Rose pruning

[whataboutbob]

I have an old fashioned bush rose which I did prune straight after flowering last summer. How ever it has since thrown up long wispy growth. Can I re prune now, or should I wait till all risk of frost has passed. I’m in London. Thank you.

Now is the time you should be pruning shrub roses so no need to wait until the last frost.
This time of year you can also peg roses. If you want to increase the bushyness and number of flowers produced by the rose. You do this by taking the long fresh shots and arching them back down to the ground. Then either tie to the base of the plant or ground. This is a great way to increase the flowers as along the horizontal all the little bud eyes will produce laterals which will produce a flower bud

Cantspell that’s fascinating. So if I peg, and get more buds ( sounds good!) when do I release the pegged branches? Once they have produced new laterals?

You don’t release the branch. It will grow in an arch and give you more buds.
paulzimmermanroses.com/gardening/training-roses/pegging-roses/
Is a good article on how to peg and how it increases the flower buds.

Wow thank you cantspell. My lousy broadband cut out before mr Zimmerman really got going, but I have pegged 6 shoots back onto the bush and look forward to seeing how it changes things come June. Thank you again.