Tree and Weeping roses are nothing more than Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, English roses and ramblers grafted upon a tall cane from a rootstock rose. They exist in different heights ranging from 50 cm to 180 cm (2 to 6 feet).
So in essence they are our favorite garden roses attached to a thick, strong cane.
Pruning these tree and Weeping roses is rather similar to their normal forms.
For English roses we always prune in February or early March. We look at the overall shape of the rose. We need to create a dome shaped wig. We shorten all canes with 1/3 and we remove dead and too weak growth. Always keep that dome shape in mind. When you've pruned your rose you also remove the leafs that didn't fall off.
For Hybrid Teas and Floribundas the shape isn't that important so we can remove 2/3 of the length. Also remove dead and weak wood and branches facing inwards. We must create light and space in the center. Also here we remove the last leafs.
Weeping roses are ramblers so we must treat them that way. We prune immediately after flowering so normally end of June. But contrary to the other roses weeping roses don't need pruning persé. You can just let them do their thing and this way they get their most natural shape.
Tree roses age much quicker than normal shrub roses and 15 years is an old tree rose. Whatever you do don't prune to short as tree roses can stop growing when they loose too much wood. Always keep 1/3 left with Hybrid Teas and Floribundas.
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