1.   I carried pruners, a handsaw and loppers to gather my materials, and to disentangle myself from the wild rose canes.

2.   On many plants that does not matter, but cutting a rose cane now practically guarantees winter dieback of as much as a foot or two beyond the cut.

3.   The perennial garden was neatly clipped and raked, a few rose canes dangling from the top reaches of a rustic tripod made of cedar branches.

4.   The snow, he added, would keep the rabbits from gnawing any further on the rose canes.

5.   Tie long rose canes securely to fences and arbors to prevent snapping or splitting in winter winds.