Flower carpet roses produce wave after wave of blooms for months.
Trimming carpet roses.
Prune for size and shape by first cutting any upward canes that are outside of the desired shape.
Shear off or cut back the carpet rose in late fall after growth has stopped or in early spring before growth resumes.
Easy pruning tips for flower carpet roses.
Trim shrub ground cover roses in february or march when you see new growth.
Simply cut the rose back so that it is about a foot tall or cut off the top two thirds of the plant using a.
As these shrubs send out new blooms the spent blossoms drop neatly to the ground.
As an extra bonus they re also self cleaning.
Winter is rose pruning time and the flower carpet or other ground cover type roses are some of the easiest to prune.
Unlike most roses you don t have to worry about where you re cutting along the stem or about pruning them any particular way.
However carpet rose pruning does not need to be as exact and methodical as the pruning of other types of roses.
Pruning roses can be intimidating to gardeners since cutting back beautiful growth seems counterintuitive and can be downright painful if the plant is unruly.
That plus their good manners and low growing habit makes them just the ticket for a flowery softly scented tidy hedge around a pool.