Garden

[Snicks1]

I'm in the Midwest, pruned my roses yesterday.

[Stevie Nix]

I just pruned my roses today!

[JustJazzmom]

On 4/2/2015 gabstoomuch said:

posh, I like the garlic tip! A whole garlic bulb? or cut up? Skin on or of? Love these kinds of tips.

Aphids make me crazy.

I think the poster means a garlic plant.

[JustJazzmom]

On 4/2/2015 BevG said:

I just pruned my roses today!

Pruned my roses today in a sweatshirt and jeans. Slightly windy but there was a lot of winter damage on Abbey de Cluny, Mandarin Ice, Souvenir de la Malmaison, and Julia Child. 'Abbey' got cut down almost to the ground!!

[doglover3]

On 3/30/2015 JustJazzmom said:

Two schools of thought from another East Coaster. The time to prune your roses is NOW to remove any winter damaged (blackened or browned canes/stems) and to prune out any dead wood or old thick wood from the centers of roses. Any long stems that were whipping around in the winter should have been cut back in the late fall to prevent this whipping around in the winds. Hybrid teas can be cut back now and so can any of the 'Knock Outs' to about 18-12".

These two varieties can take a hard pruning and will bounce back again.

But if you like your 'Knock Outs' to be at 4' high you can leave them be but just remember these roses bloom at their tips so all the blooms will be at the tops and sides.

Because of our changing weather, you may see more winter damage a few weeks after you have initially pruned, its normal and its okay to trim back to green stems. Do not be shy about pruning-- roses are tough!!

I just finished pruning some, live 60 miles north of Philly. I just took out the long stragglers. I prune harder in fall but early fall so they have a bit of time to adjust before the bitter cold and frost/freeze sets in. I do prune any long ones that poke out anytime from spring through fall as needed though.

[mousiegirl]

I have always heard that pruning should be done in late winter or early spring, so have always done it this way.