These roses fall into rhs pruning group 19.
Flower carpet roses pruning.
Carpet roses also known as groundcover roses feature vigorous canes that grow nearly prostrate and only have slight upward growth or mounding.
Many flower just once in summer and will bloom for years with little formal pruning.
Rose pruning ensures that plants grow vigorously and flower well each year.
They can be trimmed throughout the year to maintain shape and size and then once a year in late winter cut the bush back to rejuvenate and reinvigorate the plant.
Most groundcover roses whether shrubby or rambler types require only light pruning.
Give them a good feeding of controlled release fertiliser or something like espoma s rose food and that s all you ll need to do to get them started for another season of blooms.
Like other types of roses carpet roses require pruning to maintain a tidy form.
After pruning your flower carpet roses pull away any old dead leaves and mulch to get rid of any soil fungal infestations.
Winter is rose pruning time and the flower carpet or other ground cover type roses are some of the easiest to prune.