climbing roses behind hydrangeas??
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WANTED: Wanted: Climbing hydrangea
Comments (0)Here is what I have to trade (cuttings and plants) Fig- Brown Turkey Fig- Chicago Hardy Fig Catmint Elderberry Rose St Joseph's Coat Iceplant Small lavender plants Russian sage Walking onion Baby toes succulent cuttings Succulents- I can send pictures Sweet woodruff cuttings Scotch moss English Ivy Vinca Minor - periwinkle Herb seeds Vegetable seeds Most of my plants are pretty small. I'm just starting out at a new house. So I can only afford to do a couple cuttings. -Erin...See MoreHedge: Hydrangeas? Roses? Hydrangeas and roses?
Comments (10)Personally, I find roses to be high maintenance plants. Though beautiful when grown well, they are subject to numerous diseases and bugs. And like most perennials/shrubs, yes they will look scruffy if dead flowers and leaves are not removed. (Which then brings you to the "fun" of dealing with the thorns.) This is simply what one accepts with any flowering shrub. Have you considered Hibiscus syriacus, aka Rose of Sharon? If you are unfamiliar with them, it is a specie of winter hardy hibiscus. Without trimming, and depending on the cultivar they can get 6-10feet tall and most of the ones I've seen get about 3 or 4 ft wide. (The one at my folks' place in northern Michigan has never gotten over 7 ft and they have never trimmed it.) They come in whites, pinks, reds, lavenders, "blues" (which really aren't) and bullseyes (white or pink with a red bullseye in the middle). My sis has a beautiful pure white one which also has never gotten over 7ft tall. Neither she nor my folks have found it to be at all bug or disease prone, and hummingbirds like them. (If you'd really like to do this on the cheap, and if you don't mind waiting a few years, you can grow them from seed. The one at my folks' is one I started from seed. It's been a long time, but if memory serves, it reached 4 or 5 ft by its 3rd or 4th year.) Flowers only last a day or two but healthy happy plants produce new flowers most of the summer into fall....See MoreClimbing Hydrangea Transplant
Comments (2)When the plant is dormant (out of leaf) is an ideal time and should minimize any transplant shock, especially if the vine is still quite young and rather newly planted. In colder climates, it may be best to wait until late winter/early spring before buds emerge, otherwise fall is a fine time. Soils remain warm, rains are frequent and roots are in a process of elongation that eases the transplant adjustment. And you never want to fertilize anything that has been recently planted or transplanted - if you move it now, wait until spring to fertilize, should you need to. Mulching well with an organic mulch (like compost) will help insulate the soil for winter and offer a nutrient source as well....See Morehelp making climbing hydrangea climb
Comments (3)I have a climbing hydrangea that is 3 years old and almost 6 ft tall, with several laterals. I have trained mine through a trellis--here's a pic: Mine also tries to spread across the ground--I just cut them off--I figure keeping them just diverts the plant's energy from growing taller and spreading farther. Since trimming them again this year, I've noticed the laterals are putting on new growth. The lack of growth of your plant may be due to placement or watering or both. My vine gets morning sun and afternoon shade and I water very frequently (every other day at the least.) I recently removed several roses from that trellis--while there, the roses were fertilized regularly, so the vine benefitted from proximity to them. Hope this helps!...See MoreDingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland
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