How to keep them shaped during warm weather. I first cut mine back like was done here. Looked really good for a little while. Called myself cutting the dead heads off to help others come out. Now it seems like new blooms don’t tend to come until the stem grows out a good ways past the main bush.
This guy does not know what he is talking about .my yard man cut down my knock outs in the fall and they died because we had a FREEZE. Never cut your roses in fall .DO it in the spring.
All rose growers cut back in fall ! If you were facing a freeze you could have used mulch or straw to cover the base of plant to protect from a hard freeze !
Not really. They should be cut back in mid-to-late winter. Never leave the task to a landscaper. They will hack away in the fall to make the yard "pristine", and many times that comes from the direction of the homeowner/HOA. By the time spring rolls around, it really is too late to do a proper pruning. Anyone, and that includes the HOAs, who is considering a rose that will be maintained by a landscaper and/or be pruned with a hedge trimmer, don't plant them! There are several reasons why. Pick another shrub that can be maintained by a hedge trimmer.
