Rose Gardening : How to Prune a Knock Out Rose Bush

A Knock Out rose bush requires little pruning, but trimming it back in the early spring will promote new and healthy growth. Prune back a Knock Out rose bush by one-third with helpful information from a sustainable gardener in this free video on roses.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is a third-generation flower grower and sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Washington. She is the owner of vanveenbulbs.com and has sold flower bulbs for more than 15 years.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• gardening
• flowers
• roses
• growing
• rose
• gardens
• knock
• out
• red
• grafting
• flower

[YolandaVanveen]

It is so entertaining to me that there are thousands of videos on propagating, pruning and starting roses on youtube. Always respect patents. The videos are based on Google searches. Propagating plants with patents and selling them is illegal and I know this because I am a Master Gardener~ Thanks for watching me on youtube! You can find me on Facebook and Twitter!

[NoMoreVanilla]

I am sick of looking at my 4yo knockout roses. Pruned them in early spring as everyone recommends--it's now June and they're still just a tangle of leggy and ugly canes. Weeding around them is impossible.  I'm ready to dig them out and replace them with civilized shrubbery.

[euph0rbia]

starRN08 - just be aware that propagating patented plants such as Knockout roses is illegal - and Yolanda should know that if she's a master gardener.

[braklungdotcom]

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[starRN08]

thank you for sharing your knowledge. Can I also plant those cut branches? Will they thrive?