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Winter Rose Care - 10 Tips To Keep Your Roses Healthy this Winter - National Garden Bureau

Winter Rose Care

Flower Gardening, Winter GardeningOctober 27, 2017gail

Rose Expert, Chris VanCleave, the Redneck Rosarian, gives 10 Winter Rose tips to keep your roses healthy through the winter season and have them ready for the next growing season…

“Fall is a great time to take stock of the gardening year behind us. What worked and what didn’t. What should be changed or should remain the same. I often make edits at this time, especially those underperforming shrubs. Here in zone 8a, my roses are beginning to wind down for the year in late October and we occasionally see blooms as late as Thanksgiving.”

Rose plant in the winter, How to care for Your Roses in Fall and Winter from National Garden Bureau
Winter Rose Care - Iced Rose Hips - National Garden Bureau

Top 10 tips for Winter Rose Care:

  1. Halt fertilizers about 6 weeks prior to 1st predicted frost in your area to protect any tender new growth from being damaged by frost and freeze.
  2. Winter winds are often harsh and can damage not only the canes of roses but will “rock” the rose bush at its roots and can cause damage. Trim roses that have grown tall by 1/3 to prevent winter wind damage.
  3. Clear garden beds of debris – especially any diseased leaves that may have fallen from your roses. This practice will help curb problems in the spring. Fungal disease will overwinter in your garden and will be there to greet you if you don’t remove it.
  4. Once the temps fall below freezing on a regular basis, you can apply a dormant spray. I use lime sulfur. It will kill fungus on contact. I spray it on the ground and on every inch of the shrub. I have found that this one thing can help you start off the year with a disease-free rose bed. Also, never place diseased rose leaves in your compost bin. They should be removed altogether from your garden’s space.
  5. Allow your roses to form hips. Hips provide color in the garden, are a good source of vitamin C for birds and like many plants that produce fruit, the formation of rose hips sends a signal to the rose to go dormant for the season.
  6. By fall, the mulch you applied in spring needs to be reapplied. I add about an additional one-inch layer to my beds. In colder climates, your roses may need additional protection. Mounding up mulch around the base of the rose will help. Throughout the year, mulch keeps weeds down and holds moisture in at the base of the plant where it’s needed.
  7. Fall is an excellent time to remove any roses that are not healthy. Roses are a resilient lot. If a particular shrub requires a lot of care, remove it. You and your garden will be happier.
  8. Check out all the new roses coming out for the next year. In zone 8a, we plant roses in fall or early spring. Excellent bargains can be found in many home and garden centers and those catalogs will be pouring in before you know it.
  9. The Rose Chat Podcast is a great way to learn about new roses for the year. Listen on the go via iTunes or Stitcher apps FREE! Listen online anytime.
  10. Join the American Rose Society. Enjoy the comradery and support of fellow rose growers plus receive the award-winning American Rose Magazine!
Finally, if you have blooms left, cut them and bring them indoors and savor these final gifts from the growing season.
Macy's Pride Rose - Easy Elegance Roses
Screaming Neon Red 2 Rose - Easy Elegance Roses
Como Park Rose - Easy Elegance Roses
Sunrise Sunset Rose-Easy Elegance Roses
Grandma's Blessing Rose - Easy Elegance Roses
Snowdrift Rose - Easy Elegance Roses

Learn more about roses at the Year of the Rose * Find more rose photos here

Written by: Chris VanCleave
The Redneck Rosarian

“This post is provided as an educational/inspirational service of the National Garden Bureau and our members. Please credit and link to National Garden Bureau and author member when using all or parts of this article.”
Winter Rose Care - National Garden Bureau
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Sandra Gillanders
November 12, 2019 11:09 pm

Thanks for the tip about lime sulphur. Going to buy some as we have frost again tonight.

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