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Trimming iceberg rose standard
Hello Marianne,
I have rows of iceberg rose standards and they just finished blooming for the second time. Shall I leave them like that until early spring and then trim back or shall I trim them back now and again in early spring?
Thank you fir your help.
Christine
Posted by Christine Gemuend on August 16, 2021
Marianne's Response
How very lovely! Your roses look beautiful. I suggest you deadhead or remove the faded blooms of the roses as soon as they are done blooming. Do not do a hard pruning by cutting back all the branches, just snip off the old or faded blooms. Then in the spring you can prune deeper to shape the plants back into the standard shape. Fertilize with Osmocote after you do the spring pruning but do not feed your roses in the fall. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
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