My advice is to water it regularly (daily even, if it gets no rain) for at least a month before pulling on the brown stems. Let the roots do their thing and the plant get used to where it is, and then prune away anything that isn't green and has no new buds.
I generally pile autumn leaves as high as I can on my roses and then rake them away in the Spring. The leaves are a nice, cheap mulch.
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Date: 2021-04-18 04:34 am (UTC)I generally pile autumn leaves as high as I can on my roses and then rake them away in the Spring. The leaves are a nice, cheap mulch.