Lady in Red got pinned! Anyone else have pictures of her as a climber?
We put Lady in Red in earlier this year. We put her 30 inches from the support per advice on the web. But I think that was too far. We moved the trellis up and started pinning her up today. She looks gorgeous!
A close up. This is our first time training a climber so not really sure what were doing but a number of the roses were laying on the ground so we figured we should start the ones we could adjust going against the trellis. Should we cut off the ground ones?
We also planted Forth of July thirty inches from the trellis. She still looks like a small bush so no pinning for her yet. If she doesn't make it through the winter we will replant her closer to the wall. The climber we dug out in this location was right up next to the wall.
Lady in Red seems to be growing a little faster. They both came as bands from High Country Roses in April.
Forth of July today.
The roses as bands in April.
Stopped at our local rec. center on my way to High Country Roses to get the mile-hi rose feed. First time in 3 years we are fertilizing the roses. Hope we don't kill them. Took this picture as it was just too pretty not to.
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4 years agoIt’s grown into a beautiful little plant, mmmm. Lady in Red is such a great rose, I have 2 plants of it . I agree, it’s an extremely bold red color that my camera has a really hard time with getting color, texture and detail correct.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoShe is half way up the trellis and having another bloom cycle after a rest. Pretty amazing growth and flowering for a band that we got in April so has only been in for about 4 mths.
I liked this style trellis so much we bought 3 more in case Lowes doesn't carry it next year.
For some reason the Japanese Beetles aren't interested in her much. Which is wonderful because they destroy my Sally Holmes and Golden Wings.mmmm12COzone5
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I don't know why it is appearing sideways. Here is a recent photo of it in the ground since it has put out growth. Coincidentally oh, I had mentioned I expected to see buds
soon and I saw a flower today! It was not fully open and was hard to get a picture of it as it was dark but hopefully I'll get a flush before the fall. It's about 4 ft tall.
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4 years agoHere is a picture of Sally Holmes yesterday. I have her growing up a small obelisk.
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