Despite how soft and beautiful they look, roses are quite rigid. Pruning rose bushes can be a very rigorous exercise considering how tough roses can be while masking this stubborn feature in their tender appearance.
It’s quite safe to trim them every now and then. The time for trimming isn’t of utmost significance here. You can trim any time of the year and there are no qualms about that. Trimming can create wounds for the rose but the wounds are shallow and won’t be a problem when the temperature drops.
One thing with winter is that its extremely cold temperatures are always dangerous to the health of plants making it practically impossible to cultivate plants during its month of holding sway.Freezing atmospheres occasioned by winter can even shock a plant to death or freeze it to death. If you decide to prune your rose before winter shows up, just cut the dead branches to allow air circulation in the center of the bush.
The reverse is the case here. If you prune in summer, the winter will come with frost and end the lives of the budding rose before it begins to blossom. Summer is more like the recuperating time for roses after pruning not a time for pruning.Summer is good for trimming and the light wounds created by the trimming process can quickly recover in time. The weather is warm and these little wounds caused by light shaping won’t fester due to moisture especially in climates where there’s little or no summer rainfall.
This part exposes the beauty of nature. Nature tells you when to prune through the forsythia. You can’t possibly understand the full nature of the coming winter or the winter at hand if it’s going to be lengthy or will be short-lived...
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