The Santana, which is one of the more frequently flowering climbing rose varieties, is one of the most beautiful roses ever with its very branched growth and beautiful, strong red flowers. It is also considered robust and quite insensitive to various diseases - perfect for using it to create colorful accents in the garden. However, Santana should be cut back regularly to ensure that the flowers last as long as possible.
How to prune the Santana climbing rose?
Pruning the climbing rose Santana: In late winter or early spring, before budding, shorten or remove the old and bare side shoots, water shoots and weak shoots. Thin out dead wood, damaged shoots and shoots that grow too densely. Remove dead flowers regularly to stimulate new flower formation.
Intense flowering from June to October
The Santana climbing rose stands out: between June and October, this representative of the rose family shows its fiery red, very double flowers, which are found in great abundance on the long shoots. Like all varieties that bloom more often, this one develops its flowers on the two-year-old shoots, which is why heavy pruning should be avoided if possible. However, not cutting at all is not possible, because a lack of care leads to the rose bush becoming old and thus becoming bald - as a result, the flowers become fewer and fewer and eventually stop altogether.
Cut back the frequent blooming climbing rose Santana in spring
The right time to prune more frequently blooming rose varieties is late winter or early spring, when the plant has not yet sprouted. You can tell when the time is right (preferably between mid-January and the end of March) for such a measure when the buds thicken - if this is the case, you should use scissors. However, later pruning should be avoided, otherwise the plant could suffer shock and no further sprouting could occur. The pruning follows this pattern:
- old, bare side shoots can be cut back to the base
- Water shoots without flowers as well
- weak shoots can be shortened except for the first two to three eyes
- Alternatively, these can also be removed completely
- Dead wood and damaged shoots are completely removed
- crossed or too densely growing shoots should also be thinned out
You should also regularly remove dead flowers to encourage the climbing rose Santana to produce new flowers.
Pruning when young ensures strong branching
The shoots of freshly planted or younger climbing roses of the Santana variety should also be cut back every year to two to three eyes in order to stimulate branching. In contrast to other climbing roses, this variety branches very well even in the lower area and, with appropriate pruning, forms a very dense growth when it is young.
Tip
The climbing rose Santana is particularly suitable for greening house walls, garden fences and scaffolding. It harmonizes particularly well in combination with yellow or white clematis.
