We've all heard the phrase "pegging a rose" but what does it really mean? This video shows you how to peg a rose to get maximum "bloom-o-rama" from your rose bushes
I am a biologist. The reason the rose grows when you bend it down is because the growth hormone in the rose goes to the highest point of the plant. If it is straight up, it goes to the tips only. So the more horizontally level you make it, the more evenly distributed the growth hormone is along the cane. The more roses you get. 😁👍
I had a desire to try pegging roses and, now, after seeing this demonstration from Paul Zimmerman, I can hardly wait to get started! He explains everything so clearly. I also enjoyed listening to Edith Piaff sing "La Vie En Rose" at the end of the video. I would like to try pegging an old rose called Zephirine Drouhin. It is pink and grows to 12 feet or so. And it is THORNLESS!
I am newbie in growing roses. I bought 2 climbing rose plants Robe d’or in September 2023. It has grown about 4 feet now. Healthy plants but flowers scarce. I planted it in pots as I don’t have garden space. How to peg a container climbing rose? Would be good if you can do a short video on this. Tq
Climbers can take a while to grow before they start blooming so what you are seeing is normal. How big is the pot. A rose like that is going to want something at least 22" across and 2' deep. Climbers don't really peg well. You'll need to train it horizontal along a fence or something like that.
About a year old should be okay. The length depends on which method you use. The horizontal method can take smaller canes but the other three need longer canes - say 4' and up.
This was at my nursery many years ago. We had 4 cats there. I'd have to go back through the video to remember which one. They've all passed on now. The last one was Duke who died in 2021 at 19 1/2 years old.
Thank you so much! My climbing roses have grown like crazy this year and I had no idea how to handle them. I can't wait to clean them up and peg them. Thank you for all the videos! Susan
Great video, thank you. Can pegging be done in it's large container after it's first year. I have a Princess Alexandra of Kent that's become very dangley. Many thanks again, from Dublin, Ireland 🙂👏👏
How long does it typically take for laterals to develop. I have a large canes on Teasing Georgia that have been bent to the bloom zone since early this spring its now July no laterals yet?
Interlocking the canes like you mention might work. Some roses with longer, lax canes will actually self peg. That's about the only thing I can think of.
Hi Mr. Zimmerman, I love your video. Watched it many times. Every time I try to bend my main cane to do the crouching shape or dome shape, I end up snapping the cane. I tried it 4 times and I broke the cane each time. I dont have much space ( about 2 feet), so it really must be that shape. I tried with Don Juan, Golden Shower and Drouhin Zephirine. Each of my plant has been in the ground for 1 year since planting them last year. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!
Bend them a little at a time. Bend it until you feel it's reached as far as it can go. Tie it in and wait 3-4 weeks and then try bending a little more. Keep repeating until you get it where you want it.
Wonderful! And with Edith Piaf, too - what a joy - if you didn't love roses before you SHOULD now! So will this work with an Australian Banksia rose & something like The Fairy? I'm going to try anyway! :) Many thanx - don't know why it took so long to find this treasure trove... :)
this is a good video, I'm about to move to a house with some roses but most of them are dead no body was taking care of them and they have a weird shape, gonna buy some fertilizer and try to shape them
Greeeat video! A few of my David Austins reportedly can be/turn into good climbers in San Diego area (zone 10). How long or old should the canes be when pegging? Inquiring newbie minds need to know :-) ps.(fyi-I started with bareroots this Spring.)
Your video is very informative. Thanks. I pegged two Celsiana rose bushes on July 27th - dome configuration - and so far there is no sign of any growth on the stems. How long will it take to grow new side branches? Thanks.
its really useful to know these different ways of training your roses but i find the dome method not favourable because you have the stems that touch too much causing rubbing which later can cause diseases and so you have to prune more heavily.let me know everyoneif you think im right .maybe im being over thoughtful.
Thank so much for this video. Going try this with David Austin's Evelyn. It shoots out crazy-long, flexible canes, and I think it could benefit from pegging.
You can put a stake in and tie it to that. You might also try pegging the canes in phases. Bend them over and tie them to stake that is say 2' high, let it sit for a month and then bend if further.
Hello! Thank you for this! I'd like to try this, but I'm curious, does this technique work for hybrid tea, grandiflora or floribunda roses? What about climbing roses? Please and thank you in advance...!
It does not work well for roses with stiff upright canes which most hybrid teas and grandifloras have. Floribundas don't really throw out long canes and won't work either. It would work with small climbers. Ideally it's best for shrubs that throw off long canes.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Paul! I've gone ahead and planted 2 shrub roses, can't wait to use one of the methods you detailed. But I have a couple of questions. Do I deadhead spent flowers, just like normal? If so, how? As deadheading like normal would cut the growing branch and defeat the purpose of pegging? And do I prune the branches so that I must peg again at the beginning of the new growing season? Please and thank you! Ray
@@RayIniego You would deadhead like a climber. Pegging the canes will produce laterals and they will produce the blooms. You can cut the canes back but I would not. I would simply consider the "shrub" to now be a small climber.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Thanks, My roses are in pots, I will try to tilt the pots at an angle so that major part of the stem opens up to the sun. I am curious to try this experiment on hybrid roses.👍
@@rajvardhanshinde6251 You only need to get them to about 45 degrees for this to work. It will work because all roses regardless of class react to bending them.
Paul, how about pruning, I assume that you will need to prune back the laterals but what about the canes? When and how or it do they get pruned? I have tried this with an huge old rose bush and it works really well now I don't know whether to prune the canes.
I wouldn't prune the canes back by much. Just enough to perhaps keep them in bounds. What you do want to do every now and then is take out and old cane to make room for a new one.
@@Paulzimmermanroses I need to id my rose see if you can tell me what type is it . it is 16ft long by 8ft . main cain is 5 inch and then it branches out to 2inch canes . gives large flower with 50 or more pedals . it has flower all year long in Houston Tx .. shoots come out of horizontal every 2ft . it looks like a jumbo size hybirth tea .. just need the type .. my neighbor cut it to do a fence it is a stump about 1 inch tall . do you believe it will regrow it was 10years old when he cut it.
I am a biologist. The reason the rose grows when you bend it down is because the growth hormone in the rose goes to the highest point of the plant. If it is straight up, it goes to the tips only. So the more horizontally level you make it, the more evenly distributed the growth hormone is along the cane. The more roses you get. 😁👍
Thank you for that!
Should I keep the roses banded all year around? Or only bending them in Spring is enough?
@@fancyhelloo8332 year round. But they will do it if you bend new canes over in late winter/early spring.
I had a desire to try pegging roses and, now, after seeing this demonstration from Paul Zimmerman, I can hardly wait to get started! He explains everything so clearly. I also enjoyed listening to Edith Piaff sing "La Vie En Rose" at the end of the video. I would like to try pegging an old rose called Zephirine Drouhin. It is pink and grows to 12 feet or so. And it is THORNLESS!
The best videos I've seen yet on roses. Thank you.
Super helpful! This is still the best video on pegging out there. Thanks so much!
Pat Doyen thanks!
I am newbie in growing roses. I bought 2 climbing rose plants Robe d’or in September 2023. It has grown about 4 feet now. Healthy plants but flowers scarce. I planted it in pots as I don’t have garden space. How to peg a container climbing rose? Would be good if you can do a short video on this. Tq
Climbers can take a while to grow before they start blooming so what you are seeing is normal. How big is the pot. A rose like that is going to want something at least 22" across and 2' deep. Climbers don't really peg well. You'll need to train it horizontal along a fence or something like that.
About a year old should be okay. The length depends on which method you use. The horizontal method can take smaller canes but the other three need longer canes - say 4' and up.
Learned alot,have my first set of roses.Enjoyed the pictures too1 I understood all you said and will try it in my new rose garden.
Edith Piaf!💖 Sounds from my childhood. Thank you for this presentation, great mystery of pegging was revealed! 😍❤️🌹❤️🌹
Glad you enjoyed it!
Perfect. Thank you so much for the clear, concise and easy to follow instructions. I am now going to look at the rest of your videos!!
Glad it was helpful!
10 years later this is still useful!
Thank you!
Can i peg alk types of rose plants example smalk hybrid etc
Anything that has pliable canes can be pegged.
Does anyone know what to do with the pegged stem when it is time to prune the rose?
You don't have to prune a pegged cane. Just treat like a main cane on a climbing rose. Trim the laterals but the leave the main cane pegged.
Showed a friend your video on pegging - Thanks for the super job!
Regards,
Andrew Grover
What's your photo bombing pretty cats name ❤
This was at my nursery many years ago. We had 4 cats there. I'd have to go back through the video to remember which one. They've all passed on now. The last one was Duke who died in 2021 at 19 1/2 years old.
can you peg all roses or just ramblers? can HT be pegged?
Pet that cat! 🥺❤️
Great video! I almost prunes my climbers all the way down until I watched this video. Thank you!
Thank you so much! My climbing roses have grown like crazy this year and I had no idea how to handle them. I can't wait to clean them up and peg them. Thank you for all the videos! Susan
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Thank you for the excellent video!
Great video, thank you. Can pegging be done in it's large container after it's first year. I have a Princess Alexandra of Kent that's become very dangley. Many thanks again, from Dublin, Ireland 🙂👏👏
is this method only for climbing roses?
You can peg many climbers and many larger shrubs that throw out long canes. HT's don't really lend themselves well to pegging.
Nope, you can do it with shrubs that send out long canes. Some of the Old Garden and David Austin roses will do that.
@hembhuvan It depends on weather and time of year. In summer I would not be surprises if it takes a month or unil the weather cools down.
Thank you for this, I've been looking to learn how to peg roses and you cleared up all the questions I had!
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How long does it typically take for laterals to develop. I have a large canes on Teasing Georgia that have been bent to the bloom zone since early this spring its now July no laterals yet?
I would think you would see them by now unless the rose is young. It will grow it's main canes first and then the laterals come out.
Thank you so much, I watched this video and pegging my roses, they are so beautiful ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Interlocking the canes like you mention might work. Some roses with longer, lax canes will actually self peg. That's about the only thing I can think of.
thankyou paul.keep up good work all the same.
Hi Mr. Zimmerman, I love your video. Watched it many times. Every time I try to bend my main cane to do the crouching shape or dome shape, I end up snapping the cane. I tried it 4 times and I broke the cane each time. I dont have much space ( about 2 feet), so it really must be that shape. I tried with Don Juan, Golden Shower and Drouhin Zephirine. Each of my plant has been in the ground for 1 year since planting them last year. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!
Bend them a little at a time. Bend it until you feel it's reached as far as it can go. Tie it in and wait 3-4 weeks and then try bending a little more. Keep repeating until you get it where you want it.
@@Paulzimmermanroses I will try. Thank you.
I'm glad it helped. Feel free to visit our rose forum at if you have any questions and we'd love to see photos!
I'm not familiar with the Dome Method. What is it?
15 years later and I would like to know if I can peg my rose canes in the fall?
yes you can
Wonderful! And with Edith Piaf, too - what a joy - if you didn't love roses before you SHOULD now! So will this work with an Australian Banksia rose & something like The Fairy? I'm going to try anyway! :) Many thanx - don't know why it took so long to find this treasure trove... :)
Glad you like it and it will work with any rose
I have Cider Trees and want to plant roses. Are there a certain Rose that does well under Cider Trees
I don't think any well. That's pretty deep shade and a dense root system.
Fantastic thanks for the lesson. I’ve subscribed x
Welcome!
this is a good video, I'm about to move to a house with some roses but most of them are dead no body was taking care of them and they have a weird shape, gonna buy some fertilizer and try to shape them
I would wait a year. Let the rose establish itself first.
Greeeat video!
A few of my David Austins reportedly can be/turn into good climbers in San Diego area (zone 10). How long or old should the canes be when pegging? Inquiring newbie minds need to know :-)
ps.(fyi-I started with bareroots this Spring.)
Your video is very informative. Thanks. I pegged two Celsiana rose bushes on July 27th - dome configuration - and so far there is no sign of any growth on the stems. How long will it take to grow new side branches? Thanks.
Got to ask what rose is that one seems to have no thorns, you handle it like it doesnt hurt you at all?
I honestly don't remember what rose that was. That being said I've handled them enough to know how to grab between the thorns. But I still get stuck.
What a great teacher you are Paul. I've subscribed.
+AmethystDew thank you!
also i try to let maximum air pass between stems .this is another reason why im not sure ill use this method.
@viking7779 sorry, typo's
Great video! I almost pruned my climbers all the way down until I watched this video. Thank you!.
great! now i suppose we can do this with climbing roses as well?
Yes, definitely
its really useful to know these different ways of training your roses but i find the dome method not favourable because you have the stems that touch too much causing rubbing which later can cause diseases and so you have to prune more heavily.let me know everyoneif you think im right .maybe im being over thoughtful.
I put this up as guidelines. Some might work for you and some might not. Feel free to adapt it to what works for you.
@viking7779 Sounds like we got you just in time!
I nee day photo of your big roses I like su much
thanks for the tip on rose climbers i will try it on my climber
Thank you very much....I like all of your videos....🤗😉😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗
Thanks!
Thank so much for this video. Going try this with David Austin's Evelyn. It shoots out crazy-long, flexible canes, and I think it could benefit from pegging.
Great examples on the various methods of pegging climbers. Thanks!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I still am not clear how to tie the canes to the ground. I tried it and it broke off even thought it was very Long and flexible.
You can put a stake in and tie it to that. You might also try pegging the canes in phases. Bend them over and tie them to stake that is say 2' high, let it sit for a month and then bend if further.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Thank you SO much for responding, and so quickly,! Can't tell you how much I appreciate it.🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹
@@elenalatici9568 My pleasure.
Should I bend all the canes or just the highest one?
You can bend as many as you think you can.
Hello! Thank you for this! I'd like to try this, but I'm curious, does this technique work for hybrid tea, grandiflora or floribunda roses? What about climbing roses? Please and thank you in advance...!
It does not work well for roses with stiff upright canes which most hybrid teas and grandifloras have. Floribundas don't really throw out long canes and won't work either. It would work with small climbers. Ideally it's best for shrubs that throw off long canes.
@@Paulzimmermanroses great, thank you!
@@Paulzimmermanroses
Paul! I've gone ahead and planted 2 shrub roses, can't wait to use one of the methods you detailed. But I have a couple of questions. Do I deadhead spent flowers, just like normal? If so, how? As deadheading like normal would cut the growing branch and defeat the purpose of pegging? And do I prune the branches so that I must peg again at the beginning of the new growing season? Please and thank you! Ray
@@RayIniego You would deadhead like a climber. Pegging the canes will produce laterals and they will produce the blooms. You can cut the canes back but I would not. I would simply consider the "shrub" to now be a small climber.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Thank you!!!
THANK YOU Paul Zimmerman! I just planted a young Zephirine Drouhan, and am wondering how to train it. Love the Hoop concept.!!
Yeah!
Hi, I have a hybrid Tea rose with very long shoots. After pruning, it has growth only from the top part. Can I use this method to get more blooms.
You can. Most hybrid teas have canes that are too stiff for this. But bend them slowly and see what happens.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Thanks, My roses are in pots, I will try to tilt the pots at an angle so that major part of the stem opens up to the sun. I am curious to try this experiment on hybrid roses.👍
@@rajvardhanshinde6251 You only need to get them to about 45 degrees for this to work. It will work because all roses regardless of class react to bending them.
@@Paulzimmermanroses Thank you, you are the best rosarian on youtube.
Thank you! Learned something new today. I will try peg some of my English Roses this season
Many of the English Roses are perfect for this. Enjoy!
But I was waiting to see you actually do it. What do you use and how do you fasten it, and what do you fasten the cane to?
You can put pegs in the ground and then use plant tie to fasten the cane to the peg.
thanks this is so clear and easy to understand, at last I understand what pegging really means.
Paul, how about pruning, I assume that you will need to prune back the laterals but what about the canes? When and how or it do they get pruned? I have tried this with an huge old rose bush and it works really well now I don't know whether to prune the canes.
I wouldn't prune the canes back by much. Just enough to perhaps keep them in bounds. What you do want to do every now and then is take out and old cane to make room for a new one.
Paul Zimmerman Roses thank you for your reply. I am now confident to do more of my roses lkke this.
Can you peg a non climbing rose?,
Yes. It's a great way to grow roses that get leggy.
Like what you see? Yeah, and I like the roses, too. :)
Thank you, beautiful rose and beautiful music 👍👍🌹
Many thanks!
Paul - when you are doing the horizontal method, how do you secure the cane?
You can use plant tie, string or anything that won't rub bark off the cane.
Lousy music, beautiful roses.....what a stark contrast.
Wonderful music beautiful roses.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Glad it helped.
Old phone from 5 years ago perhaps??..oops was 9 yrs.!?
Flip Mino camera. Probably 10 years ago. There are new videos on my channel that I did with Jackson & Perkins that are in HD.
Greate lesson! I like the random cat (=
Wow! Very very effective and space saving ideas! Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much Paul
You are very welcome
Glad they helped!
Thank you!
Super help sir thank u sir
You're welcome.
Nice helpful walk-on by the kitty cat.
Fantastic , I will definitely give it a try
What is the name of this rose
So well explained Thanks I will try it
How would it work to form the Rose like a heart
You can certainly try it. Sounds pretty cool!
Thank you for sharing this information 🙏
My pleasure
Yipee! A new rose lesson.
Ok..very good
Thank you! Cheers!
Very informative! Thank you 😌
You're so welcome!
Great video, thank you for the tips! 🌹
Glad it was helpful!
Very good. Thank you. Love it.
Glad you like it!
Fantastic! This is so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Paul for a good advise!
You're welcome!
well explained
Hi Paul, can you do this with a climber?
A climber is going to get too big. Sprawling shrubs work the best.
Thanks Mate
Amazing, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks!
Bravo
Thanks!
@@Paulzimmermanroses
I need to id my rose see if you can tell me what type is it . it is 16ft long by 8ft . main cain is 5 inch and then it branches out to 2inch canes . gives large flower with 50 or more pedals . it has flower all year long in Houston Tx .. shoots come out of horizontal
every 2ft . it looks like a jumbo size hybirth tea .. just need the type .. my neighbor cut it to do a fence it is a stump about 1 inch tall .
do you believe it will regrow it was 10years old when he cut it.
@@boashna I would suggest you post photos on my Facebook Group page. Paul Zimmerman Roses Gardening.
wow....should do it though..
It will!
Beautiful video dear
Thanks!
This is the best video!
Thanks!
I've pegged a Rose before, but I was nowhere near any plants ;)