HERB - Grapes and roses

[sunshinegirl]

I don't know about the grapes, but when I was in Caid, -southern
California, a friend who grew roses told me that I could prune it pretty
much anytime of the year.  His suggestion to me was to prune whenever I cut
back a dying flower.  Basically, if I cut a flower for table, I would just
cut the stem a little bit longer than needed, and then trim.  Same thing if
I was cutting dying roses - I just cut them back a little more than needed
to just trim the dead flowers.  Whenever I remembered to do that, it
bloomed much more than if I didn't.  The one thing he said to always do was
to trim just above a leaf stalk.

Melandra of the Woods, who wishes she had a shoot of that rose bush in AR -
it was beautiful, big, and smelt great.

> From: RAISYA at aol.com
> 
> I had a couple of friends out last weekend, and they confirmed that we do
have
> several grape vines and a couple of bush roses, all badly neglected for
at
> least 5 or 6 years.  Anyone have any suggestions on restoring these?  I
assume
> any pruning has to wait until fall now, since both are actively growing?
> 
> As pretty as it was here in the winter, now we've got flowers blooming
> everywhere, including one of my favorites, Texas bluebonnets.  Two other
> particular beauties are plains wild indigo and wine cup.  And we had a
whole
> flock of egrets fly through yesterday evening.  Wish ya'll could see it.
> 
> Raisya
>
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