Winter Rose Care

Rose to prune

Winter Rose Care

My main stalks in my roses look old and almost dead. Beyond giving them a generous prune in winter, what more can I do to give them some life?

From the picture provided, your rose bush looks very old and could very well be past its best!


Prune your rose by cutting off any diseased or dead wood. Remove any canes that are older than three years or on dead wood, then thin out overgrown canes or inward-growing branches. The middle of the plant needs to have good airflow so cut back any canes in the centre. After you have completed pruning, spray with copper oxychloride as a winter clean-up to ward off fungal diseases.


In spring, add Garden Time Compost around the base of all your rose bushes and fertilise with Daltons Premium Rose Fertiliser every 5-6 weeks up to mid-December. If by Christmas there has not been significant improvement in the growth and flowering of your rose, it will be time to consider replacing it with a new, young vigorous growing rose bush.

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