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Several options, you could lean the trellis against it, yes, if the fence is strong enough to handle it. Roses can get heavy and even heavier when it's rainy and the foliage is wet.

I put a free-standing trellis about a foot in front of one of my walls and the vine went up the trellis and eventually over the wall. The trellis legs are sunk into quick-crete so it is strong and sturdy.

For the best health of the fence, a free-standing trellis or other structure like a teepee would be best. It is a nice-looking fence so it's not something you need to hide completely.

yep, hoovb's suggestion of free standing posts is really the most appropriate method of fixing a trellis or even just wires. Drilling into concrete is a nightmare but 75mmx75mm (3inx3in) posts, sunk 60cm in the ground (2 feet), as near to the fence as you like would be best.

Do you think a pillar in front of the fence would work as good as the trellis?

Laurie

a pillar in front of the fence would work as good as the trellis?

Depends on the rose...a teepee would be easier all-in-all. One pillar means everything has to get tied to that one pillar. In contrast, with a teepee-type of structure you have several vertical posts to work with: if a cane can't bend quite enough to reach one post, it can maybe reach another.

There are a few roses that work well on a pillar, but quite a few more than that which will work well on a teepee.

hoovb - I would put Climbing Pinkie on it. I know it gets big enough that it won't stay on the pillar only, but I'm just looking for something to support it until it reaches the fence. I'm having second thoughts about where I want to put it and I'm thinking now that I'd like to put in in this corner:

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The wood fence is my front yard and the concrete fence is on the side of my yard. I'm the last house on the street, so I thought it would be pretty if people could see it from both sides of my house. Could I put a pillar/teepee in the corner right there? Would I be better off attaching something to the wood part of the fence? To be honest, I'm not sure how to even do that? You don't want the trellis to be completely flat against the fence, do you?

I didn't think about there being that much difference in a pillar and a teepee, but if the teepee would work, that might be much best solution. Any suggestions where to find one?

Laurie

you would need to attach a batten - lengths of wood, at least 50mm thick, to the wood fence using normal woodscrews attached to the posts which hold the panels in place. Then fix a trellis to the battens as the width of the battens allows for some ventilation - you are right inasmuch as a rose, or any other climber, does better if not totally flat against a solid wall. Sinking a wood post against the concrete fence would look the same as if you had attached it rather than having it free standing - essentially, posts are supports for trellis, wires or panels. A tepee is wider and will cover more of the wall than a pillar and once the rose has reached the top of the fence, you can train it horizontally along or even cascading over to the other side.
You will need a posthole shovel, sand and cement and a drill in order to make a free standing trellis support. Conversely, you will only need to sink 4 lengths of rebar, 60cm into the ground to make a pillar. The choice is yours. Both ways will work fine.

campanula - Thanks! I'm not very handy, so I'm trying to find the easiest way that will work. When you you said I would need to sink 4 lengths of rebar into the ground with a pillar/tepee, are you talking about sinking the legs of the teepee into the ground or would I need to attach pieces of rebar to the legs of the tepee?

Laurie