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How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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jannabeen z5 US/z6 Canada (
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Fri, Jun 15, 12 at 7:28
| I have a Pavement rose that is tall and leggy. It was in the back forty and I moved it a year ago to give it more light. I was hoping it would fill in, but it grows ever taller instead. Could I lop it to about 1', down to its ugly bare legs? I really want a pavement-level rose, not the sprawling monster it has become. |
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RE: How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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RE: How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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| Yes, you can prune it quite hard. However, you'll have to do it again in a few years. Contrary to the name, Pavement roses are not particularly small. All of them I've seen in person have been taller than I am, and I am not a midget. |
RE: How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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| They do get bushy - eventually. It will take a few years. Meanwhile you will need to keep pruning it back to maintain an acceptable height. If you have just transplanted it, I won't prune it just now - allow the root system to get established. Come fall prune a third of the tallest canes to about a third of the desired height, then another third next fall, etc. but don't expect that it will be short like close to the ground. The best examples I have seen is in a retail square in our area - they are kept at about 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall. |
RE: How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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- Posted by simcan z5b/Toronto (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 15, 12 at 9:49
| I have a purple pavement rugosa, and had to cut it (literally) to the ground this Spring. I figured it was 50/50 to return but is already a lush (and dense) three foot bush, and flowering heavily. I would wait until next early Spring, while it is still dormant, and cut it right back. I would say you can probably get away with that and it will be a full renewal. |
RE: How radically can one prune a rugosa?
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| Me too! Mt Purple Pavement aka Rotesmeer has been pruned hard as well as transplanted. There is a new plant growing from the remaining roots in each of its former homes (you can't prune any harder than that!). I also find that the suckers are easily transplanted. The plants in full sun are always bushy and about 6' tall. |
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