My climbing roses are still flowering too BN! It's all this mild weather!
Most shrubs can be cut down once the sap has stopped rising, which should be any time now, but the mild weather is prolonging the growing season this year. If you cut back whilst sap is rising, they'll make new growth, which isn't really what you want as growth will be weak at the end of the growing season.
I sometimes prune my roses in February if the weather is mild and I can see the start of strong new growth, that way they get a good early start. A common mistake with pruning any tree or shrub, is not pruning hard enough!
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06 November 2011 10:04:43
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