| Pruning your rose bushes is good for the bushes. | | | | your way upwards. Make all the cuts at an angle |
| While it will take you some time to master the | | | | of 45 degrees and the cuts should be clean and |
| art of pruning your roses, it is quite difficult to kill | | | | around quarter inch above the buds. Cut out any |
| roses with bad or poor pruning. So, it is better | | | | branches that look dead, dried or broken. If you |
| that you make an effort to prune your roses | | | | notice cane borers on your branches, use a white |
| rather than letting them grow wild. | | | | glue to seal off the holes in the branches. A good |
| If you prune your rose bushes, you will encourage | | | | glue to use is Elmer's. Make sure you open up the |
| growth of new blooms and branches, it will aid in | | | | center of the bush to facilitate air circulation and |
| the removal of dead branches, enhance air | | | | allow the plant to receive more sunlight. |
| circulation and improve the shape of the bushes. | | | | Usually rose bushes should be pruned in spring. |
| Make sure you invest in proper pruning equipment | | | | Look for forsythia blooming in your area to begin |
| like long gloves, loppers with long handles and | | | | pruning your roses. In case you do not see |
| by-pass pruning shears. Keep the equipment clean | | | | forsythia around you, the look at the leaf buds. |
| and sharp. Always make sure that you start | | | | You should begin pruning when the leaf buds swell |
| pruning the bush from the base and then work | | | | up and attain a reddish color. |