How to Prepare Roses for Winter
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
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If you're looking to prepare roses for winter, don't kill them with kindness! Late season tidying, fertilizing, and deep overwinter mulching can actually put your plants at greater risk for winter damage.
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wow, I don't think I have ever heard such a precise, intelligent and non-confusing message as this on roses. I live in NH, our winters are pretty nasty, lots of snow, ice, wind. I was going to cut mine back, lay them down and mulch over. Now, the 2 bushes I have are not super exotic, I bought one at a grocery store and another at HD. So yeah, they aren't pedigree of any stretch of the imagination. But these suckers bloomed beautifully all summer and I would like them back next year. So thank you for such common sense, and it did make sense to me, especially your analogy about the frost bite. Great video!
Loved the GOT analogy and the idea that some roses have no common sense - both made me laugh. Great video, thanks, Jason.
Fantastic advice, thank you very much. Was debating how best to save my grandmother’s old rose bush this winter, this helps a lot. Cheers!
hi there! thank you for all your clear information. all very helpful for me as a hobby farmer living in norway. wishing you all the best!
I really enjoy all your videos. Keep them coming!
Boy oh boy -overwintering instructions sure change over the decades. I took the master gardenting course at Van Duesen Gardens about a decade ago, and had a lot of contact with amature and seasoned
rose growers in the Lower Mainland. We recommended trimming to prevent damage from "wind rock" and mulching with good garden soil to protect the roots. My roses have always been spectacular. However, as I get older and less agile, I like your suggestion of doing nothing, and seeing what the spring brings. Fingers crossed!!!
So, how was this new method then Susan? Update please. x
Great information from a true professional. Many thanks!
Last winter was very harsh for roses in Ontario. Many roses have died. I didn’t prune mine till the spring. Maybe it’s the reason they survived. Thanks for the tips. I will be better prepared for the coming winter!
Thank you Jason
Once again great instructions 👍👌
Patricia
Thanks! Very helpful information.
Love the GOT analogy!
New rose mom. Love all your videos. My hybrid tea is loving the cold weather. I feed them thought Sept. not knowing any better. I'm getting a lot of new growth and buds. Some of the buds have not opened after a recent frost. I won't blame my roses for their behavior. This rose mom doesn't have much common sense 😁 I'll keep trying to learn how to best care for them.
I wish I'd seen this video last fall before I cut down/pruned my rose bushes that I'd just planted in the spring just before. I lost maybe 30% of the bushes that I planted, which wasn't a lot. Still some of them were very beautiful and prolific roses. Thanks for this!
Soo important.?thank you for your sound advice🤔
Thanks again!
Awesome as usual. Some of Jason's comments crack me up.
Thanks so much !
Wow! Thanks! Perfect. I would have done everything all wrong!! My 🌹💓 you! Many do!!
What a great video! I was just about to prune my roses for winter and am so glad I didn’t! I’m looking forward to spring and summer blooms!
Thanks Emily. Happy gardening!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm my mom just gifted me her climbing rose from grandma that she had, it's Oct 11 2021 here shld I prune and winter ready it now or wait?
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm also 1 last thing someone told mom to only put leaves on it...
Great advice. ThanQ. 💞
I created a rose bush just by putting a rose into a new pot/soil. And I did NOT take the root ball across! 🤣 As I didn’t know what they were at the time. 🤷♀️
And I’ve easily cured black spot.
So, I can see how hardy roses are.
ThanQ so much. Won’t mulch on your advice.
Great advice. I am caring for a flower bed with a lot of rose bushes of different varieties that have done really well this year. I live in Medicine Hat Alberta so we get chinooks and then colder weather. Is there anything else I should do? If not I will just leave them be till next spring!
Good interesting video
Thanks dear, I’m in Las Vegas. I gave up on roses 2 years ago but now I’m trying again. Your information is very helpful. I think I fried my roses because of the heat so this year I put my roses in big pots on the east side of my house
They'll appreciate the afternoon shade, I'm sure. Best luck!
Thank you dear I’ll be watching your videos
Hurra! I don't need to do my usual winter cutting. I just hurted by back and this will gime me some extra time for rest.
I love this lazy vidio, keep up your good work, I mean laziness. You have my full support, at least until my back recovers.🙂
Thank you so much for the very interesting information and thank you so much for the beautiful video I have bought a rose from the shop it had rose buds when I bought it and the weather was warmer but since the last few days and nights the weather changes and for very cold like today now the rise buds just wilted and dropped off the tree still don't know why but the rise tree us looking still fine and growing more rose leaves on its branch stems thank you so much @ Fraser Valley Rose Farm👍👍😀😀🌹🌹❤️❤️
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Ah. Found information regarding the winter :)
Helpful video - thank you from Toronto
Thanks. I miss Toronto - except for the humidity! Happy gardening.
I live in finland. I have a glass glazed balcony that I insulate with bubble wrap every winter but my roses always get some damage and dead canes every year. Would frost cloth even help? The roses are mini roses in 30in pots. They aren't dead but I think I could help them more. Winters are -20C and no sunlight.
I live in mid Maine. I pruned them, and then mounded them with compost. They grew and were great thus Summer, was I just lucky? Thank you always for such clear advice
Thanks Janet. I won't argue with success! I might advise changing over to something like deciduous leaves or evergreen boughs to protect the crowns (just because the compost could end up holding moisture) but if it worked in your garden, that's a win.
Great vid. Great info. Thanx! I have grandiflora Roses in pots.. guess I need to bring them in during winter. Not pruning, nor fertilizing..is humidity and sun going to be an issue with these? Thank you?
I do manage my potted roses differently than those in the landscape if I'm bringing them in. That is, I do some winter pruning/cleanup if I'll be protecting them in my greenhouse - at the very least to take off spent flowers and dead or diseased branches. I keep them a bit on the dry side generally (to avoid rot, etc.) but don't let them go into a very cold spell without some moisture in the pot. As for sunny warm days, I do try to keep my greenhouse well-ventilated during sunny weather - to keep the temperature more constant. Hope this helps!
I live in Zone 6 outside Boston right on the beach. I have some David Austin roses, 2 Zephys, a Sky's the Limit, and some floribundas. Might I pile regular dirt around the crown, put fir boughs on top, and then make sure the climbers are securely tied to their trellises? Would that be sufficient? Love your videos which are narrated well and super interesting. Thanks!
Thanks Ernie. That sounds like a reasonable plan to protect from winter weather.
Thank you Jason, I have an over abundance of late (Sept. 18th) blooming roses on all my plants. I live in zone 5b, is it your advise not to cut them for making bouquets this late. I understand about the pruning, which I do not do, but cutting the blooms, I don't know whether I would be encouraging new growth. I planted new 2 yr. old plants this past spring, and they did super this year, so I don't want to lose them over winter. Thank you for your advice.
I wouldn't stress too much about it - a little cutting for bouquets probably won't be enough to tip the plants into a new flush of growth, particularly if you've laid of fertilizer. Days are getting shorter and nights cooler, so I'd hope your roses will get the clue either way!
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I live in northern Connecticut. I have a few low rose bushes in my new home which were not pruned at all. It’s already year end and we had snows. Sounds like I’m better off to trim in spring?
That's what I'd do - wait till spring, and then trim them after the risk of heavy freezing.
I'm in Pittsburgh and I have two healthy climbing roses planted in containers on my terrace. How do I prepare them for the winter?
With roses in containers you may have the option of moving them to some shelter - I guess that also depends on how large the plants are. If they're hardy to zone 6 you really don't have to do too much.
Do you recommend planting the bud union of new roses one to three inches below ground if you are in zones 5 - 6b, Western New York?
That's what I hear from those in the area - and I suspect they know best
Hi Jayson, what would you recommend for the zone 5 in Ontario, for the winter protection with the mulch? It can get to the minus 20 C. Thank you in advance.
Depends on the rose. If the rose is rated as winter hardy to zone 5 (or lower), you may need little or no protection - especially if yo get snow cover.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you so much for the answer.
Is it ok to rake fallen leaves in autumn around the base of the roses and leave them over winter? I was a landscaper and had some old school guys I worked with say that it can help keep them insulated and keep snow and ice from the rose base to prevent frost crack or other damage. Thank you! Love all your videos so far btw!
Thanks so much. Yes, a classic approach is to either hill up soil or mound fallen leaves against the crown. I'd only do it if the hardiness is marginal to the climate though - mounding foliage carries some risk of trapping moisture/rot, and that risk isn't worth it if the rose is plenty hardy.
Hi Jason- Enjoy your videos immensely. I overwintered my Floribundas in my garage without Fall pruning. They broke dormancy and grew over 10 feet tall and started to bud tiny buds. Do I cut them down like you do? It it really okay to cut-off all that growth in the Spring? (I think I kept them alive and they never truly went dormant?) I left some roses outside for the winter and they survived, but they now have witches broom mites, from what I can deduce. Should I spray all my roses with anti-mite spray to be safe? Thank you in advance.
I think you're quite safe to do a spring prune to bring them down to size - lots of time to recover now. If you're seeing Rose Rosette Disease for certain, I don't think there's any way to save the plants. You might be able to wipe out the mites, but the virus has already been passed. The miticide may have some protective value for the remaining roses tho.
I live in Minnesota and I just planted zone 3 and zone 4 roses. High voltage, Winnipeg parks and sunrise sunset suited for harsh winter hardiness. Should I prune, mulch/topsoil the bottom covered with chicken wire or just leave it as it is? I have no experience on rose plants. So please suggest. Thanks much!
Thank you once again. VERY useful advice. Last year I tried to protect my fall planted 2 quart David Austin roses - I bought 10 and put them in in September. I covered them for the winter with a thin layer of translucent "fleece" that I've seen Charles Dowding use (British "No Dig").
9 out of 10 survived, one died - the Desdemona.
Next time I plan to get fall planted bare root roses - my impression is that they do better.
I feared piling mulch (or dirt?) on the plants would cause rot. You've just confirmed my suspicion.
Last week (June 2020) I bought a Don Juan climber in a 3 gallon container.
Its rated as a zone 6 or better plant - I thought I'd plant it now in mid June and try to get it through our Zone 5 winter here in upper NY state.
I wonder if the reason the Don Juan is a Zone 6 is exactly that "no common sense" aspect you were talking about.
I thought I would try covering the Don Juan with the thin fleece like I did last year to the 10 I fall planted.
Pros: allows air filtration. MAYBE moderates the wind drying and pressure. MAYBE decreases the wind chill a little.
What are your thoughts on the thin fleece?
Thanks for your great advice, I'm a fan!!!!!
Yours Jennie
Thanks Jennie. I do think there's value in the thin crop covers if applied at the right time (preferably once the plants are fully dormant). Anything to cut down on the drying effects of very cold temps and wind will be a benefit.
If I don't winterize my hybrid tea roses in Indiana zone 6 I would loose most to winter kill. I guess maybe your climate is warmer, and/or the type of roses. Thanks
Hi John - you're 100% right, I only leave my roses uncovered because they're fully hardy in my climate (zone 8)
Question: This is the first year I am growing roses for my nursery (Oso Easy) and the wholesaler told me to overwinter them in my polyhouse. The problem is we have had a very mild winter so far, so they don't want to go dormant. It is late December and the roses are still budding and blooming. Very cold below freezing weather will be here next week and I'm not sure if I should let them get cold to kill the buds and encourage dormancy, or if I should keep them warm (above freezing) to protect the buds, since I want them blooming by mother's day (in early May). Any advice?
I would think that any buds on the plants now would be long blown before Mother's Day. If it were me, I'd try to hold them relatively cool (ideal temps just above or just below freezing) and semi dormant through January and February, then give them a cleanup and start warming them up in early March for a fresh flush of growth.
What should those of us do who are in Zone 3 and colder climates who get -45C in the winter?
Some of the Canadian bred roses are actually rated down to zone 3 on their own roots, and if it's something less hardy that you'd like to grow, then you'd have to offer additional protection.
I live in Edmonton.do I need to cover it up with something.
Depends on the variety. Some are extremely hardy. In your area, check the rose garden (and volunteers) with St. Albert Botanic Park - they sure know how to overwinter in Edmonton
Do you water your roses at all during the winter season? And is that different if your rose is in a pot? My winter sonetimes goes to about -20 celcius so I don't want to risk freezing the rose to death by watering it if I don't have to.
I don't water outdoors during winter. For plants in containers, it depends on where I'm storing them. An unheated greenhouse like mine can still trap some warmth on sunny winter days, so I have to check the plants more frequently for watering. In a shed or unheated garage, I'd check less frequently.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Perfect! Thank you!
I have a question, my rose bush isn’t in ground , it’s in a planter, and like your bush that doesn’t know it’s time to sleep, mine is still blooming as well. I really love her colors! What can I do to protect her? Her pot is about 14” tall about 12” wide. I bought her late in August, she was half dead. I live in Maryland. I was going to try and cover her with light plastic but she’s gotten large! Thank you for any help you can give.
Hi Kathleen. That's a decent size planter. I'd recommend you tuck the pot into a somewhat sheltered location, and remove spent blooms and foliage when it finally goes dormant for winter. It doesn't have to be a greenhouse, but somewhere sheltered from the worst of the winter winds (if that's a problem in your area).
One more question, what about moisture?
Thank you!
If you're able to control the moisture, I usually recommend keeping potted roses a bit on the dry side - but if you're expecting very cold weather, maybe top up the moisture a bit. Roses can desiccate easily with extreme cold and especially wind.
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Thank you for the winterizing tips. From what I can tell, you basically do nothing from August on. Is that right? You don’t prune out cross branches?
I take a bit of liberty on pruning: if the crossing branches will cause more damage as they rub with wind movement over winter, I remove them. If the canes are super tall and can't be secured, I remove them. If there's dead wood, that can be removed any time. I do wait for spring if I'm doing heavy structural pruning though.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you. What do you mean by "can't be secured"? Did I miss that in the video? What is done to secure the bush?
I don't think I demonstrated it in this video, but it's just like it sounds - long stems can be tied to supports to keep them from whipping around in the wind. I often tie my climbers down more horizontally to keep the stems safe and to increase flowering, as I do in this clip: czcams.com/video/qNPJrTaR1Nw/video.html
Are there any videos on what to do after winter? I have a row of shrub roses, which came with the house. They were about 4 feet high. Here in the Okanogan valley, we had two heavy snowfalls and drifting snow which piled up on top of the roses. The snow has melted and the shrubs are flattened. I don't think they are going to spring back up. One plant looks like it will almost need everything pruned. Is that going to kill them? They are elderly and seem to be quite tough.
No big rush, but yes, you'd usually do a spring pruning - any damaged stems would be removed at that time. Vigorous established shrubs will generally bounce back into new growth even after a tough winter and heavy pruning.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thanks for answering. They are old bushes and it looks like I'll be cutting them down leaving only a bit of stem. That's how flattened they are. Sigh.....Lots of other damaged plants to deal with also. It was/is a hard winter.
So since I’m in NE Florida I don’t have to cover my roses when the frost hits?😊
I doubt you'll see very threatening temperatures for roses even in NE Florida. I'm in zone 8 and don't cover my roses with (relatively) good results.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm ok I’m in NW not E but in zone 9 and that makes me happy because I have like 15 roses and I’m just a nervous gardener I do it by trail and error, lol
Hi I live in Saskatoon Canada and I have a rose in its pot , were I live I can’t plant in the ground how do I winterized my rose
Hi Fran. What do you have for sheltered locations? Garage? Or shed maybe?
Fraser Valley Rose Farm all I have is my basement but it’s heated don’t know how well heated just moved in one month ago
That might be my choice then (if you have the space). Your rose won't need a lot of heat - mainly just shelter from deep cold and drying wind. Clean up/remove foliage before it goes in, and manage with low soil moisture. Best of luck!
In Manitoba we mulch with fallen oak leaves in the fall.They remain dry throughout the winter and therefore protect the crown .from -40 winter temps.
Thanks. I'll happily take my overwintering tips from a Manitoban.
Winter Care: It's an own root, so should be planted deeper. If tips freeze off, the rose will sprout again from under ground and repeat. Just purchased 5 rose and here is the winter care description, one thing puzzles me "it's an own root"? This is a shrub rose 4 to 5 feet tall for zones 4 - 10 and I'm in zone 4B and in the family Rosa various.
Own root on roses means the rose was not grafted on to stronger roots from another rose, so if the rose fully dies, it wont come back as a wild rose or some other type you did not want. I had one of my climbing roses die back fully, and it was a grafted root, and now it looks almost exactly like a wild rose, still climbs but it seems to have completely reverted.
What do you know about the roses that are suppose to bloom up to 15 below
Sorry, I don't know about any rose that blooms in that type of cold
I love roses but my roses die after winter...i planted 2 Italian ice rose shrubs last spring but now i see its completely black and cracked branches...
Sorry to hear it!
What zone are you at？
We're in zone 8, so fairly mild.
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