Rose canes cut by pest - looks like with pruning shears
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Pruning advice on climber with canes cut
Comments (9)Ginny, great that you managed to post photos. It took me a while to figure that out. I am by no means an expert, but looking at your photos here is what I would do. I believe there is nothing that you can do about the long climbing canes that are cut off by your landscaper. I would probably keep the growth that has sprouted from last years climbing canes and only shorten the length of the canes if necessary, so that it fits the size of your trellis. I would remove all spindly, dead, damaged and diseased growth and only keep the canes that are at least pencil thick. Then I would tie them back to the trellis. Hopefully some of these canes will produce laterals. If they have already I would shorten the laterals up to two to three bud eyes. I would not touch the base of the rose at all at this point, because it doesn't have many climbing canes sprouting from there. My hope would be that over the next couple of years you will get new basal break from the base of the rose, which will grow into tall climbing canes. If this happens you can take out one or two old unproductive climbing canes from the base and the rose would renew itself this way and you would get rid of the hacked back climbing canes by your landscaper. It will take time, I know, but if everything goes according to plan over time you would get back a lovely specimen of Zephirine Drouhin. It's hard to put these things in words, but I hope, I expressed myself clearly and that it helps. Good luck with your rose! Zephirine Drouhin is such an amazing climbing rose and even though some people have a different experience mine does very well in (Southern) California. Christina Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams...See MorePruning climbing rose dead canes
Comments (4)Let the canes with new foliage bloom before pruning. Those canes with no foliage on the lower portion can be cut back to 12 inchs or so to promote growth from the lower portion. In our growing zone, Don Juan is not a good choice. It is very tender and an extremly cold winter will result in a dead Don Juan no matter what winter protection you provide. although not as fragrant, Dublin Bay is a hardy red and a better choice for zone 5. Mine stayed green over more than two thirds of the bush. Don't fret the loss of canes. Repeat blooming roses bloom on new wood. Pruning promotes new wood. Aside from a shorter climber for awhile, the bush will recover and grow quite large before next winter when the exercise will begin again....See MoreTIPS: Best rose pruning shears, gloves, etc.
Comments (22)I bought my shares one year ago, from https://www.hausandgarten.com/products/haus-garten-classic-titanium-bypass-pruning-shears, and they still work perfectly, I didn't even sharpen them from the purchase. If someone likes to buy or see them, I will leave a link above. Also, thanks for your recommendations, I also had a pair of pruning shares from Smile, but unfortunately, I somehow managed to broke them, and just after that I bought the ones that I have now. I hope that at least for someone this thread will be useful, and you will manage to find a good pair of shares for your garden....See MoreShould I cut these 3 canes on new BR Rose
Comments (18)I am not a bare root expert. I have planted many with success but I also lost some last summer that were spring planted. They were beautiful David Austin plants with lots of canes which I didn't trim or remove. Last fall I got an order in from Palatine and they sent directions for planting. I don't have their directions in front of me right now but they said to shorten the length of canes somewhat and to reduce the number of canes. I asked them about this and they confirmed that it was so top growth would be more in balance with the roots so the plant didn't have to support more growth than it comfortably could. I think I compromised and cut back to some degree but maybe not as much as recommended. So far my fall- planted Palatines are looking good. It looks like there are eight canes on your plant. I'd take out at least one or two smaller ones....See Moretsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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