Con -- We planted "Yaller Lady Banks" some years ago, next to our own wooden fence. Actually, what we planted was a big ol' ugly stump, given to us by an older woman here, when she moved from her home. She'd gotten it from someone else, decades before, so it's a real Passalong treasure. In our mild climate, R. banksiae lutea blooms through much of the year. For you, it will probably have a massive spring bloom -- and after that, you can prune it. So you should be able to keep it within reasonable size boundaries. For us, the rose has full morning sun, and little or no afternoon sun. It turns the corner of the fence, and reaches for a sunnier area. It also jumped the fence and climbed above the top of an adjacent tree. From there, a good 20 ft up, it cascades down through and over the tree. I can't imagine the trees being deciduous would be a problem. It should start easily from cuttings -- there's a whole section on propagation at the ARS Web Site. Jeri

This is already being addressed on the other forums.

Hi, I tried to post this yesterday, but for some reason my server went out of commission. So, am posting yesterday's message now. :) ----------------- I just came on to see how my Carolina friends are fairing after Ernesto's rain on top of last week's rainfall, and saw this post about propagating Lady Bank's Roses. Hope all is well. For those of you who are fairly new to the forum and don't know me, I live in Oklahoma, but my daughter lives in Columbia, SC, and some cousins live in Maggie Valley, NC. I love the Carolinas and hope to move there someday. Part of my ancestral roots are in North Carolina and West Virginia. I grow Lady Bank's Roses. I have the soft yellow variety. I hope to get the pink one too. It covers the south & west end of my front porch, and blooms in April-May. I just love it! Yes, you can easily take cuttings and root them. I cut 3 ft. long canes, remove the leaves except on the tip (I leave two or three leaves), and plant the entire length in the ground in a shady, sheltered spot. I leave the growing tip end sticking out of the ground. It roots all along the stem where the leaves were and I end up with a nice mass of roots. If I root them in a container, I set the pot in the shade, too, out of the wind until they have a good root system going. Keep moist, but make sure they are well-drained. You should probably pot them into a gallon-sized plastic containers in about 4-6 weeks. Bury the pots in the soil up to the top of the rim, in a winter-sheltered spot - mulch. In the fall, pile more mulch up around the plant to protect the tender stem and root system. Allow them to grow until next Spring or early summer. Then, plant them out into the garden. Can also be grown in a greenhouse all winter, then hardened off and planted out. I have even just set the containers on top of the ground and piled pine bark mulch up around them and they wintered over just fine, their roots growing down into the soil by spring. I've grown them with and without using rooting hormone. What color(s) do you have? ~ SweetAnnie4u

Can you explain what do you mean by 'cultivate'? Do you have the plant in your garden and want to know how to care for it? Or do you have cuttings which you want to propagate. More info is needed to answer your question helpfully.