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Pruning roses is one of the most necessary and the most bothersome and difficult tasks that goes with proper rose care. It requires a steady hand and the proper procedure to achieve the best possible roses that you can.

Pruning roses is primarily the task of removing any dead or damaged pieces, and teaching the new growth to grow in the proper outward facing direction. It simply says that you are teaching to grow facing the outside of the bush or shrub. This gives your roses the optimum amount of circulating air to grow in.

The following is a list of the proper techniques to guide through the pruning process.
* Hand shears are the best tool for pruning the smaller branches about 4 ½ inches thick) Loppers are ideal for any branches that are thicker or the thickness of a pencil. This will make it easier.
* Soak your pruning shears in equal measures of water and bleach. This will help to defend your roses from insects and diseases.
* Pruning in the early spring, shortly after the snow melts is best. And you need to do it before any new growth appears. The best time would be when the buds are swollen, or red.
* You should wear a heavy pair of garden gloves to protect your hands from scratches.
* You want to remove the winter protection that you set up like mounded soil, burlap and cones.
* Your first pruning task is to cut out all the dead wood. (That means the black wood that is black inside as well as out).
* Next, you want to remove all the thinner wood, which is any stems that are thinner than a pencil.
* You need to cut any branches that cross or overlap one another because these are often diseased or highly likely to become so.
* Keep the remaining healthy branches. These are often a dark green color. Ideally you will want to make your roses fluted or vases shaped, with an open center, and stop them from touching or overlapping each other.
* Prune your healthy canes to be about one to four feet long, or whatever length that you prefer.
* Cut you roses correctly so that they remain healthy. Cut so that the bud is facing outside of the bush and at a 45 degree angle that angles inward so that you can continue to promote the outward growth.
* You should use bypass pruners that work just like scissors and not the anvil types because the anvils crush the stems and make the roses more liable to diseases.

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