Cutting roses

[Martha]

What month should roses be cut Posted from the Free Home Improvement Forum at

[Srgnt Billko]

[Martha]

Srgnt

I am in Northern California, San Jose.

Marth

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Depends on what zone you are in.[/quote:4dd567b27e Posted from the Free Home Improvement Forum at

[Srgnt Billko]

So what ZONE is that ? I'm not interested in looking it up myself. Gardening schedules are recommended by "zone", not by city.

[pulic emeny]

[Eggs Zachtly]

That's an old map. The zones have changed.

[Eggs Zachtly]

It also depends on the cultivar.

[pulic emeny]

how bout

[Martha]

It looks like I am between zone 9A and 9B

"Eggs Zachtly" wrote i message

[Eggs Zachtly]

2006: zone changed drastically, but I'm still not buying into it. I'll continue, at least for the next 3-4 years, to treat the plants I grow as being 5b. The new map, however, shows us as zone 6. The changes were quite drastic, especially for the midwest, with some areas increasing by two zones, while some mountain areas went down two zones.

Global warming, anyone?

[Martha]

Looks like my zone is still the same as before, I am in 9A/9B

Does anyone know what month I should cut my roses

pulic emeny said

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2006

zone changed drastically, but I'm still not buying into it. I'l

continue, at least for the next 3-4 years, to treat the plants I gro a being 5b. The new map, however, shows us as zone 6. The changes wer quit drastic, especially for the midwest, with some areas increasing b tw zones, while some mountain areas went down two zones.

Global warming, anyone

[Hopper]

what kind of roses do you have?

[Eggs Zachtly]

As important as the zone you're in, what kind of rose? What cultivar? Some produce buds on new growth, some on old wood, and some on both. They aren't all treated the same.

[Steveo]

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

[JimRd]

[snip]

Martha, it doesn't look like anyone wants to answer your question. I don't think roses are that sensitive. For tea roses, bush roses and climbers, I'd

(1) Cut flowers when freshly blooming if I wanted to put them into a vase; (2) Deadhead old blooms whenever I had time in the garden (3) In severe climates, trim them back when they went dormant in the fall, then cover them with straw or mulch to protect them from severe low temperatures (4) In other locations, deadhead them as they went tormant, then prune them back to get new growth once things have started to warm in the springtime.

There's a bunch of more specific information at

Although it pertains to Illinois, you'll see help for specific types of roses and should be able to extrapolate to California. Regards --