Green caterpillar on rose leaf

Good morning @Mike Allen no offence has been taken we must agree to disagree

This is only how Woo does and his deadheading and the reason is that the appearance of a Rose bush with many dead and shriveled blooms left on it wouldn't look very nice and if wet dead they could spread disease etc.There are lots of professional and amateur Rosarians who follow me and I know some who would follow you its a personal choice


For multi-flowered roses or clusters, I take off each flower from the cluster as its petals begin to fall, snipping with secateurs or pinching it out. This will keep the plant looking good while the rest of the buds open. Once all the flowers in a cluster have finished, remove the whole stem.

When deadheading roses with single-flowers and any stems of multi-flowered types that have carried only one bloom, snip off the flowerhead and around 15cm of stem, cutting just above a strong, healthy leaf. Your next flower shoot will arise from that leaf joint.