ROSES NEED A SNIP

CLIMBING and rambling roses have provided a glorious early show. Some will flower again later. With non-repeaters, remove awkward or damaged limbs now. Roses which repeat benefit from heavier pruning. Where flowers have been held on large clusters, sever the spent, multi-headed stems, cutting just above a strong, outward-facing bud. That will produce a new flowering shoot to bloom in late summer.