My interest
in roses was born almost as a child. At home, there have always been plants in
general, but it always showed special attention to roses. I thought how it
could be possible for a lot of leaves and spikes to emerge as a flower that was
beautiful, glazed and so good in smell. Over the years, I’ve been learning
through third-party pruning or maintenance techniques in general to get them
right all year round. In the case of rose brush, the pruning period may be
slightly longer than trees, as these do not involve so much work. But you have
to must be taken into account that when the rose bush begins to show small
leaves, you can’t do anything anymore, because you endanger the flowering of
the plant. When activity is seen again when the cold has passed, it is shown
that the sap is beginning to flow again through the branches. It is therefore
advisable to prune the rose when the sap is low, is at the roots. This ensures
that it cannot be damaged in any way.
As seen above, in the photo on the left we have the rose bush and its surroundings without pruning or repairing, and on the right, it is rotten and the soil is weeded. I will explain the process I followed to make this example of white roses beautiful.
First of all, I made a quick assessment of how high I wanted to cut branches. Then, what should be done and what should finally be done away with leaves which, in the future, between this and next year’s could become a problem. Once I identified all the points to be made and all together to improve the visibility of the ground, I took out the weeds and took advantage of the profitable surface, planted some flower bulbs. Next, with the hand scissors, the small ones, I made a general hollow to improve visibility. This process is mainly to facilitate the decision in the end as to how it will remain or even to give it a specific shape. I pulled out about 50 centimeters of leftover branches. Now that it had a clear base, there only remains to dig deeper. That means paying much more attention to what is being done. Here it was a matter of looking at the rose bush above and removing branches and/or leaves that had a rise in the interior of the plant and leaving all those that had a rise outwards. It is also essential that when cutting, giving an angle to prevent water from accumulating or a frost from harming the wound. Depending on where it is located, in this case it is against a wall, it is not in the interests of leaving any branch that can grow in that direction. When I had already withdrawn everything that had to be removed from both branches and leaves, the work was done. I did that in half an hour.