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What sort of roses are these?

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Katisha · 07/08/2023 10:44

We moved house 6 months ago and now have these roses. They are very tall, and if not held up by the dead shrub will arch over and are about 5 ft high, maybe more. They are on their second flush of flowers, although never very many. They also all have terrible black spot
When and how should I prune them? Having tried to google it all seems very technical about pruning groups but I cant name them.

What sort of roses are these?
What sort of roses are these?
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SiobhanSharpe · 07/08/2023 10:51

Actually on closer inspection i think it's Queen Elizabeth too, a shrub rose that gets very tall. You can prune it quite hard.

fuckmyuteruslining · 07/08/2023 10:59

Roses are very tough. Make it do what you need it to do

Katisha · 07/08/2023 11:06

Thank you - the ones on the dead shrub are white but otherwise similar.
So looks like I am supposed to wait till the winter to prune? And then I could chop them down quite a long way?

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Alltheusernamesaretakennow · 07/08/2023 11:20

Yes, ideally wait till Jan/Feb and then you can take it right down (I'd prune to about a foot tall, to give it a new lease of life!)

Katisha · 07/08/2023 11:30

So no fussing about new wood/old wood - just chop to a foot high everywhere?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 07/08/2023 17:02

SiobhanSharpe · 07/08/2023 10:49

It looks like a briar rose or dog rose.
They are used mostly for hedging and they might need tying in and tidying up to form an effective hedge.
I think you can prune or cut them back quite hard.
https://www.habitataid.co.uk/products/rose-sweet-briar-rose-rosa-rubiginosa

Not one of the wild roses because it has double flowers.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/08/2023 17:05

You’re right that QE has a bad habit of getting tall and leggy, but this isn’t it because the flower shape isn’t that classic shape of florists’ roses. Agree with @SiobhanSharpe that it’s a Floribunda.

Alltheusernamesaretakennow · 08/08/2023 12:16

Yes, would chop all of it to a foot tall...

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