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Message: [QUOTE="Galadhwen, post: 182580, member: 7894"] So I've got a couple of different rose varieties, not sure exactly what but some kind of hybrid. One of them (can't find a blooming photo right now, but flowers look a lot like the one I've attached that I found online and the bush tends toward spaced large thorns & tall growth) has repeat blooms and growth periods throughout the year. It's now early January & the other bushes (similar bloom shape but white, more compact growth) look good for pruning from what I've learned prior years... and this red bush has recently put out a batch of fresh new leaves, & actually has several closed flower buds. The last round of red blooms finished up a few weeks ago. All of the bushes have modest black spot & a touch of rust--they're prone in this area. (I treat with Daconil. Regardless of anything else, the rains have started here in the SF Bay so it's time to start treating again.) Should I go ahead and prune back even though there's new growth? Should I wait? Should I not do a major pruning for this bush, & only do modest prunings throughout the year? When I went out today with the intention of stripping the greenery from the other bushes preparatory to pruning in two weeks, I realized that one of the other bushes has both a bit of new growth and a flower bud, & one bush that is almost always dormant by now & has no new leaf growth, has one new flower bud anyway. I don't know what's going on with them all this year & what to do about it. XD Help? I ende up just stripping infected foliage til I get some input. . [ATTACH type="full" alt="Jackson-Mister-Lincoln.jpg"]60387[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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