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| My knockouts have finished their first flush of bloom and they look ugly. Should I get my hedge clippers and give them a haircut or leave alone? |
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| Well, I would certainly deadhead them just like I deadhead all my other kinds of roses. Let's face it--a brown wilted bloom just is not attractive. I don't know if a light sheering with hedge clippers would be good--I don't think it would harm, but I'm not sure it would catch all the wilted blooms. You might need a heavier sheering for that, and I would think a heavier sheering might slow down the next blooming sequence--but I do not know that for sure, so let's see what others have to say. Myself, I take out 5-6 minutes to stand there and deadhead individual wilted blooms--either with my fingers--snap!--or with my rose shears if I happen to have them on me. Then the task is done and won't need to be repeated for at least a couple months. No uglies to look at! LOL Kate |
This post was edited by dublinbay on Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 10:11
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| I deadhead mine to look better. As long as there is new growth (reddish leaves) -- I would NOT give it a haircut. It will be blooming again before you know it. |
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| It depends on if you are trying to control their size or not. If you want to keep them smaller then dead heading time is a good time to prune back deep. I've seen KOs cut in half with hedge clippers by mow and blow guys and they bounced right back and re-bloomed beautifully. |
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| I always deadhead the four knockouts I have. I do trim off the limbs that get taller then the others to shape it up. |
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