Strawberry Hill Climber and Generous Gardener Climber
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Comments (28)Good to know. I keep thinking that I need to set it back about a foot and a half from its present spot to give it more room to expand without swallowing the sidewalk. That will mean replacing the lilac behind it so it will be a bit of work. But I have been lazy in the garden recently, something that happens with me in the fall most years. Where I grew up years ago, fall was the time the garden work slowed down, and I seem to be still tied to that rhythm. I may do it this winter as part of the winter clean up. Your description of how big it is in Menlo Park confirms what I have been trying not to think about all along. Rosefolly This post was edited by rosefolly on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 13:20...See MoreCare of Container Climbers--New Gardener
Comments (2)You do not give much information about your zone, Italy is long, :-0. Do you live South or North. It might have been too cold or too windy for your other plants as Samia mentioned. Bougainvillaea likes it hot, dislikes cold. I do not think that newly planted plants would be rootbound. I have had an orange in the same pot for about 12 years and it does not mind at all. Bougainvilaeas dislike root disturbance, I am afraid it is more likely to die if you trim its roots. My advice is remove all the dead brunches, trim and shape the rest fertilize your pots with a potash rich fertilizer and wait for results. If your winters are cold and windy, put your plants in a sheltered position. Cheers Happy gardenning...See MoreSecret garden musk climber?
Comments (11)I want to add a little something I've been noticing as I experiment with Chinas and Teas here in NJ -- they, too, seem OK with being cut back rather hard in early Winter to remove cold damage. Again, so long as they get ample sun, water, and food, they grow rather quickly here. I understand that our Californian friends find that Teas and Chinas will mope after being cut back too hard, but I notice two unsaid caveats about that. First is that these roses get much larger in CA, since they don't experience Winter damage, and so cutting back later means removing actively-growing canes which would be several years old. That I can understand would be rather shocking to the plant. Second, we get much more water here, which I think pushes more growth within our peak growing season than in the same amount of time in CA. Teas and Chinas seem to take a break in California Summers because it's so hot and dry, whereas here it's hot and wet -- and they grow like crazy. This seems to be enough to make up for what Winter takes away. My one Tea that died here -- 'Lady Hillingdon' -- did so (I think) because it was placed where it didn't get enough sun during the growing season to compensate for Winter loss. It would have been enough if I was growing it further south where Winters are milder, but not here. Just a few feet away from where she died, "Bermuda Spice" gets all-day full-sun, and recovered from being cut back to 12" or less in late Winter to hitting 5' x 5' by the end of the season. In that way, I'm finding that Teas and Chinas (and the aforementioned R. moschata) can almost be treated like what we do with Buddleia here -- cut back rather hard if necessary when removing Winter damage, then watered and fed and given full-sun. Dead-head and lightly trim if you wish, but otherwise let them grow wild through the season. They'll keep blooming through our Summers, and most seem barely fazed by blackspot. :-) ~Christopher...See MoreShade-tolerant climber? Nahema (my new garden - continued)
Comments (33)Ooh, vaporvac - Clotilde Soupert is gorgeous!!! I love the last pic, especially with the pink centres. I will see if she's available here - it's a bit frustrating as there are often roses I hear you all talk about but which aren't available for me, especially in Perth - as I need to get it from the local rose nursery which grafts on Fortuniana so I'm stuck with what they offer. I have to confess, I'm not keen on pale/white roses - I like them to have a "solid" colour. ;-) (unless the white is very "solid" - like a strong ivory or snowy white)... if I'm making sense? But otherwise, it just looks sort of washed out - or in the very bright Aussie sunshine, I find that the flowers reflect light terribly and just look like white blurs in the garden. Like so far, I'm not very impressed with Evelyn because she seems like such a pale, wishy-washy "non-colour". Perhaps I'm being unfair as she hasn't rebloomed like the other Austins (after Reine Victoria, she's the next LEAST performing rose so far) - so maybe I haven't seen any decent flowers from her yet and I'm judging too early. I also wonder if white blooms wouldn't stand out much against the white wall? I was actually thinking I'd really like a climbing rose with darker blooms - like dark pink - the only problem is finding one that would be shade tolerant! Here's another picture of the wall. As you can see, I don't have a lot of space to play with and if I fan Nahema out, I don't know if I'll have space for another climbing rose! It would have to go farther to the left, on the wall just behind Lady of Shalott ( the bush with the GIANT octopus arm - LOL!), next to the window - and I'm not sure there is enough space in the bed. It's very narrow. But I suppose I could move LOS to somewhere else - I was planning to anyway. Also, I had 3 hollyhocks growing at the back, behind LOS and POAK, along the wall (they're still there - I've just cut their tall stalks down) - so if I put a climbing rose in, I'd have to sacrifice some hollyhock space for next year - and I do love my hollyhocks... Argh! Wish I had a wider / deeper bed!! :-) ~ HY...See MoreSarena Altman (7a Middle TN)
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