Mattie.......

I just checked the rose classification for 'Manou Meilland' on the rose page. The rose is listed as a "hybrid tea" which is a different classification than a "tea" rose. You are correct in that you would certainly prune hybrid tea roses differently than you would tea roses. Tea roses take time to build wood and mature into a solid plant. This indicates that they are the kind of roses which would "resent" being pruned hard. Experience in pruning tea roses seems to justify this assumption. Hybrid teas vary in how they like to be pruned. Some of them can be pruned quite hard and they will come back fine, while others will sulk. It takes experience working with the rose to find out how it performs best in your garden and in your climate zone.

As for classifying the rose as a bedding rose, hybrid tea roses can have heights anywhere from three feet tall to over seven feet tall. So, as a class, it's hard to define them as bedding roses.

I prefer to do what I call a "clean prune" and clear out old wood, diseased wood and congested center growth. Then depending on my experience with the rose, when shaping it, I tend to be conservative in the amount of wood I take off of a plant in that modern roses store most of their nutrients in their canes. Doing a hard prune on some of these roses would be robbing them of their food basket and creating stress for the plant. In general, hybrid teas can be pruned harder than tea roses.

Smiles,

Lyn
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