How to prune ballerina rose

Late winter to early spring for annual shaping. Lightly reduce the overall plant by up to one-third, cutting dead and rubbing stems back to the base. Keep the naturally arching shape — avoid hard pruning, which spoils the graceful habit. Deadhead by snipping spent flower clusters during the season if hips are not desired.

Annually (light); deadhead as desired through summer. Ballerina (a hybrid musk/polyantha type) is one of the easiest roses to maintain. It needs very little pruning — light shaping in late winter and removal of dead or crossing stems is sufficient. Deadhead through summer for continuous bloom, or stop deadheading in late August to encourage its ornamental orange-red autumn hips.

Lightly reduce the overall plant by up to one-third, cutting dead and rubbing stems back to the base. Keep the naturally arching shape — avoid hard pruning, which spoils the graceful habit. Deadhead by snipping spent flower clusters during the season if hips are not desired.