How to Prune a Royal Sunset Climbing Rose
Royal Sunset roses are fragrant climbing roses with apricot-colored flowers. This variety of rose is moderately hardy and disease resistant. It thrives in sunny locations. Climbing roses do not need as much pruning as rose bushes, but they do need to be trained to a supportive fence or trellis. Prune your Royal Sunset roses in early spring to encourage larger flowers and orderly canes later in the summer. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Choose the healthiest four to six canes for each plant and remove the rest. Healthy canes will be thick and fairly straight. Wear thick gardening gloves to avoid poking yourself with thorns, and use sharp gardening shears for pruning. Eliminate extra canes by cutting the cane near the ground and removing it from the garden.
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Prune the tips of the remaining canes so the plant does not overgrow its trellis. Do not remove too much from the tips of Royal Sunset roses; prune just enough to keep the plant a manageable size. Make all your cuts at a 45-degree angle so water does not collect on the pruned surface.
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Find any shoots growing horizontally off the main canes. Prune these shoots back to the second growth bud, about 3 inches from the main cane.
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Throw away any pruning debris. Dead canes or leaves will get moldy if you leave them in the garden; this can damage your roses.
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Tips & Warnings
Limit pruning of plants that are less than three years old. It takes several years for your roses to get established and grow to their desired size, and pruning during this time period will only slow that process down. Instead of pruning, focus on training your young rose plants.
