Why your roses stop blooming in fall (FIX IT!), by Hacienda Homestead Stories on YouTube. 1 min 28 s.
- Video length
- 1 min 28 s
- Time to do it
- 10 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 7
What you need
Steps
Check the rose bush for faded flowers. Look for blooms that have lost their petals or are turning brown and dry.
Put on gardening gloves and use clean, sharp bypass pruners. Wipe the blades with rubbing alcohol before you start.
Follow the faded stem down to the first strong set of five leaflets. This is the point where new growth can push out.
Cut the stem about 1/4 inch above that five-leaflet leaf set. Make a clean cut at a slight angle.
Remove the spent bloom and any rose hips forming on the stem. Do not leave seed pods on the plant.
Repeat the same cut for every faded bloom across the bush. Check lower stems and sides you may have missed.
Collect the cuttings in a bucket and put them in garden waste. Clean your pruners when you finish.
Tips and common mistakes
Cut above a five-leaflet leaf, not above a three-leaflet leaf, to encourage stronger new shoots.
Do not leave rose hips on the plant because they tell the rose to stop flowering.
Clean your pruners between bushes to avoid spreading disease.
Check the bush every few days in autumn and remove new faded blooms promptly.
Questions
What is a five-leaflet leaf on a rose?
It is a leaf made of five small leaflets growing from one stem. Cut just above the first healthy set below the faded bloom.
Can I just pull off the old flower head?
No. Pulling can tear the stem and leave a weak point. Use pruners to make a clean cut above a leaf set.
Will deadheading stop roses forming hips?
Yes. Removing faded blooms before hips form redirects the plant's energy into new flowers instead of seed pods.
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