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This page contains rose Pruning Basics you'll need for many of the different types and forms of roses.

(From that guy they call The Garden Helper)

Wow that tropicana rose is gorgeous. Thanks for the pruning information.

I'm probably being a dim bulb on this one but I have some observations.

About pruning roses it seems like most of the rose bushes I've seen are scraggly. Is this because most people don't do it right? Or is this part of the nature of roses? Or are these long stem roses that are in cutting gardens and I just don't realize it?

Here is the thing. I love miniature roses. I have two reds, one multi-colored red pink and white, and one peach, I hope to get a yellow one when finances permit. I don't want to cut them for floral displays I want to watch them bloom on the bush. So I would like a nice roundish bush very full. Is it possible or am I barking up the wrong tree so to speak?