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Time to clip.
Clean the slate.
Rose hips, yesterday's roses.
Another season coming.
Make way.
Each bush a season's beauty.
Annual command performance.
The white rose gives purity.
The warmth from the yellow.
Romance belongs to the reds.
Cut the old canes
and leave the new.
Eliminate the crossovers.
Down closer to the ground.
Ready for an early spring of color
and smell.
Roses the regal flower,
saying so much to some,
so little to others.
Now is the time to prune
when memories are needed
to warm the day.
Time to think of spring
while the roses rest.
Notes
Pruning roses is a science I leave to Rose, my gardner. She is so good that many people in the community ask her to do their pruning.My roses are very old, but she has them doing as well as new roses.