Flower Carpet Roses Pruning

Some cultivars of carpet rose have an everblooming habit while others bloom only in spring.

Flower carpet roses pruning.

Like other types of roses carpet roses require pruning to maintain a tidy form. Most groundcover roses whether shrubby or rambler types require only light pruning. They can be trimmed throughout the year to maintain shape and size and then once a year in late winter cut the bush back to rejuvenate and reinvigorate the plant. In this horticultural how to dave of growing wisdom will tell you how to see to it that your flower carpet roses have a healthy summer and fall.

Give them a good feeding of controlled release fertiliser or something like espoma s rose food and that s all you ll need to do to get them started for another season of blooms. Many flower just once in summer and will bloom for years with little formal pruning. Winter is rose pruning time and the flower carpet or other ground cover type roses are some of the easiest to prune. Even though flower carpet roses aren t as susceptible to disease as are other rose species you ll still need to care for them to ensure that they stay healthy.

After pruning your flower carpet roses pull away any old dead leaves and mulch to get rid of any soil fungal infestations.