It is still time to prune your bushes, but you should not delay and carry out this essential operation for their good flowering in the coming days.
In any case, you must:
1- Cut back the stems in height
2- Remove dead wood and thin out the centre
3- Add manure or a rose fertiliser to nourish the bush
However, there is a crucial difference between old roses – varieties developed before the Second World War – and modern roses.
Modern roses, with long and often repeat flowering, bloom on the wood of the year; they should be pruned every year from November to March, outside of frost periods, to three buds. Michael Lebret shows you, in a few simple steps, how to prune a modern rose:
Old roses bloom on aged wood; their flowering is shorter but very dense. They are pruned less frequently, every two to three years, at the end of winter. Michael demonstrates and comments on the pruning of an old rose:
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