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How do you prune miniatures?

Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

11 years ago

Don't get me wrong I'm not pruning yet. While out today I happened to notice that Little Chap is almost tip hardy. So do you leave that little twiggy growth on or prune off and leave just the strongest stems. After all these years pruning can still drive me crazy. I think you'd prune out the small twiggy growth but thought I'd check

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steve_gw
11 years ago
Same as pruning the big ones, twiggy growth is relative regardless of the variety. The mini twiggy growth would be smaller than the best canes.
Remove dead wood and prune to leave the center of the bush open as you
would a larger rose.
Patty W. zone 5a Illinois thanked steve_gw
Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you Steve, thats what I thought.
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