Obelisks and other supports for your roses... please show yours..
I didn't want to pollute ac91z6's thread with further ramblings, but a member asked me about my obelisks so here they are. I don't do landscaping - professionals and purists might scorn at my methods - that's ok,.. it's a case of anything goes in my garden that I can make use of...
It's all very personal, a bit like showing off your wardrobe, we all have different, some will be manicured and perfectly ordered, others like the Wreck of the Hesperus, I hope mine is somewhere in between...
..all photos taken today apart from the last one..
..this is a shorter one, with new rose at base..
..a taller one with 2 roses.. when they reach the top as now, I use rope
to train across to another support structure...
..a tall one with 'The Lark Ascending' and a clematis which has beaten
it to the top.. just visible... there is no way I could grow another rose with this
variety, it's way too vigorous on its own..
..I like to use these green metal poles as supports to make tripods etc.
they cost me about 4 dollars equiv. each. and come in various sizes.
I use lots of green string to tie in..
..as below.. young rose growing up...
..use with makeshift wires, for clematis training.. the poles have little points
which plants use to grip and makes easier to tie in..
..useful for training climbing roses in early stages...
..a young clematis 'Daniel Deronda' on poles with wires..
..I will also use slimline conifers as obelisk support... I tie the rose to the trunk..
..a photo from last year... all a bit bigger now..
..hope you like anyway... and found something of interest..
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5 years agoNay for me - my antenna still isn't hooked up after the move. Between Netflix and Amazon Video I haven't missed it much. Although now I want to find the last episode and watch it to see Subk3's garden!
Here's my rose tower(s) - good ol' welded rebar.
I'm going to paint them before they go into the ground, thinking black or dark green. They're 6 1/2 ft from the bottom cross-piece to the top, and the legs are going into the ground up to that cross-piece.
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5 years agoHere is my trellis in a pot for Florentina. I am sure she will over grow this and I am looking for an obelisk for her.
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5 years agoHello :),
I have most of my climbers awaiting their supports. My husband made me one arch trellis last summer.
I apologize for the scrapes on the paint. The front of the house will be repainted in a week.
Cheap Plastic trellis from amazon with a rose I bought from Walmart mislabeled as Don Juan. I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t look like what I thought Don Juan would look like.
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5 years agoI found 4 arbors under grape vines at the country property. I could use them for 4 climbers........
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks Jasmine and Vaporvac.......and back in Feb, I found 11 wooden trellises at HD for $5 each, 2 planter for $15 each. What a bargain!
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5 years agoMost of you have seen my arbors before but for those you who haven’t….
I built the wood arbor except for the seat.
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5 years agoHere is shot a couple years after I built it. Today the Dogwood tree takes over the whole corner. Should anyone want to build one we can start another thread and I'll walk you though the process.
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5 years agoThanks, JC and Marlorena. I’m in BC so very similar climate to yours, Marlorena. The GJ at the front of the pergola is about 24” away but I can’t get it much closer. (Pics with grass). I’m less worried about the back post (pic with rock) - GJ is already reaching out to it.
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5 years agoThis is the view from farther back so you can see why they are just on one side...
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5 years agoMarlorena, thanks so much for your compliments and advice. I can’t plant in front of the patio since it is a traffic route from the stone steps to the right. I may plant another rose in front of the left post though - such a good idea. I’ll add that to this year’s “to do” list.
This structure is my dream garden shed that my DH and a neighbour built for me last year. I’ve included a few interior pictures. It was finished last October so my first real use for it was starting seeds in the last month.
And my apologies to everyone for highjacking this thread. I’ll shut up now.
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