When to prune roses in the desert?
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Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Aug 07, 2016The information provided to you is correct. I live in a similar climate and I cut the roses WAY back down to almost nothing in late January or early February. Attached are two very early spring pics. These 3 rose bushes are in the front of my tiny house, which faces west, and receives the hot blazing sun all day. Now the canes are at the rain gutter. When they bloom out, I will trim them back quite a bit, but before too long, they will be right back up there! Hope this is somewhat helpful for you. :-)Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Aug 07, 2016Make sure you are giving the Rose bushes plenty of water early in the morning. If you have not feed them in the beginning of your season that also could be a reason for small flowers.Look for any signs of insects. Should you find any apply a systemic rose granular.Helpful Reply
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Phyllis on Aug 07, 2016Thanks for the advice. What I should have mentioned was that I was told to prune in early INSTEAD of pruning after chance of frost. I did find a blog put out by a local (to me) rosarian that talked about pruning by 1/3 in fall but she also prunes as normal in late winter. In the Palm Springs area it's customary to not fertilize in the scorching (100-120 degrees) weather so the plants put out less tender new growth that can't take the heat. But the comment about bugs is a good call, we get lots of leaf eating insects here in the summer. Actually when I think about it its a miracle the plants make it here in the summer!Helpful Reply
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Ire8593269 on Aug 07, 2016The easiest rule to remember is "to prune after the bloom" with roses late fall or early spring.Helpful Reply
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Phyllis on Aug 13, 2016Did online researchHelpful Reply
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