Pruning roses after first flowering in summer: when and how to prune for re-flowering

You probably came across this material because you want to achieve re-blooming of roses?

But:

• they did not know about such an agricultural technique, in other words, they had never cut roses after flowering before;
• cut off, but the flowering was weak (most likely, they simply did it wrong and only removed the wilted flower itself).

Next, you will learn how to properly prune roses in the summer, after blooming in July, so that you can enjoy the second wave of blooming in August.

When to prune roses in summer

Summer pruning of roses is carried out after the end of the first wave of mass flowering, i.e. around the end of June-July (specific dates depend on the climatic conditions of your region).

We remind you! Summer pruning is carried out in order to achieve re-flowering of the bushes.

After this pruning, new flower shoots are formed, which will bloom after 3-4 weeks, i.e.around the end of July-August.

Accordingly, trimming must be done in a timely manner, i.e. immediately after flowering ends: the inflorescences will begin to fade and dry out.

The fact is that if you perform pruning only in August (towards the end of the month), then new shoots may simply not have time to mature before winter and will die.

Again, you need to take into account your climatic zone, specifically, when your frost begins.

Nevertheless, even having pruned the roses in early August (in the Middle Lane), they should have enough time to give new shoots, and bloom and ripen shoots. Of course, if you definitely feed them with phosphorus-potassium fertilizer (for example, potassium monophosphate or any other marked "Autumn").

Interesting! In southern regions with long and warm summers, roses can bloom as much as 3 times, i.e. they are pruned after the second flowering (the first summer pruning is carried out in June, and the second in July-early August), but only flowers are removed, maximum - with the capture of fake leaves (which have three leaves).

How to properly prune roses in summer after flowering

It is easy to guess that the essence of the summer pruning of roses is to remove faded shoots.

However, many beginner growers make a big mistake, removing only the upper part of the shoot, in fact, one head or crown (faded bud).

Why is it wrong?

With such a gentle (weak) pruning, new lateral shoots will come only from the axils of the upper leaves, which means they will be weak, respectively, and the buds will be small (flowering will be loose and ugly).

Is it just the right pruning so that the re-bloom is no less chic than the first?

Let's look at the example of different groups (varieties) of roses.

Summer pruning of hybrid tea roses and Floribunda

The most common hybrid tea roses after flowering are pruned as follows:

• All faded shoots you need to cut at least after the first true sheet or below 2-4 sheets (complex real leaves roses have 5 or 7 leaves, and the topmost fake leaves are always three-leafed). In other words, you need to shorten the shoots by 20-40 cm (depending on the growth of the bush).

We remind you! Hybrid tea roses tend to have long, single shoots that end in one flower, while Floribundas have multiple flowers on one stem, but both are usually pruned in the same way.

However, it is believed that in multi-flowered roses (at Floribunda, Shrubs, climbing climber, groundcover), must crop over the top (first) real sheet (five-leafed), while single hybrid tea - least below the first real sheet (five-leafed), or even after 2-4.

And yet, it is Floribundas that can and even should be cut below the first true leaf.

• Therefore, you do not need to feel sorry for the bush and try to leave most of the shoot, saving every leaf. On the contrary - the lower you cut the rose, the stronger and more powerful new shoots it will release, which means that the flowering will be more lush and abundant (almost like the first time).

Important! It is worth considering the climatic features of the region: the colder the higher the cut. For example, in the North-West (in the Leningrad region), in the Urals and in Siberia, it is better to cut over or as a maximum - after the first true leaf (five-leafed leaf). But in the Middle Lane (Moscow region), you can cut even below 2-3 true five-leaf leaves.

• As for the pruning rules, you need to prune by doing oblique cut and always to the external kidney (not the inner one, which looks inside the bush, but outward). In this case, thick and wide sections (with a diameter of 0.5 cm and thicker), if necessary, can be covered with garden varnish or Rannet paste.

Advice! Trimmed shoots can be used as cuttings... As a rule, it is the hybrid tea roses that are propagated in the summer.

Note! The site has detailed material about how to cut roses.

However! It is believed that too strong (low) pruning, even of hybrid tea and especially Floribunda roses, on the contrary, will only weaken the plant and the flowering will be less lush than if you pruned weakly (high).

You can only check this statement experimentally (cut some bushes low, and others - high).

By the way! Just like Hybrid Tea and Floribunda, pruned in summer after flowering indoor roses, and Shrubs (semi-twisted roses).

The specifics of summer pruning climbing roses

But long and spreading climbing roses are still not worth cutting so low, maximum below the first real sheet, better even above it (all the more so if you notice that a flower brush has already been tied there), i.e. you only need to cut off the tops of the flowers and the upper fake trefoils (= above the first real leaf).

Important! It should be borne in mind that there are varieties of climbing roses (ramblers) that bloom once, respectively, no summer pruning will make them bloom again.

However! They should also be cut off so that the plant does not waste energy on laying fruits (rose hips).

Pruning groundcover roses in summer

In the same way, like climbing roses, ground cover roses are cut, which also bloom in whole brushes, at the same time forming many several flower brushes on one shoot, while also very quickly laying new side flower shoots. Therefore, such roses cut off only the tops with faded flowers and upper fake leaves (trefoils).

Pruning "blind" shoots from roses

It so happens that a seemingly healthy shoot has no bud at the end. If you look closely, it turns out that the shoot does not have a growth point (upper flower bud), it is, as it were, "blinded", in other words, died for some reason (for example, due to spring frosts or nutritional deficiencies).

Such shoots that have no continuation are called "Blind" or "sleeping".

What do you need to do with them?

That's right, notice and cut them off in time (below 1-2 real complex leaves, leaving 2-3 five-leaf leaves below), and do this before the first flowering, i.e. still in spring, but you can also in summer, no later than August, otherwise new shoots will not have time to ripen.

Video: pruning "blind" rose shoots

What to do after summer pruning: how to feed and sprinkle

Obviously, after such pruning, the roses will need additional nutrition to recover, form new shoots and lay buds on them.

Accordingly, after the first flowering and pruning of the rose, it is recommended be sure to feed and sprinkle with growth stimulants.

• Fertilizers: any complex mineral fertilizers (preferably with a high content of potassium and phosphorus, the same potassium monophosphate), as well as special fertilizers for roses, however, you can simply feed it with chicken manure or mullein infusion.

• Suitable growth stimulants: Epin, Zircon, Bud.

And in the fall, give a purely phosphorus-potassium supplement for better ripening of shoots and preparation for winter.

Advice! The site has a separate material about how to feed roses in autumn for their successful wintering.

Video: pruning roses of different groups in summer in July