If there is a better TH-camr who goes right to the point and doesn’t waste a single minute on BS, I don’t know him/her. Great job as always Jason. I knew the rules of pruning already but I watched every second of the video. I find your vids extremely informative
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Jason, please don’t change a thing. I like that you are thorough. I learn a ton from you and your videos have been very helpful for a newbie like me. Thank you for all the hard work. People are welcome to follow channels they prefer. I and others like me need detailed and thoroughly explained guidance.
This is exactly the information I was looking for. Your videos are always great, with just enough detailed helpful information. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Thank you so much for your videos! Your clear instructions and explanations gave me enough confidence last year to buy over a dozen rose varieties even though I’d had no experience really growing any. Now that it’s snowing here in Montana, I’ve been binge-watching them again to prep for next year’s growing season and more roses. You are always a wealth of information for me!
Jason, I know this is quite an old posting, but I feel that I must thank you for this and the follow-up video that shows how the plant came back. Amazing! I've been gradually working on cutting back an enormous old rose bush that was on our property when we bought the house several years ago. Letting us observe your cuts was so encouraging. I've been a bit overwhelmed by my project, and feel that now I can make those brave cuts and not be afraid that I'm killing this beautiful rose bush! Thank you! I have subscribed to your channel, as I'm sure I'll learn more of what I need to know to keep my roses healthy.
So of the other channels don't reply to questions that people ask and I have the same questions. I'm not going to watch them as much and just watch yours. Thank you !
Thank you so much for the great information! Also, thanks for the sub titles seeing the names of the different roses is helpful for memorization; in theory, at least 🥀
I love your Channel deffo one of the best rose sources on here, if not the best 👍 so I must say thank you for your time spent making these videos 😀. I agree with you on the Anvil style lopers, and secetures for that matter, I always favoured the by-pass style.
When pruning for me is much easier after cutting to use lopers to pull the branch out. That both saves my hands of thorns as well saves energy and back from bending down. Also disposing of cut out branches is both faster and more compact, because the lopers are used to reach destination fast and immediately cut the branch to better fit destination. Just a suggestion.
Your videos are absolutely fantastic! You present invaluable information both clearly and concisely. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate and inform .
I just did a really hard prune on some roses yesterday. Some of the branches were so overgrown. I had to use my small, handheld chainsaw. After watching your excellent video, I feel like my roses will flourish this summer.❤️🌹
Most helpful as always - good filming and clear advice. I did some pruning on overgrown roses for someone in my family, I’m reassured I’ve not gone wrong, but also see I could probably have cut lower. Many thanks.
This was great. I knew the vigorous Knockout rose would recover easily, because my mother has often pruned her repeat blooming roses without any mercy.
So I planted knockout roses in my rose bed with Tea roses and Floribundas. Now I know I'd better be vigilant about pruning as I had no idea a knockout rose could get so enormous.
Great to see this. I did something very similar to a monster climbing rose in my garden today and scared myself with how much was left! It was overgrown, crossed and full of chicken wire and old wood from its previous owner so had to be done. Confident it will grow back much happier now against its shiny new trellis 😁
In New York, especially this season we have limited time to enjoy our flowers. Totally true about knockout roses. Mine is as overgrown and wild also, but just want to trim it. Just started with my second David Austin rose, but looking at the videos from this rose farm I have an old rose plant I thought was dead.... maybe it is not dead. Will plant my new David Austin few feet away and see what happens to the old one and keep my fingers crossed about the new rose bush. Got some organic fertilizer
I have quite a few rose bushes that came with our house for 12 years. Two red, one beautiful salmon, the David Austins are peach knockout is yellowish white.
Thanks especially for mentioning that it was late May! I just pruned my rose bush way back for the first time yesterday, 5/28 (it was here when we bought the house two years ago, and I’m learning about gardening as I go), and was afraid I did it wrong. And now I see that I just should have gone down even farther, but I just didn’t want to lose all the blooms and foliage at the top. 🙁 My mom called it a lollipop 🍭 bush 😂 But I guess it still has time to recover! Maybe I’ll be brave and cut it all way back. Thanks again, this video was just what I was looking for!
Another great pruning demo. Thanks! Yes, knockout roses are a staple of landscapers here in the Carolinas. They certainly take the heat better than my hybrid tea does.My neighbor has a pink knockout rose growing in almost full sun ☀️.
I don't know how accurate this is, but I heard something like 4 out of 10 roses sold in the USA were Knockouts - which is really astounding considering how many other varieties are competing for those remaining 6 spots in the garden. Mainly landscape and institutional plantings, I suppose, but it's easy to see why in a climate like yours, where the heat is going to make a lot of other roses struggle.
Heat resistance is quite a selling point, but having so many of the same rose cultivar could be a problem. Monoculture is rarely a good idea whether it’s a potato 🥔 or a rose🌹.
awesome video. our roses are huge and beautiful and smell soooo damn good. in season we must have hundred thousand blooms and the whole yard smells wonderful. we have been sooo hesitant to prune bc they are just sooo dang nice but now our roses are 6ft-8ft tall and at least 6-7 wide. they cover our driveway very well but now have started interfering with our vehicles. gonna trim them down like you just did and fertilize them and we will see how they come back. thank you for the video, you have given us the exact information we needed. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, subscribed and liked.
Well mate Ive got a very spindly Black Boy thats grown, over about 40yrs, to a height of 8 or 9 ft. I'm going to prune it tomorrow, it's summer here, but I'm getting into it so that the plant can be brought down onto a frame that it's grown beyond a long time ago. Wish me luck!
Hi there, I would ne er trim in May here in the UK it’s just started to come back to life so I like to watch them grow. I pruned mine yesterday in October so I hope it survives, maybe I should have watched this first. I didn’t realise you can cut back so much!
It's just unbelievable for me to see a rose bush like this! Here in Brazil all the roses look almost with no leaves and with lots of black spots. I never saw any rose with so many leaves and so dense! Do you think that if I plant here one of these would get similar to this one? I live in an area that corresponds to the 9 hardiness zone.
To answer your question, why would you want to use anvil pruners? They are designed primarily for use on deadwood, that is prone to damaging bypass cutting systems. Basically for deadwood that is not practical to use a saw on. Bypass cutters work best on living plant tissue, so just a different tool for a different job. Are they needed? I don't use anvil pruners in my landscaping work, or personally, but I can see why they are better for deadwood.
Hi Jason..thank you for the efforts that have gone in the videos..I am a beginner and am learning a lot from you..I would like to know something about rose root pruning..since I mostly grow rose in container due to lack of space..and changing containers is quite an affair...hoping to hear or see from you..kudos to the great work
Thanks. I'm not too keen on root pruning. It's a lot of work, and I worry about the kind of "openings" it leaves for disease to enter the root system. If you're repotting anyway, I say go ahead and address any crossing or circling roots, but I wouldn't encourage you to dig it up annually for root pruning.
Massive overgrown rose. New Garden that was left to itself for about a year and a half. Know nothing about gardening, very grateful for your help. This summer I'm trying to learn the multitude of plants that were the last homeowners passion. A legacy garden I'd like to maintain. Rose Bush is hugely tall it's a climber and rambling sideways but too tall with not much bushing below these ceiling level far too high roses. Love roses, hate jaggy thorns. I'm about to try, wondering if i can take a cutting as I'm chopping a huge subsection of Bush above fence level. Any advices I'd be grateful for. It's high summer it feels like plant abuse, but watching this.. Think ill be keeping most for now just the same.
Im glad u could hear me thinking at about 13:30. U really hacked on that thing.. Im prepping to do the mother in laws roses. So i cant mess up. Thanks!
Hi Grace. The plant took a long pause after this heavy a pruning - reactivating long-dormant buds low down on the plant. I waited until I saw new leaves breaking before adding fertilizer, and then fertilized once more during the growing season.
Jason great video as always. Can you make a quick video on how you sharpen your tools ? What you use? Give us links so we can buy sharpeners and such? Thanks
@SFbayKID some people just don't listen very well. Did you hear when he said that those roses bloom year round ? So yes he could wait till winter, IF HIS WINTERS WERE AS MILD AS YOURS IN S.F. I think i will listen to a professional rather than some "know - it - all" ...S.F. KID
Hi Dani. Depending on the variety, a more modest annual pruning will likely be enough to keep them in bounds. The Knockouts are vigorous enough that they breeder recommends bringing them down to 1ft every year.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much for all your help. Every video I found edited out the actual pruning - seeing it really helped break the fear factor. 🌹 Thanks again!
Good morning sir, Thank you for knowledge of... disinfectant solution light bleach and water, ivory soap and water. Plus back in the day believe they used ivory soap on crops and tabacco and do you use it on flowers and plants for similar reasons. Thank you rose + plant enthusiasts
You bet - if I have time for propagation and it's a variety I think I can sell, I'll use the nicest semi-hardwood sections for cuttings at the same time. The old thick stems aren't of much use, so it's mostly the fresh growth at the very top.
Hello Jason, Great information on pruning old Knock Out Roses. I have six I need to do just as you did. But then dig them up to relocate in another neighbor. My family member wants the roses gone from here fence line as the thorns and size are not appropriate for sidewalk planting. Any further advise on digging the old roses up and transplanting them would be most helpful. The roses to me moved look to be between 15 - 18 years old. They will all be donated to my neighbor that needs some beatification. I will be doing this project next week or first full week in June in South New Jersey. Thank you.
Hi Nan. Good to hear from you, and I'm happy that you're finding your roses a new home. Easier said than done, but as much undamaged roots you can preserve will help with the transplant. Start with a wide perimeter around the base of the shrub, and go slow if you can to get the max amount of roots. Otherwise, just prune the topgrowth as shown (a balance of roots and shoots will help with reestablishing). Don't add a lot of fertilizer to the new location at first - too much salt can be stressful on the transplant. Water regularly. Cross fingers. Best luck!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Many Thank yous! I hot my back will hold out. Trying to recruit the roses new home owners to help dig them out... Might be even harder.
Good Day Jason. I just finished watching your video and your video was the first one I came across that really explained how to take care of overgrown (Knockout) roses. My roses have so many buds on them and are about to bloom within the week. I want to scale back on them because the roses brush against people as they walk by and come up to my front steps. Can I just wait until after the first bloom before I cut them back and secondly, I don't have that loop tool so can I just use regular old school hedge clippers?
I have overgrown knockout roses like this that came with our house when we bought it. Can I prune them like this now that it is October (I live in Nebraska where we will have likely a harsh winter), or do I need to wait until spring?
I'd have gone even farther with that rose on the right where you had two large canes crossing and nearly touching. But it was the best pruning video I've seen (but still could be better - shots from all sides would help give a better sense of shape and proportion).
My knockout roses are as tall as I am and so overgrown. We bought this home in July and they had not been pruned. What can I do for them now ? We are in Memphis TN and have already had temps dip in the low 30s ...thank you for this video !
Hi Sabrina. I'd suggest you wait until early spring, and reduce the risk of cold damage after pruning. Prune selectively now only if you see unstable tall growth that will take further damage from winter wind in the meantime. Best luck!
A good informative video. You stated that it is common rose - can you give me an example of a named common rose. You have pruned whilst flowering. Would this not effect next years flowers? What month should you prune it? I am helping a friend who is a rose lover.
Can you explain why you wouldn’t do this in late winter/ early spring when there are no leaves and you could see better? And, why would you want to prune so hard when it looked so lovely already?
Hi Athena - spring is the better time, no question. Easier to see (as you mentioned) but also less stressful to recover in the cooler weather. However with a well-established rose, you get a lot of flexibility on timing. These ones recovered quite nicely even though I pruned coming into summer. I guess one other point I'd like to make is that you can't always choose the perfect time to prune, and that's okay. Some people are far busier in one season or another, so they miss the best time - or maybe the timing is dictated by external factors (making room for other landscaping changes, life events like moving, etc)
I have a video on it here: th-cam.com/video/5EZirmc4h3I/w-d-xo.html Prune it back in stages, leaving some mature stems in place (especially horizontally trained stems) to support flowering in the coming season.
Quaternary disinfectant from my local horticulture supply store. They use this kind of product in medical, veterinary settings too to eliminate bacteria and viruses.
Excellent excellent tutorial..I absolutely loved all the info. I remember cutting my white knockout roses back years ago and they bounced back. Right now my roses look a hot mess with branches that are dead and overgrown crossing. It's now July in Philly.. Please advice. I have dead branches and need to trim back. Should I just remove only the dead branches now? Should I wait till fall to trim all the way down and remove dead branches?
It depends on your climate a bit. In my mild coastal climate, I can get away with pruning all through the summer. In a much warmer climate, there may be a time when the plants are stressed, and you would avoid pruning. That said, a light pruning to remove dead/diseased/crossing branches is generally well tolerated on a healthy rose. If you do wait, you might choose to wait all the way to spring, which is generally the best time for a heavy prune.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much for responding. It's high 90s here in Philly. I can wait till spring.. I was just looking at the roses they are almost 5 feet and more leaves at the top where the middle to bottom is just branches. Some are branches with zero leaves.
Your roses are so beautiful and full it seems a shame to lose all that lushness.. also blocked fencing. Also the leaves look perfect!! I keep getting holes in the leaves of my rose bush I planted about 30 years ago with beautiful pink blooms with a wonderful scent which seems so uncommon these days. I check for pests and spray but end up removing the leaves so it won't spread. Is this wrong?? I want to prune it down and use stems for cuttings which I have tried all year to grow inside and out w/o success. I want to set up a grow area with proper lighting instead of the recessed lights there now. Any help is appreciated and thanks for taking the time to help us!!! I live 1/2 North of Boston
Thanks Brenda. I should snap a shot of the roses now - as they've jumped back up with healthy new growth (but a lot less unproductive wood). Unless you're remove the pest itself (or it's eggs if you find them), I don't think leaf removal will do much good. I find the easiest cuttings are early season (like June in your climate) semi-hardwood stems grown under mist or humidity dome in slight shade (or at least not blazing sun). Indoors and under lights is something I've heard working okay for people who do miniature roses - but I don't have a lot of experience with it.
Excellent info/video! Question for you...do you know the variety of the extremely fragrant roses that are common in Pakistan and India? They are deep pink and are intoxicating in the richness of their fragrance! A vase full in a room is so heavenly! If you have any ideas of them and where they may be found in the USA I would love that info!!! Thanks for all your informative videos!
Thanks for the encouragement. Have a look at 'Gruss an Teplitz' - I think this one is known by other names and may be grown in India and Pakistan. It's known for a strong, spicy fragrance.
Thanks Jason that was really helpful. I have several rose bushes that had grown up above the surrounding plum trees! I hesitated to cut them way back, but after your video I will. It's the beginning of June, that should give them enough time to recover before winter. Can you tell me what you use to sharpen your pruner blades? Thanks!
Thank you Jason - ooooo I like Sally Holmes. How is your online business going? I'd like to order a couple of Rose's from you that will survive our 5a upper NY winters. I'm just starting out pruning my roses and fleshing out my garden plans. Warmest regards Jennie
Thanks Jennie. The online business is pretty good - and the local business this year has been outstanding. We'll have to work on setting up US shipping for next year (if I have anything left to sell!)
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm yes - after I wrote I checked your website and was relieved that you were re doing do well. People need gardening right now and I'm glad that you are serving a true need for the people in your community.
I've inherited my great grandmother's garden. I don't know if she ever pruned her rose bush or when the last time was if she did. It looks much like this bush in the beginning. Now I must say I'm extremely nervous about taking that much off 😬 wish me luck 😅
This is so strange that I just got through doing the same type of hard prune to a pink single knockout rose in my flower bed just last week. I had just let the pruning go for several years and that thing was a monster. It took some hard work to get it hacked down but it’s already starting to fill back out. I live in North Central Texas. I really don’t think you can kill a knockout Rose.
I am growing Navy Lady shrub roses and have let them get too big over the summer. How much can I prune them back in September? They are growing into my path. I live in southern Ontario, zone 5.
For an update on this severe pruning: th-cam.com/video/LyqvF506rck/w-d-xo.html Taken about a year later
Very healthy. Great info
Can you prune them back in full bloom like that? The month of May?
If there is a better TH-camr who goes right to the point and doesn’t waste a single minute on BS, I don’t know him/her. Great job as always Jason. I knew the rules of pruning already but I watched every second of the video. I find your vids extremely informative
Thanks angel_wings. Sometimes I struggle to know how much to include (and not!) so it's nice to know when I hit close to the mark.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Jason, please don’t change a thing. I like that you are thorough. I learn a ton from you and your videos have been very helpful for a newbie like me. Thank you for all the hard work. People are welcome to follow channels they prefer. I and others like me need detailed and thoroughly explained guidance.
This is the best video on rose pruning I've seen. He doesn't drag it out. Clear and simple instructions. I really appreciate it.
Jason takes the scary out of rose care. And I love how he gets to the point on each presentation. This is how it’s done folks! No worries!
Dude is so brave - removing those cuts with no gloves. I can feel splinters just thinking about doing that!
Anvil pruners are meant to be used on dead wood, whereas bypass pruners are intended for use on live plant material.
Don't apologize, I will probably watch this whole thing again before I prune! Thanks for the tutorial.
This was EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks!
Our roses reached a point where we really needed to do something. You video was the exact help we needed. Thank you for a great instructional video!
My pleasure Mac
Thanks for the confidence! It is almost as if you can’t go wrong with it! I have 3 huge ones that need serious help, so here goes nothing!!
Best of luck Kat. Yes, vigorous established roses are pretty forgiving of a heavy prune.
This is exactly the information I was looking for. Your videos are always great, with just enough detailed helpful information. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching
Thank you so much for your videos! Your clear instructions and explanations gave me enough confidence last year to buy over a dozen rose varieties even though I’d had no experience really growing any. Now that it’s snowing here in Montana, I’ve been binge-watching them again to prep for next year’s growing season and more roses. You are always a wealth of information for me!
Thanks Andolina. I'm happy to hear that you've found them useful.
Jason, your videos are constantly well presented and informative, this one is no exception. Thanks so much.
My pleasure Bill. Thanks for the feedback.
Jason, I know this is quite an old posting, but I feel that I must thank you for this and the follow-up video that shows how the plant came back. Amazing! I've been gradually working on cutting back an enormous old rose bush that was on our property when we bought the house several years ago. Letting us observe your cuts was so encouraging. I've been a bit overwhelmed by my project, and feel that now I can make those brave cuts and not be afraid that I'm killing this beautiful rose bush! Thank you! I have subscribed to your channel, as I'm sure I'll learn more of what I need to know to keep my roses healthy.
So of the other channels don't reply to questions that people ask and I have the same questions. I'm not going to watch them as much and just watch yours. Thank you !
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm glad you're finding them useful.
Thank you so much for the great information! Also, thanks for the sub titles seeing the names of the different roses is helpful for memorization; in theory, at least 🥀
Thank you for your excellent video on hard pruning an overgrown rose! 🌹 it wasn’t too long at all. It was just very informative.
My roses never grow that size. Well worth taking info on board
👍🇬🇧. SMILES
I love your Channel deffo one of the best rose sources on here, if not the best 👍 so I must say thank you for your time spent making these videos 😀. I agree with you on the Anvil style lopers, and secetures for that matter, I always favoured the by-pass style.
When pruning for me is much easier after cutting to use lopers to pull the branch out. That both saves my hands of thorns as well saves energy and back from bending down. Also disposing of cut out branches is both faster and more compact, because the lopers are used to reach destination fast and immediately cut the branch to better fit destination.
Just a suggestion.
Your videos are absolutely fantastic! You present invaluable information both clearly and concisely. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate and inform .
Thanks Sharon!
Best gardening channel bar none!
It was painful. You are fearless
I just did a really hard prune on some roses yesterday. Some of the branches were so overgrown. I had to use my small, handheld chainsaw. After watching your excellent video, I feel like my roses will flourish this summer.❤️🌹
What a wonderful informative video Jason - thanks so much.
Most helpful as always - good filming and clear advice. I did some pruning on overgrown roses for someone in my family, I’m reassured I’ve not gone wrong, but also see I could probably have cut lower. Many thanks.
My pleasure
Thank you my friend, really like bird houses as well
A very nice update, I'd love to see what's going next . My mom used to plant rose, but she never cutting the strech, lol
Thanks Jason! A very helpful video!
Great video, thanks for the added recommendations at the end!
This was great. I knew the vigorous Knockout rose would recover easily, because my mother has often pruned her repeat blooming roses without any mercy.
Very beautiful rose Thank you very mach
So I planted knockout roses in my rose bed with Tea roses and Floribundas. Now I know I'd better be vigilant about pruning as I had no idea a knockout rose could get so enormous.
Thank you for the video. I’m saving this in case I need it in 20 years 😎
Lol
Thanks for the video Jason. So informative and helpful.
All your information is fantastic! Thank you, I’ve learned so much 🙏
Great to see this. I did something very similar to a monster climbing rose in my garden today and scared myself with how much was left! It was overgrown, crossed and full of chicken wire and old wood from its previous owner so had to be done. Confident it will grow back much happier now against its shiny new trellis 😁
Thanks Jackie - good luck. I'm sure the monster will bounce back fine, if a little less monstrous
In New York, especially this season we have limited time to enjoy our flowers. Totally true about knockout roses. Mine is as overgrown
and wild also, but just want to trim it. Just started with my second David Austin rose, but looking at the videos from this rose farm
I have an old rose plant I thought was dead.... maybe it is not dead. Will plant my new David Austin few feet away and see what happens to the old one and keep my fingers crossed about the new rose bush. Got some organic fertilizer
It is late May and weather is cool but heat is starting
I have quite a few rose bushes that came with our house for 12 years. Two red, one beautiful salmon, the David Austins are
peach knockout is yellowish white.
Thanks especially for mentioning that it was late May! I just pruned my rose bush way back for the first time yesterday, 5/28 (it was here when we bought the house two years ago, and I’m learning about gardening as I go), and was afraid I did it wrong. And now I see that I just should have gone down even farther, but I just didn’t want to lose all the blooms and foliage at the top. 🙁 My mom called it a lollipop 🍭 bush 😂 But I guess it still has time to recover! Maybe I’ll be brave and cut it all way back. Thanks again, this video was just what I was looking for!
My pleasure Kristina - best of luck. A healthy, vigorous rose is likely to come back quite well even from a severe cut back.
Thanks for the video. I'd love to see a follow up video after it recovers to see how nice it looks. 😊
You bet. I'll post up a (very) quick update vid on my community tab when it's throwing new flowers again.
Thank you, so much! Pruning here in the Sonoran Desert 🌵🌵. Juli, Tucson, AZ
I am amazed at how large your Knock Out Roses have grown. The label on mine says they grow 4-4.5'. And you are 100s of miles north of where I live.
Thanks Shawn - they've had lots of time to get there! Our mild coastal climate helps a lot too.
I’m brave when I prune, but my knock outs love it. Tfs. 💕
Another great pruning demo. Thanks! Yes, knockout roses are a staple of landscapers here in the Carolinas. They certainly take the heat better than my hybrid tea does.My neighbor has a pink knockout rose growing in almost full sun ☀️.
I don't know how accurate this is, but I heard something like 4 out of 10 roses sold in the USA were Knockouts - which is really astounding considering how many other varieties are competing for those remaining 6 spots in the garden. Mainly landscape and institutional plantings, I suppose, but it's easy to see why in a climate like yours, where the heat is going to make a lot of other roses struggle.
Heat resistance is quite a selling point, but having so many of the same rose cultivar could be a problem. Monoculture is rarely a good idea whether it’s a potato 🥔 or a rose🌹.
thank you for the tips
Thanks!
Thanks so much
awesome video. our roses are huge and beautiful and smell soooo damn good. in season we must have hundred thousand blooms and the whole yard smells wonderful. we have been sooo hesitant to prune bc they are just sooo dang nice but now our roses are 6ft-8ft tall and at least 6-7 wide. they cover our driveway very well but now have started interfering with our vehicles. gonna trim them down like you just did and fertilize them and we will see how they come back. thank you for the video, you have given us the exact information we needed. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, subscribed and liked.
Love your instructions! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Feeling braver already. 😍
I so needed this earlier this year. I've got a rose I'm not sure what kind or how old, im trying to get under control!
Great tutorial! Thanks. I have a climbing Fairy rose that is out of control
thank you for leaving the camera on during the cut
Thank for answering my question. I just pruned my rose severely and I thought that I killed.
Well mate Ive got a very spindly Black Boy thats grown, over about 40yrs, to a height of 8 or 9 ft. I'm going to prune it tomorrow, it's summer here, but I'm getting into it so that the plant can be brought down onto a frame that it's grown beyond a long time ago. Wish me luck!
Hi there, I would ne er trim in May here in the UK it’s just started to come back to life so I like to watch them grow. I pruned mine yesterday in October so I hope it survives, maybe I should have watched this first. I didn’t realise you can cut back so much!
Fairly mild climate, so I bet they come through just fine.
One again I enjoyed your video
It's just unbelievable for me to see a rose bush like this! Here in Brazil all the roses look almost with no leaves and with lots of black spots. I never saw any rose with so many leaves and so dense! Do you think that if I plant here one of these would get similar to this one? I live in an area that corresponds to the 9 hardiness zone.
Hi Watching from Philippines...
Good job
To answer your question, why would you want to use anvil pruners? They are designed primarily for use on deadwood, that is prone to damaging bypass cutting systems. Basically for deadwood that is not practical to use a saw on. Bypass cutters work best on living plant tissue, so just a different tool for a different job. Are they needed? I don't use anvil pruners in my landscaping work, or personally, but I can see why they are better for deadwood.
Thanks - that makes sense.
Very helpful - thank you!
Hi Jason..thank you for the efforts that have gone in the videos..I am a beginner and am learning a lot from you..I would like to know something about rose root pruning..since I mostly grow rose in container due to lack of space..and changing containers is quite an affair...hoping to hear or see from you..kudos to the great work
Thanks. I'm not too keen on root pruning. It's a lot of work, and I worry about the kind of "openings" it leaves for disease to enter the root system. If you're repotting anyway, I say go ahead and address any crossing or circling roots, but I wouldn't encourage you to dig it up annually for root pruning.
Hi thankyou..im learning.
Thank you
Massive overgrown rose. New Garden that was left to itself for about a year and a half. Know nothing about gardening, very grateful for your help. This summer I'm trying to learn the multitude of plants that were the last homeowners passion. A legacy garden I'd like to maintain. Rose Bush is hugely tall it's a climber and rambling sideways but too tall with not much bushing below these ceiling level far too high roses. Love roses, hate jaggy thorns. I'm about to try, wondering if i can take a cutting as I'm chopping a huge subsection of Bush above fence level. Any advices I'd be grateful for. It's high summer it feels like plant abuse, but watching this.. Think ill be keeping most for now just the same.
Im glad u could hear me thinking at about 13:30. U really hacked on that thing.. Im prepping to do the mother in laws roses. So i cant mess up. Thanks!
Thanks Gill. Best luck with your pruning.
excellent thanks
I would love to get a nice branch to propagate to my garden
Pvc pipe cutters, ratchets really well and fits in tight spaces.
What is your regimen after such a heavy prune - do you immediately fertilize the plant and subsequently fertilize every month or so?
Hi Grace. The plant took a long pause after this heavy a pruning - reactivating long-dormant buds low down on the plant. I waited until I saw new leaves breaking before adding fertilizer, and then fertilized once more during the growing season.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you again - you are such a big help. I love your videos - so informative and I sure do love my roses!!
Thank you!!
Jason great video as always. Can you make a quick video on how you sharpen your tools ? What you use? Give us links so we can buy sharpeners and such? Thanks
Thanks. I'll put it on the list
Uh oh! I cut mine down just now in September in MI. I hope it recovers for next year.
My rose looks samely with yours. Can I prune it the size like you did in February? I live in South Surrey
Hi Teana - the weather around here is starting to look safe for pruning. I say go for it!
Thanks for your videos.I have a climbing rose flowering once in spring. living in Belgium. when can I prune it drastically?
OmG,I feel sorry for those roses,they are so beautiful . :(
@SFbayKID some people just don't listen very well. Did you hear when he said that those roses bloom year round ? So yes he could wait till winter, IF HIS WINTERS WERE AS MILD AS YOURS IN S.F. I think i will listen to a professional rather than some "know - it - all" ...S.F. KID
I bought a home with several severely overgrown roses, this video has been so helpful! How often do I need to do a 'deep' prune?
Hi Dani. Depending on the variety, a more modest annual pruning will likely be enough to keep them in bounds. The Knockouts are vigorous enough that they breeder recommends bringing them down to 1ft every year.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much for all your help. Every video I found edited out the actual pruning - seeing it really helped break the fear factor. 🌹 Thanks again!
Rosa 'Rose de Rescht'. Thanks I'll try to get a few of those. I presume they propagate easily for you?
Not the easiest from cuttings (at least for me) but I get own-root suckers from this variety, so that's a plus.
Good morning sir, Thank you for knowledge of... disinfectant solution light bleach and water, ivory soap and water. Plus back in the day believe they used ivory soap on crops and tabacco and do you use it on flowers and plants for similar reasons.
Thank you rose + plant enthusiasts
Thanks for the video! Do you use some of the prunings to propogate more roses using the semi-hardwood method shown in your other video?
You bet - if I have time for propagation and it's a variety I think I can sell, I'll use the nicest semi-hardwood sections for cuttings at the same time. The old thick stems aren't of much use, so it's mostly the fresh growth at the very top.
Hello Jason, Great information on pruning old Knock Out Roses. I have six I need to do just as you did. But then dig them up to relocate in another neighbor. My family member wants the roses gone from here fence line as the thorns and size are not appropriate for sidewalk planting. Any further advise on digging the old roses up and transplanting them would be most helpful. The roses to me moved look to be between 15 - 18 years old. They will all be donated to my neighbor that needs some beatification. I will be doing this project next week or first full week in June in South New Jersey. Thank you.
Hi Nan. Good to hear from you, and I'm happy that you're finding your roses a new home. Easier said than done, but as much undamaged roots you can preserve will help with the transplant. Start with a wide perimeter around the base of the shrub, and go slow if you can to get the max amount of roots. Otherwise, just prune the topgrowth as shown (a balance of roots and shoots will help with reestablishing). Don't add a lot of fertilizer to the new location at first - too much salt can be stressful on the transplant. Water regularly. Cross fingers. Best luck!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Many Thank yous! I hot my back will hold out. Trying to recruit the roses new home owners to help dig them out... Might be even harder.
Good Day Jason. I just finished watching your video and your video was the first one I came across that really explained how to take care of overgrown (Knockout) roses. My roses have so many buds on them and are about to bloom within the week. I want to scale back on them because the roses brush against people as they walk by and come up to my front steps. Can I just wait until after the first bloom before I cut them back and secondly, I don't have that loop tool so can I just use regular old school hedge clippers?
I have overgrown knockout roses like this that came with our house when we bought it. Can I prune them like this now that it is October (I live in Nebraska where we will have likely a harsh winter), or do I need to wait until spring?
Hi Clarissa. At this point I'd wait until spring - not really enough recovery time before winter
Ya one year my rose which was just planted the year prior, was ran over by a lawnmower, grew the following year like crazy.
Question: How would you go about pruning the manageable rose that's 4.5 feet long the following year? What do you focus on cutting?
I put some tips (and an example, near the end) in this video: th-cam.com/video/BN3G-wpWtFY/w-d-xo.html
I'd have gone even farther with that rose on the right where you had two large canes crossing and nearly touching. But it was the best pruning video I've seen (but still could be better - shots from all sides would help give a better sense of shape and proportion).
My knockout roses are as tall as I am and so overgrown. We bought this home in July and they had not been pruned. What can I do for them now ? We are in Memphis TN and have already had temps dip in the low 30s ...thank you for this video !
Hi Sabrina. I'd suggest you wait until early spring, and reduce the risk of cold damage after pruning. Prune selectively now only if you see unstable tall growth that will take further damage from winter wind in the meantime. Best luck!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I will do that. Thanks again !
A good informative video. You stated that it is common rose - can you give me an example of a named common rose. You have pruned whilst flowering. Would this not effect next years flowers? What month should you prune it? I am helping a friend who is a rose lover.
Can you explain why you wouldn’t do this in late winter/ early spring when there are no leaves and you could see better? And, why would you want to prune so hard when it looked so lovely already?
Hi Athena - spring is the better time, no question. Easier to see (as you mentioned) but also less stressful to recover in the cooler weather. However with a well-established rose, you get a lot of flexibility on timing. These ones recovered quite nicely even though I pruned coming into summer. I guess one other point I'd like to make is that you can't always choose the perfect time to prune, and that's okay. Some people are far busier in one season or another, so they miss the best time - or maybe the timing is dictated by external factors (making room for other landscaping changes, life events like moving, etc)
How would you prune a climbing rose? Would the same methods be applied?
I have a video on it here: th-cam.com/video/5EZirmc4h3I/w-d-xo.html Prune it back in stages, leaving some mature stems in place (especially horizontally trained stems) to support flowering in the coming season.
What are you spraying on your clippers to disinfect them?
Quaternary disinfectant from my local horticulture supply store. They use this kind of product in medical, veterinary settings too to eliminate bacteria and viruses.
Excellent excellent tutorial..I absolutely loved all the info. I remember cutting my white knockout roses back years ago and they bounced back.
Right now my roses look a hot mess with branches that are dead and overgrown crossing.
It's now July in Philly..
Please advice. I have dead branches and need to trim back.
Should I just remove only the dead branches now?
Should I wait till fall to trim all the way down and remove dead branches?
It depends on your climate a bit. In my mild coastal climate, I can get away with pruning all through the summer. In a much warmer climate, there may be a time when the plants are stressed, and you would avoid pruning. That said, a light pruning to remove dead/diseased/crossing branches is generally well tolerated on a healthy rose. If you do wait, you might choose to wait all the way to spring, which is generally the best time for a heavy prune.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much for responding. It's high 90s here in Philly. I can wait till spring.. I was just looking at the roses they are almost 5 feet and more leaves at the top where the middle to bottom is just branches. Some are branches with zero leaves.
Your roses are so beautiful and full it seems a shame to lose all that lushness.. also blocked fencing. Also the leaves look perfect!! I keep getting holes in the leaves of my rose bush I planted about 30 years ago with beautiful pink blooms with a wonderful scent which seems so uncommon these days. I check for pests and spray but end up removing the leaves so it won't spread. Is this wrong?? I want to prune it down and use stems for cuttings which I have tried all year to grow inside and out w/o success. I want to set up a grow area with proper lighting instead of the recessed lights there now. Any help is appreciated and thanks for taking the time to help us!!! I live 1/2 North of Boston
Thanks Brenda. I should snap a shot of the roses now - as they've jumped back up with healthy new growth (but a lot less unproductive wood). Unless you're remove the pest itself (or it's eggs if you find them), I don't think leaf removal will do much good. I find the easiest cuttings are early season (like June in your climate) semi-hardwood stems grown under mist or humidity dome in slight shade (or at least not blazing sun). Indoors and under lights is something I've heard working okay for people who do miniature roses - but I don't have a lot of experience with it.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you so very much for responding so quickly and all of your advice. Please keep it up!!
Excellent info/video!
Question for you...do you know the variety of the extremely fragrant roses that are common in Pakistan and India? They are deep pink and are intoxicating in the richness of their fragrance! A vase full in a room is so heavenly! If you have any ideas of them and where they may be found in the USA I would love that info!!!
Thanks for all your informative videos!
Thanks for the encouragement. Have a look at 'Gruss an Teplitz' - I think this one is known by other names and may be grown in India and Pakistan. It's known for a strong, spicy fragrance.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much!
Thanks Jason that was really helpful. I have several rose bushes that had grown up above the surrounding plum trees! I hesitated to cut them way back, but after your video I will. It's the beginning of June, that should give them enough time to recover before winter. Can you tell me what you use to sharpen your pruner blades? Thanks!
I bought a handy little carbide sharpener (the brand was Sharpal) on Amazon
Thanks Jason for the info!
Thank you Jason - ooooo I like Sally Holmes. How is your online business going? I'd like to order a couple of Rose's from you that will survive our 5a upper NY winters.
I'm just starting out pruning my roses and fleshing out my garden plans. Warmest regards Jennie
Thanks Jennie. The online business is pretty good - and the local business this year has been outstanding. We'll have to work on setting up US shipping for next year (if I have anything left to sell!)
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm yes - after I wrote I checked your website and was relieved that you were re doing do well. People need gardening right now and I'm glad that you are serving a true need for the people in your community.
I've inherited my great grandmother's garden. I don't know if she ever pruned her rose bush or when the last time was if she did. It looks much like this bush in the beginning. Now I must say I'm extremely nervous about taking that much off 😬 wish me luck 😅
Best of luck and lots of courage!
Thats how i have Done it too. Thank you. 05.07.2024
This is so strange that I just got through doing the same type of hard prune to a pink single knockout rose in my flower bed just last week. I had just let the pruning go for several years and that thing was a monster. It took some hard work to get it hacked down but it’s already starting to fill back out. I live in North Central Texas. I really don’t think you can kill a knockout Rose.
You're so right - not without some effort!
I am growing Navy Lady shrub roses and have let them get too big over the summer. How much can I prune them back in September? They are growing into my path. I live in southern Ontario, zone 5.
Are you able to take pieces from these prunings to produce new plants?
Would gloves used on other plants have same effect as cutters before sanitization?