How to prune wild edric rose

Late winter to early spring (February–March) before new growth begins. Avoid hard, uniform cutting. Instead, tip-prune overlong stems to maintain shape, cut out one or two of the oldest canes entirely at the base to encourage new shoots, and remove any dead, diseased, or rubbing wood. Do not reduce all stems by half as you would with a standard English shrub rose.

Annually (light to moderate prune in late winter). Wild Edric is a rugosa-hybrid English shrub rose reaching around 1.4 m tall and 1.8 m wide. Rugosa hybrids need lighter pruning than most shrub roses — they dislike being cut hard. In late winter, tip-prune long stems and remove a proportion of the oldest canes at the base each year to keep the plant rejuvenated and well-shaped without drastic reduction.

Avoid hard, uniform cutting. Instead, tip-prune overlong stems to maintain shape, cut out one or two of the oldest canes entirely at the base to encourage new shoots, and remove any dead, diseased, or rubbing wood. Do not reduce all stems by half as you would with a standard English shrub rose.