rose pruning

I have 100s of roses to prune, this year I am starting with all the roses not in the rose garden first. This is the arch leading into the kitchen garden, surrounded by a hedge of red simplicity roses.

I must confess I detest pruning the simplicity roses, so many offshoots!

Heading into the backyard I next start pruning the white simplicity roses...

To go from four feet to two is shocking!

One more simplicity hedge to prune, which I dread striping away this still blooming white wonderland heading to the pool and spa.

While I am busy pruning roses, the deer are ravaging my citrus trees as they sharpen their antlers by rubbing on the bark and striping the tree of leaves.