🚀 go-pugleaf

Not so long ago and not so far away,
Kathleen Much <kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU> didst sayeth:
>I prune mid to late January, when they're as close to dormant as
>they're going to get. The rule of thumb is to prune before Valentine's
>Day. First bloom should begin sometime in March.

I prune the last weekend in January.  My roses almost never go dormant, and 
I'm in Livermore, Sunset zone 14.  February is too late because they are 
growing again.
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