How much width for Climbing English Roses?
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Comments (6)We, here in Ontario, are forever reminded of how B.C. has no snow....you don't have to shovel rain. But, while snow is not thought of as something to admire---many people do wait for it and cant wait to get to the slopes...B.C. knows all about that what with Whistler raking in all the tourist dollars. Roses anywhere, everywhere, have common problems, from disease to winds, especially winter winds, that can dry out a plant in no time. So do put up a barrier to how winds might confront your rose bush. So too can winds dry out the soil--so make sure the plant goes into winter with lots of water--but not too much, roses don't like wet feet. Mound the plants up at least 12" with what you feel proper....soil, leaves, boughs...and don't remove the protection until all chance of frost has passed in the spring. Don't get antsy about a spell of warm weather in March which turns nasty again and have your plants succumb to the weather. Make sure the canes are tied together securely and to the trellis, post or fence you have them on. In the spring, separate the canes by how your hand and fingers are splayed out. That is how you want to have the canes grow and gives the best chance of sunlight to all parts of the plant. Don't do major pruning at this time --remove what is weak or damaged but otherwise, leave pruning for the spring. Open wounds on ends of canes can invite disease and freezes....See Morehow to make our climbing rose flower
Comments (20)I had five Lady Banks along a fifty foot fence in San Diego some years ago. Really more than was needed for that site, little did I know. It's an easy Rose, and no prickles! Yes, once blooming, but such a spectular sight. And, lovely greenery the remainder of the year. I hope yours comes around now that you have cleared the way. Looking forward to future pics....See Moreclimbing rose help--how to connect 2 trellises?
Comments (5)I don't know how far apart your two trellises are. My DH built an arch for Sombreuil to go from its original support over a 8-10 foot space, so it could climb up our house. This is probably much further than you need to go, but the same basic type of materials and construction might work for you. He took three 20 ft lenghths of 3/8 inch rebar, threaded them through 1/2 inch PVC electrical condiut (plastic pipe). He shortened it a bit for the space. It was long enough to bend into an arch shape. to stabilize it, he took short lenghths of plumbing PVC pipe between the long pieces. He got what he calls "half tees" - also PVC plumbing pieces, to connect the short cross pieces to the long ones. You may not need to do anywhere near that much, but the basic idea is very sturdy. I would advise some such sort of STURDY support to connect your trellises. New Dawn is a big thing - I think it would tear apart anything wimpy. Here are two pictures of our arch from underneath one showing the house side of it, and the other a close-up of the cross pieces. It may help you understand that your project is not so very difficult at all, because it can be so much smaller! Jackie...See MoreI’ve never hated so much a climbing rose
Comments (27)The four mature, 4th. of July climbers that I observed for many years, growing in a large public rose garden here in Pennsylvania were monstrosities, getting bigger and more grotesquely ugly year after year. I hope the Rosarians there removed them by now. I haven't been there in a while. At their best spring flush they were sparse of bloom. Up close or in a vase, the striped petaled blooms are just another striped rose, nothing out of the ordinary. However, from a few feet back, the blooms look badly mildewed. After the spring flush, the climber goes down hill, just getting bigger, and blooming so sparingly that you don't even take a second look. Actually, 4th. if July is a carnivorous plant, much like the notorious brambles of the English countryside, which entrap wooly sheep in their wicked thorns where the sheep die a tortuous death if no merciful human frees them. Then the sheep's decomposing bodies feed nutrients to the brambles....a carnivorous plant indeed, much like the honeydew plant, pitcher plant, and strangler fig. Grow a 4th. of July to your peril, both aesthetically injurious to the finer sensibilities of the viewer, and as a real threat to the life of beloved pets and wildlife. "Where is little Skippy? He's been missing since the day before Independence Day? Oh, no!, he got eaten by the 4th. of July, on the 3rd. of July!" Moses...See MoreLilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
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