Most kinds of roses that grow in our gardens and flower beds are re-flowering. Among them is the floribunda varietal favorite, as well as tea-hybrid roses. This fact means that they can give beautiful buds twice or thrice during the summer. And for this to happen, you need summer pruning. Let's find out how to properly cut roses after flowering in summer.
Do I need to cut roses after flowering?
After the flowering of roses pruning dried flowers and their stems stimulates the formation of new buds. This happens because on the wilted flowers of a rose, like a rosehip, seeds are formed, and their removal will serve as a signal for the plant to re-flowering. If such a pruning is not done, then the rose will bloom, but only before the frost. And this, in turn, weakens the plant before wintering.
As practice shows, if correctly cut flowers roses, which have already faded, they will very soon please you with new buds.
How to cut off faded roses?
It is necessary to cut off the shoot with a withered flower with a sharp pruner, leaving only 4-5 lower buds on the stem. Some lovers of roses, trying to save the stem, cut only the dried flower itself. This is wrong, because the plant will use more energy to create new buds, and you will not be able to regrow it again in the near future.
It is also recommended to prune, if the rose has thrown out a lot of shoots even during flowering. Each of them takes away the strength and nutrients from the plant, and these flowers grow small, and the rose once more blossoms just before the frost. Do not regret and remove excess buds - it will go to the plant for good.
Carry out pruning in the summer is recommended if you notice signs of disease on the plant (for example, powdery mildew or other fungi), and if so-called wildfowl grow on the grafted rose. Sometimes in summer, rejuvenating pruning is carried out.