It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Please follow as a favorite shrub rose, Belinda’s Dream, is pruned.
![Start pruning by removing dead and diseased wood. Next remove crossing or rubbing branches, unproductive old growth and weak spindly growth](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/files/2015/03/BD-pruning-DURING.jpg)
Start pruning by removing dead and diseased wood. Next remove crossing or rubbing branches, unproductive old growth and weak spindly growth
![Shorten remaining growth by about half and look ! Your rose is pruned and ready to bear large flowers on long stems for another season !](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/files/2015/03/BD-pruning-AFTER.jpg)
Shorten remaining growth by about half and look ! Your rose is pruned and ready to bear large flowers on long stems for another season !
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