Gardening expert shares 'one big mistake' you must avoid with your roses in July

Rose bushes are marvellous for bringing sophistication, charm, and visual appeal togardens, particularly when they're bursting with buds and blossoms.

However, for numerous gardeners, maintaining their rose plants in good health and ensuring robust flowering can prove quite tricky.

Climate conditions, insects, diseases and fungal problems can all impact a rose bush's success.

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Yet more frequently than not, the cause behind a rose bush's struggle to flower andproduce repeat blooms boils down to one straightforward and entirely manageable element of maintenance - deadheading.

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The positive aspect is that it's easy to accomplish and requires minimal time to carry out, reports the Express.

The horticultural experts at This Is My Garden highlighted that if there's "one big mistake many rose growers make" with their roses, it's failing to cut away old, deteriorating flowers promptly.

Regrettably, by allowing aged blooms to remain in position, it can "slow down" and even "stop the bush from blooming more".

Deadheading, which shouldn't be mistaken for pruning, involves the removal of withering or deceased flowers from a plant.

This practice is crucial for enhanced flowering in numerous annuals and perennials.

Meanwhile, pruning represents a type of routine plant care involving the removal of leaves and branches.

When rose flowers are permitted to linger on the shrub past their peak, it forces the plant to waste precious energy.

Energy that ought to be directed towards producing fresh blooms.

As long as aged flowers stay connected to the plant, they persist in consuming and depleting nutrients.

The shrub will keep channelling extra power to the declining bloom hoping to restore it. To remove a dying bloom "correctly" from a rose bush, cut the bloom off right below where it attaches to the main stem or branch.

This will prevent any energy the plant is expending trying to repair the old bloom.

Once that happens, the plant will then concentrate on producing new blooms.

You can also gently trim rose bushes during the summer months.

This helps maintain the plant's shape and gives it more energy for flowering by removing surplus stems and foliage.