Organic Gardening

Olga Schifani & Amy S. Duggan, are vegan organic farmers, educators, and activists. They started the Center for Vegan Organic Education, a subscription farm on Vashon Island, Washington in 1998 and have created the Center for Vegan Organic Education, a non-profit organization to teach people to garden using vegan organic methods and to help people reconnect to their food source.

Question:

Does cutting roses harm the bush? Or do you need to trim the flowers off occasionally to keep it healthy?

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Answer:

Removal of roses is usually referred to as deadheading. By removing the spent flowers, you prevent the plant from developing a rosehip, which contains its seeds. If the plant is allowed to seed it quits bloom production and moves into trying to produce "baby roses". So if you want to continue to have beautiful roses throughout the season it is best to deadhead. Remember after clipping spent blooms to clean up the bed in order to reduce the chance of diseases.

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