Brilliant, thank you. I’ve clearly been a bit too soft on my Icebergs - I’ll give them some tough love next winter. They’re 20 years old so I hope they don’t die of shock 😆
Thank you! That was very informative, and makes it seem less daunting. I bought standard icebergs from Magic Garden Roses last winter and they’re in their second flush now. I’m definitely going back to him for more roses this winter.
What pruners are you using ? I've just planted 7 bare root standards. Great video thankyou for showing how to prune. Is the head of rose sitting above star post or in line with it ??
Thankyou, my star pickets are just below graft 👍, do you have any recommendations for any battery or electric pruners for home gardeners with hand /wrist issues (Australian based) Use on Roses & fruit trees
@@chillipeppers8194 Bahco Secateurs are great, but are really a professional product and are expensive. We have heard that the Ryobi ones are OK for the hame gardener and are much cheaper, however have not used them.
We will be back with another on shrub roses and try to explain more. Basically roses will shoot out from the bud they want to shoot from. Angled cuts are supposed to let the water run off, but really not a big problem.
Thank you. I was wondering if you could advise me on older standard roses. Inherited some that are massive with less shoots. I think they were pruned too hard in their early years. How short do I keep them if they are a lot older than the ones in the video? Thanks:)
Cut them back fairly hard, but less than those in the video. At a guess about twice as long as the ones in the video. It is very hard to tell exactly without seeing them,
@@johnnyAGardening thank you. I would upload a photo but im unsure how to do that on here. They are about 2 metres tall at least, probably 120cm of growth above the union part.
The idea is to clear ot the splindly growth, some new growth may be spindly, however not all. If you leave weak growth then you will only get more weak growth. Thin spindly growth does not turn into strong growth. @@skrame01
