My wife and I learned the correct way to prune roses at a class we took In Santa Clarita California, at the water district and at a local Rosarian lecture, also at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Ca. First major prune of the season takes place between Jan 15 and Feb 15; You cut your rose bush back to look like a hand with the fingers spread open. Yup cut it way back, it's just a rose. Then after your rose blooms and the flower is done ( your choice as to when this happens ) find the first set of leaves down from the bloom ( it should be 3 leaves, all others should be 5 ) then count back 3 sets of 5 leaf stems then make your cut. At this point you may see in the crotch of the stem a new bit of growth and that should be where your trim cut should be.
My wife and I learned the correct way to prune roses at a class we took In Santa Clarita California, at the water district and at a local Rosarian lecture, also at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Ca. First major prune of the season takes place between Jan 15 and Feb 15; You cut your rose bush back to look like a hand with the fingers spread open. Yup cut it way back, it's just a rose. Then after your rose blooms and the flower is done ( your choice as to when this happens ) find the first set of leaves down from the bloom ( it should be 3 leaves, all others should be 5 ) then count back 3 sets of 5 leaf stems then make your cut. At this point you may see in the crotch of the stem a new bit of growth and that should be where your trim cut should be.