Trimming Carpet Roses

As these shrubs send out new blooms the spent blossoms drop neatly to the ground.

Trimming carpet roses. Pruning roses can be intimidating to gardeners since cutting back beautiful growth seems counterintuitive and can be downright painful if the plant is unruly. Trim shrub ground cover roses in february or march when you see new growth. Prune for size and shape by first cutting any upward canes that are outside of the desired shape. Shear off or cut back the carpet rose in late fall after growth has stopped or in early spring before growth resumes.

Easy pruning tips for flower carpet roses. One of the beauties of flower carpet roses is that they don t require any fancy pruning. Unlike most roses you don t have to worry about where you re cutting along the stem or about pruning them any particular way. Flower carpet roses produce wave after wave of blooms for months.

They can be trimmed throughout the year to maintain shape and size and then once a year in late winter cut the bush back to rejuvenate and reinvigorate the plant. As an extra bonus they re also self cleaning. But the practice actually creates a vital plant as pruning encourages new growth removes old dead wood helps shape the plant and reduces the chances of fungal disease by opening the. That plus their good manners and low growing habit makes them just the ticket for a flowery softly scented tidy hedge around a pool.