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Old 06-20-2011, 02:28 PM
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Default Garden Club/Sumter County Extension

says to cut back all roses pretty severely around Feb. 14th. Guy who enters rose shows says he does his a little earlier because of the show dates, but for the general gardener, Feb. 14th is right on.

That said, my neighbor's knockout roses look better than mine (but she's there all year), and she doesn't cut hers back.