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Leggy bare stemmed climbing roses
eviledna73
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Hello. I wonder if anyone has any advice please? I have problems with two climbing roses In my south facing garden. The first rose is an Iceberg (2 years old). It’s very spindly. I was wondering what I could do to encourage it to be stronger and bushier.
The second rose is a yellow garden centre variety (4 years old). I’m unsure if it’s name but it smells heavenly. It’s gone very leggy suddenly. It grows profusely but these 8/9 foot vertical stems that only have leaves and flowers on the very tops. I’m wondering how I can encourage it to bush out more and get leaves lower down. What should I do with these crazy tall branches? I was wondering if I should pull them into a horizontal position and tie them in place? I tried this last year but more vertical tall stems grew from 
the horizontal stems with the same bare problem.
the horizontal stems with the same bare problem. Hopefully I’ve attached photos.
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