{"id":19863,"date":"2019-01-30T15:11:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19863"},"modified":"2019-01-30T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:15:05","slug":"january-rose-pruning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/january-rose-pruning\/","title":{"rendered":"January Rose Pruning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading an old book by <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/happy-gardening-with-adam-the-gardener\/\">Adam the Gardener<\/a> the Sunday Express tipster and looking at his suggestions for January.<\/p>\n<h3>Rose Pruning In January<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In January your roses should be dormant and some pruning has advantages.<\/li>\n<li>Winter pruning can therefore be done lightly leaving harder pruning to be completed in march or april when you can see how the tree is responding.<\/li>\n<li>This pruning reduces wind rock that can lead to frost getting down to the roots from loose soil.<\/li>\n<li>Start pruning by removing dead wood and growth that crosses and crowds the center.<\/li>\n<li>Standards and wispy growth should be pruned harder. Floribunda varieties need more top growth for a mass display<\/li>\n<li>Tools should be really sharp to prevent bleeding and branch damage.<\/li>\n<li>Do not prune during hard frosts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19451\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leeds-t-020-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leeds-t-020-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leeds-t-020-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leeds-t-020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/leeds-t-020-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have been astonished how many rose trees I have growing in the garden. It was only when I embarked on the January prune\/trim that they became visible and obvious.\u00c2\u00a0 The rugsa roses that I cut back in autumn were treated to a bag of horse manure to set them on their way in spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading an old book by Adam the Gardener the Sunday Express tipster and looking at his suggestions for January. Rose Pruning In January In January your roses should be dormant and some pruning has advantages. Winter pruning can therefore be done lightly leaving harder pruning to be completed in march or april when you can see how the tree is responding. This pruning reduces wind rock that can lead to frost getting down to the roots from loose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/january-rose-pruning\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19863"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19867,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19863\/revisions\/19867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}