Garden Series: How to Winterize and Protect Your Garden TIP 6

By Catherine Boeckmann

April 7, 2025

Source: Almanac

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6. Winterize Roses

• You may water roses regularly through the fall; refrain from fertilizing starting six weeks before the usual date of your first fall frost.

• Remove any dead or diseased canes.

• After the first frost, mulch plants with compost or leaves to just above the swollen point where the stem joins the rootstock.

• In areas where winter temperatures are severe, enclose low-growing roses with a sturdy cylinder of chicken wire or mesh and fill the enclosure with chopped leaves, compost, mulch, dry wood chips, or pine needles.

• Before daily temperatures drop well below freezing, carefully pull down the long canes of climbing and tea roses, lay them flat on the ground, and cover them with pine branches or mulch.

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