Gardeners' World: Monty Don advises on house plant care
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Gardeners’ World lead host Monty Don has shared which jobs keen gardeners can do in February ready for spring. On his blog, Monty said there are “three considerations” gardeners need to think about when they’re pruning their roses this month.
Hybrid teas, floribunda and Hybrid perpetuals
Monty said these roses flower on the current season’s wood which means they need to be “pounced hard” every spring.
Gardeners need to remove all the weak, damaged and crossing stems first.
Next, all the remaining stems need to form an “open bowl of stubby branches”.
Monty added: “Don’t worry too much about outward sloping cuts but do always cut just above a bud.
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“Remember to cut the weakest growth hardest.”
Shrub roses
The gardening expert shared a “very effective” method for pruning shrub roses.
Monty said these plants need “very little” pruning and just need a “once-over with a hedge trimmer”.
He said: “I prune mine in winter and early spring by removing exceptionally long growth, damaged or crossing branches and then leave alone.
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“There is a strong case for doing this in late summer or early autumn.”
Climbing Roses
Monty said climbing roses can be subdivided into two groups.
1. True climbers
Monty said these roses have “single, large flowers” that bloom from early summer to autumn.
Some of these varieties include “New Dawn” “Albertine” and “Dorothy Perkins”.
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True climbers need to be pruned in autumn or winter.
When pruning gardeners should try and keep a framework of long stems trained laterally with side branches breaking from them.
Monty added: “These side branches will carry the flowers on new growth produced in Spring.
“Ideally a third of the plant is removed each year – the oldest, woodiest stems -so that it is constantly renewing itself.”
2. Ramblers
Varieties of ramblers include “Bobbie James”, “Rambling Rector”, “Paul’s Himalayan Musk” and “Wickwar”.
They bloom in mid summer with small delicate clusters of flowers.
Monty said these roses need “little pruning” but should be “trained and trimmed” immediately after flowering.
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