My poor Rose bush!?

I told my hubby to clean out the front garden last weekend, and he took it upon himself to cut down my 10 year old rose bush to about 2 inches tall...and it wasn't even NEAR the front garden!!



Will it grow back? I loved it's bright yellow flowers :(

My poor Rose bush!?
It's early to prune, but I think you may be surprized at the outcome! (in a good way). Here is a website on rose pruning. http://www.alaskarosesociety.org/documen...

When pruning shrub roses, especially if pruning a mature bush with many canes, consider removing the entire cane by cutting as close to the ground as possible. When cut from the center of the bush, this will help make room for new canes to grow without crowding and will help keep the bush vigorous and renewed when you remove older canes to make way for new, vigorous canes. By also removing entire canes from the outer edges of the bush, you work to keep it contained within the desired area.
Reply:What we really want to know is how your husband is fairing these days after suffering your wrath.
Reply:Oh my...! It's too early yet to cut the rose, and your hubby cut it too short from the ground. I am in Pacific NW and I will do my light pruning in November, and do hard cutting on roses in late March. I cut about 2/3 of the total height(in March), but it depends on what kind of rose you have. The old rose or English type rose don't need to be cut that deep. They only need to trim about 1/3 of its total height. I am not sure your rose will come back like before, but it might. Roses are pretty tough and hard to kill, if the roots are still strong. I must tell, though, that some roses are grafted onto the other kind of rose, so you might see the different kind of bloom. You never know. I will wait and see what happens.
Reply:Oops! Bright yellow flowers? You probably have a grafted rose and if the cuts are too close to the graft, the next time it flowers it may not be yellow any more. Snap off any shoots that come from below the graft ( a swollen place on the trunk close to the ground), leaving only shoots that you are sure are coming from above the graft, that is, if you want yellow roses again. Otherwise the new flowers probably will be red.

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