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02-26-2009, 08:01 PM
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Location: Beautiful Raleigh, NC
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There's a climbing rose behind the center holly bush. This location is south facing. Should I make an effort and investment to install a trellis or is this location (shaded behind the bush) not the right place for a climbing rose?
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The rose was already there when I moved in last summer and a landscaper told me it was a poor location. I'm not sure how long ago it was planted.
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02-26-2009, 08:26 PM
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The locations is ok enough as long as the bushes in front stay tidy and not overgrown.
A climbing rose needs something to climb, yes. A trellis will work. A south facing brick wall however, may bake your rose to a crisp in the summer. Then again, it may be ok.
But you have to stop cutting the rose back. Climbing roses bloom on 'old wood', that is stems from the previous year. One may certainly trim a climbing rose to conform to a certain area, but cutting it back to the ground is not good. This rose will proffer few flowers this year.
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02-26-2009, 09:03 PM
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yeah, you shouldn't have a problem with it being a south facing wall, sun all day I am assuming. Yes most types of modern climbing roses will bloom on old wood and new wood. Do not cut back like that, real severe, it is being pruned like a normal hybrid tea. Not good.
Actually if you have any questions about roses, honestly, the place to go is an online roses forum. PM me if you want to know a real good one.
In your area too, you will likely have to spray to prevent blackspot. Esp. since it is up against a brick wall, the air circulation may not be that good, air circulation prevents many fungal diseases.
Yeah a trellis would look cool.
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02-27-2009, 02:24 PM
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Azoria and Gardener34, thank you for your posts. Yes, indeed I did whack it back this winter. Last year it did bloom on new growth, but I will manage my expectations for blooms this year.
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02-27-2009, 05:02 PM
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great advice, i had heard different lengths to cut it back. about 1 meter. so from the ground i have one meter. then that one would grow stalks and i would later cut them to 1 meter. is that accurate. i have only slightly cut back my climber for fear that i would cut too much. it seems to be doing ok, but its not as "full" as other climbers i have seen.
i have "josephs coat" by the way.
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Originally Posted by azoria
The locations is ok enough as long as the bushes in front stay tidy and not overgrown.
A climbing rose needs something to climb, yes. A trellis will work. A south facing brick wall however, may bake your rose to a crisp in the summer. Then again, it may be ok.
But you have to stop cutting the rose back. Climbing roses bloom on 'old wood', that is stems from the previous year. One may certainly trim a climbing rose to conform to a certain area, but cutting it back to the ground is not good. This rose will proffer few flowers this year.
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03-01-2009, 11:14 PM
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oh yeah, and if you have landscapers, do not let them NEAR your roses. They will butcher them. You can learn to do the pruning yourself.
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03-02-2009, 09:24 AM
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Location: Beautiful Raleigh, NC
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Good point about landscapers
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Originally Posted by gardener34
oh yeah, and if you have landscapers, do not let them NEAR your roses.
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If you look at my photo of the rose, you'll see that the landscapers burried it in mulch. I've since gotten in and moved the excess away. |
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