A question about growing a rose up a tree trunk
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Comments (29)It's timely that this conversation popped up. My husband is currently spending part of each morning pulling 'Silver Moon' down out of our old seedling avocado. It's been there for 8-9 years now, and in our mild coastal SoCal climate simply does not bloom. At all. So, it's got to go. And since the tree was just trimmed, this is a good time. He'd sort of like to put another rose up there . . . but we'll be more discerning, this time. It has to be something that will bloom here (which eliminates many Ramblers, if not all) and that won't mildew. Maybe 'Mel's Heritage,' since I just figured out that we have a spare one . . ....See Moregreen under the bark about 40 inches up the trunk
Comments (5)jim30, your advice does sound reasonable. I guess the thing that has discouraged me the most is that I did not know still living trees, which have simply gone dormant, would ever keep holding onto their dead leaves like a live branch that is cut off of a tree and subsequently dies will do. Still, since there is green under the bark about half way up the trunk, I am game to take your advice and still plant this tree in the fall. Do you think it would be better if I wait until after our first freeze, or simply plant it around the middle part of September when our daily high temps consistantly stop rising above the low 80 degrees F. range. I do plan to test the planting area to make certain how well the planting hole will drain, and from those results, to detemine if I should plant it's rootflare just at the virgin soil level, or if the planting bed needs to be raised. Since the tree has gone into shock and it's dead leaves have not been able to feed it's roots ever since a few weeks ago, will it do the tree more harm for me to bare root it just before I plant it? Or should I simply only wash away the potting soil I added, but still plant the tree with it's orginal B&B rootball's soil? Lastly; at what point in this whole process should I remove the dead leaves that the tree's branches have not been able to push off? Or does the timing for that, even matter?...See MoreQuestion about a rose in a tree, not a tree rose
Comments (3)Here's what I found Apples are Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Maloideae Genus: Malus Species: Malus domestica - domestic apple. Roses are Same except Subfamily = Rosoideae Genus = Rosa Species = Rosa speciosa. Plants of the same botanical genus and species can usually be grafted even if different varieties. Plants of the same genus but different species often can be grafted but the result may be weak or short-lived, or they may not unite at all. Plants of different genera are less successfully grafted, although there are some cases where this is possible. For example, quince, genus Cydonia, may be used as a dwarfing rootstock for pear, genus Pyrus. So I guess I answered my own question. Seemed like a good idea though. I'd like to have a rose hanging from the top of an apple tree....See MoreGrowing roses up trees
Comments (12)I am growing a few roses in to trees, large bushes and a hedge. My greatest success has been with an Alister Clark rose Milkmaid. I am growing her into the apple tree. I planted her about half way between the trunk and the drip line of the tree. She grows up a tripod of hardwood stakes and then into the tree. I planted her on the sunny side of the tree and so she has mostly grown into only the sunniest half of the tree. I should have planted her on the shadier side so she would have had to grow all the way through the tree to reach the sun. I have R.bunonii planted under the Fig next to the apple tree. This rose is only about a metre from the trunk of the fig and has struggled to get started, but is now growing well. It is however being possum pruned, but it is such a huge growing rose that I'm sure it will win in the end. I did plant Cl. Lorraine Lee on the shady side of our huge 40 year old Camellia. LL had grown right throw the bush and reached the top and is now cascading down the sides of the bush. I have been trying to grow Nancy Hayward into the Portwine Magnolia but so far she has been struggling against root competition. I am also having the same problem growing Blackboy into Magnolia stellata. I am growing Veilchenblau on to an archway but it has also escaped into the Banksia next to the arch and I've decided to allow it to do that. I am also growing R. helenae to grow through an old hedge. Most of the roses you are planning to use sound great except R. glauca. You may find it doesn't climb as well as the other. Good luck. Vivienne...See More- 2 years ago
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