is the correct method to prune tea roses. Following is a step-by-step guide on how and when to prune tea roses.
Depending on your frost zone, the best time to prune tea roses is in late winter or early spring. The trick is to wait until the worst of frost is past, but not so long that buds begin to show. You want to stimulate new growth, not cut it off! In the United States most rose gardeners wait to prune until after George Washington’s birthday.
Once you’ve done your spring pruning and your tea roses have bloomed, it will soon be time for a little deadheading. All this means is cutting away the dead blooms before rose hips (seeds) form, so the tea rose bush is forced to bloom again. This is done all through summer until the approach of fall, when most tea rose gardeners stop deadheading and let the bush toughen up for winter. Lastly, if you think you’ve cut too much, relax! Roses are hardy bushes and will bounce back from most anything. In years to come, you’ll find this out as your hardy tea rose will need the same harsh pruning every summer. Enjoy!
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