I am new to gardening. When the rose petals are turning brown on the ends, do I just pull the blooms off?

Question

I am new to gardening. When the rose petals are turning brown on the ends, do I just pull the blooms off?

Answer 1

If you leave then they will start to produce

seed thus taking nourishment from the bush.

Remove them,this is called dead heading.

Answer 2

you will find that the flower petals start to drop of the plant as well as going brown. this means the plant is ready to set the seed as part of its life cycle.

the way to counter this is to dead head as it is called. follow the flower head back to the leaf bud where the flower shoot came from and cut there.if the rose is one of several buds then cut where it doesnt affect any other bud. this will create the impression to the plant that it needs to create another flower bud to form the seed again. continue to do this and you will with roses get them to continue blooming throughout the summer.

my roses started blooming in may and are still sending buds out and will continue right into october and november (weather permitting).

roses are a wonderful flower to have in the garden so work it right and get as much out of the plant as possible.

Answer 3

Actually you should not pull them off but rather have a good pair of pruning shears and cut them off.  They should always be removed from the plant and it's called "DeadHeading"

Below link is a pictorial guide to how and how not to prune your roses

http://www.weekendgardener.net/how-to/pr...

Deadheading a plant (removing the wilted and faded flowers) will also prevent the formation of seeds from those flowers.

http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/Deadhead...

Answer 4

Yes,

Dead-Heading

Dead-heading is the removal of faded flowers before they can develop seed. Dead-heading is a form of summer or day-to-day pruning. The standard recommendation is to cut the flower stem back to an outward-facing bud above a five-leaflet or seven-leaflet leaf.

Note: This involves removing the entire flower head, not only the petals.  If you were to commence this practice early in the flowering season it will help to extend the flowering season of your roses.  

The purpose of the flower, from the roses point of view, is to set seed which is contained in the hips.  Once this seed is set the plant has done its job. By removing the spent flower heads as above you delay the process, causing the plant to produce more flowers.

This technique can be applied to most other species.

Dead headed in summer pruning technique



This "rule" applies best to plants that are vigorous. If the plant is weak or small, you may not want to cut off as much material. Each time you remove this much wood you are removing a lot of the food-making ability of the plant. This method works well for most recurrent-blooming types of roses. With rugosa and other shrub roses where hips are a part of the display, you may not want to prune off the old flowers. In this case, simply clean the spent blooms away with your hand, leaving the hips. Flowers should not be cut after October 1 to allow the plant to begin hardening off for the winter. Dead-heading is also a good way to lessen the likelihood of diseases such a botrytis from becoming a problem.

Answer 5

yes