When do you start trimming roses?

[blueice2535]

I'm from Illinois and we just had a very harsh winter where it got below zero almost everyday. They canes on the roses are just starting to turn green and getting leaves but very slowly. My question is do I cut them all the way down to the green, leave the stems as is or cut them but leave a little brown?

 

[gata montes]

Hi blueice2535 - in answer to your question - you will need to remove all the wood that is brown as well as any weak spindly shoots and in order to help you I have included a link from our Roses Forum - which contains all the information that you need on - when and how to prune roses - as well as all the different types of pruning and how to do it.


https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/best-time-to-prune.1875/

However - if after reading through it you have any further queries - please feel free to ask