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  • 08-03-2019 6:26pm
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    Lucy1021
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi my Roses are growing well ahead of season with the early mild weather and now they have green fly. I am sure the current cold spell will kill them off. But should i cut back the new growth and if so how will it effect the summer flowering season.


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    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,644 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Roses are traditionally pruned "between St Brigid and St Patrick" LOL
    so you are already near the later end of that window.

    If you must shape the plant, you can prune now (or indeed at any time) but don't be too brutal; the plant uses stored energy from the roots etc to make the first growth so you may weaken it by removing all the good new work.
    That being said, roses are famously tolerant of cutting so it will survive all right.

    PS Quite right, the whitefly and greenfly need a good frost to kill them and clean up the garden.
    No need to give up hope, the weather can change again.


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