Trimming Carpet Roses

Flower carpet roses produce wave after wave of blooms for months.

Trimming carpet roses.

As an extra bonus they re also self cleaning. However carpet rose pruning does not need to be as exact and methodical as the pruning of other types of roses. Unlike most roses you don t have to worry about where you re cutting along the stem or about pruning them any particular way. One of the beauties of flower carpet roses is that they don t require any fancy pruning.

Winter is rose pruning time and the flower carpet or other ground cover type roses are some of the easiest to prune. 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. 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.

As these shrubs send out new blooms the spent blossoms drop neatly to the ground. Shear off or cut back the carpet rose in late fall after growth has stopped or in early spring before growth resumes. That plus their good manners and low growing habit makes them just the ticket for a flowery softly scented tidy hedge around a pool. Simply cut the rose back so that it is about a foot tall or cut off the top two thirds of the plant using a.