Standard roses really bring the wonderful blooms of this flower into focus. That's why standard roses are particularly suitable as solitary plants so that they can fully develop their effect. Like all roses, standard roses need to be pruned regularly to maintain their beauty. Our instructions will tell you how best to do this.
How do I cut standard roses correctly?
Prune standard roses by cutting the side shoots shorter than the central shoots, creating a round and compact crown shape. Remove crossing and weak branches and cut back thin shoots. Pay attention to hygiene and sharp cutting tools.
How to cut standard roses correctly?
Stem roses are by no means a separate class of roses that somehow need a special cut, but are simply bed or shrub roses grafted onto a trunk. For this reason, you cut rose stems exactly as you would cut the refined variety in the shape of a low rose bush.
Cutting the rose stem
Most standard roses are heavily pruned to one or two eyes between the end of March and the beginning of April, as is the case with floribunda roses; only soft-shoot varieties are thinned out. When cutting, make sure that the shape of the crown becomes round and compact. To do this, cut the side shoots a little shorter than the central shoots. Also remove the weaker part of crossing shoots and shorten weak and thin branches or cut them back to the base.
Cutting Mourning and Cascade Roses
You should not cut cascade roses at all for the first three to four years (except, of course, to remove diseased or frozen shoots in spring). The pruning is then carried out less harshly in order to preserve the trail-like growth character of the crown. To do this, leave the strong shoots that form the basic structure and only shorten the side shoots to one or two eyes. Please note that varieties that bloom more often are cut differently than those that bloom once! You basically cut the frequently blooming roses like climbing roses, the one-blooming ones are simply thinned out after flowering.
Important when cutting: Hygiene
Thorough hygiene measures can limit the spread of diseases such as rose rust and black mold. Clippings should not be composted or shredded; It is also better not to leave the leftovers on the beds. Only use clean and sharp cutting tools and disinfect the rose scissors with alcohol from time to time.
Tip
For rose stems grafted with more frequently blooming rose varieties, spent shoots should also be removed in summer to stimulate the formation of more flowers. You can prevent a break in flowering after the first flower in June with so-called tweezing, in which up to a third of the shoots with flower buds are removed.