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#357646 Jun 7th, 2012 at 11:33 PM
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My largest Red Miniature rose Bush was comming along just great. I was working on having a full ball shaped bush. The last frost in this area took out one of the branches so I now have something that resembles a horseshoe when I look down at the plant.

My question is how do I shape it to help it grow back into it's ball shape? Do I hard prune back everything else until it's mostly ball shaped again and basically start over? Or is there a way to encourage interior stems to grow out into the space the dead branch left.


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Enjoy your roses this year with maybe a little tip inching where it it growing outside your 'ball'. Next early spring trim it back pretty hard to encourage the growth and shape you desire. Then hope for no frosts to mess with your labors. You can toss a blanket over it when they call for the late freezes.


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Thank you for the information. That's what I'll do then.


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