A quick tutorial on how to remove sucker growth from roses. Suckers are the root stock growing from budded roses. They "suck" the energy from the roses and should be removed. This video helps you identify them and shows you the best way to remove them. Produced by The Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden
www.FriendsSJRosegarden.org
Thanks so much! This video answered-- and better yet SHOWED me-- all I needed to know!
heyhaney 10 months ago
Thanks for this video - I've been just cutting my back - and they keep coming back and bug me!
hkitty12344 1 year ago
The method of snapping off the sucker at the base (instead of cutting higher up) sounds like a real time-saver.
DWRead 1 year ago