Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark de Leeuw / Getty Images Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea ...

Gardening expert Monty Don has shared his top tips on pruning three plants in February to encourage more flowers by summer ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For this guide, we spoke to Nita-Jo Rountree, Seattle-based garden designer and author of Growing Roses ...

Monty Don has revealed three key plants that must be pruned in February to stimulate extra flowers and healthy growth, and it ...

The main issue in deciding when to prune roses is whether they are repeat-flowering or once-flowering roses. Once-flowering roses should be pruned in midsummer after they bloom.

The good news is that there’s still plenty of time. Ideally aim to finish pruning by the middle of February (early March in ...

Prune rose of Sharon in late winter or early spring—this avoids disease and protects summer blooms. Pruning shapes the plant, improves airflow, and can rejuvenate older bushes if cut back heavily.

Question: My roses have quit blooming. When and how should I prune them? Answer: You can prune roses during their dormant period, or as soon as the leaf buds start to emerge. In our hardiness zone 9 ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

A guide to plants to prune in February, as an experienced horticulturist highlights seven shrubs, climbers, and perennial ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Learning how to prune a rose bush can seem like a daunting landscaping chore, but with the right ...