Deadheading Roses

I have been reading up on deadheading Roses and see things like take off at the group of 5 leaves or 3 leaves or just the head
I assume the 5 leaves is if its not a cluster of blooms

anyway - I have attached some images - where I did just take off the head - and now need to so some more

the Roses are Summer Wine & Amnesty International Climbers

I also have a bit of red coloured wood on AI Rose at the bottom, not sure if i should cut that away or leave

 

If the flowers are single as in a Hybrid Tea rose then you will be able to cut back to five leaves but that isn't totally necessary, three leaves would be okay. If the rose has multiple flower heads as with Floribunda's you can snip each one separately just underneath. When all the flowers on the stem have died then that stem can be pruned off down to the next set of leaves.

That looks like a dying stem which should be removed where it meets the main stem.

 

Thanks for the reply - not sure what type of climber i have, if its a Hybrid Tea or a Floribunda , i thought reading here that climbers where a group on their own. The Seven Groups Of Roses

 

It won't be a Hybrid Tea or a Floribunda as they are shrub roses. I was using those an example for the way your climber should be pruned.

@wiseowl is GC's respected resident Rosarian with a life time of experience and may want to add more to what I have said.

 

OK, thanks so much for taking the time for the follow-up
I think i follow, sorry I'm very new to all this gardening and particularly roses.
- If its a Single flower on a stem, then i can go back 3 or 5 leaves.
- If it has multiple heads on a stem , then just under the head , not back to where the group starts or where the next head stem is , but just under the head leaving maybe 1 leaf or stalk

So in my case pictures above, i have cut wrong.
- In the first picture - The AI Rose - with a red ring, I should have cut back 3 or 5 leaves?
- In the second Picture - The SW Rose - Should i go back to where it joins the stem or just under the head? , leaving the stem.

 

Hmmm... sounds like we have been doing it wrong for all these years, but they still keep on flowering well

Lets see what uncle @wiseowl has to say....

 

No need to apologise, even those of us with experience started as novices.

Yes, preferably 5 but some stems may not have 5, so cutting back to 3 is not a problem.

Yes, prune the head off just underneath. This is done when there are still other flowers alive in the cluster. If or when all the flowers are dead the stem can be pruned down to the next set of leaves. If you think the remaining cluster looks scruffy there is no reason why you shouldn't prune it off.

Don't worry if you think you've made a mistake pruning, roses are tough and will create new growth easily.

When dead heading shrub roses in particular, prune the stem back to the next set of 5 or 3 leaves that are facing away from the centre of the rose. The new shoot that grows from that cut will grow in the same direction. Roses need air circulation to stave off disease.

 

Thanks for all the advice , happy to know i cant kill them or stop them blooming.

Thanks @Sheal, I had read about cutting to the bud facing out , and to keep the middle clear, on some of the youtube channels i followed.

Interesting @wiseowl you deadhead as the petals start to fall , i was waiting till they all came off , but I had thought as the head was dead/dying it might be better to cut then

all good to know , thanks every one

 

Thanks again
Interesting looking at the Zones - I'm in Zone 9A
Spent a lot of my my time in Kent 30+ years, before moving out in 1991 after

 

You're welcome.

Yes, it does seem strange that you and I have the same zone considering we're both at each end of mainland Britain. The Highland area of Scotland is quite variable in its climate pattern.