Will it be possible to grow Ghislaine de Feligonde on a north facing fence to scramble up a tree? Also how do I go about pruning a rambler? Pruning ramblers confuses me to say the least!
You don't' have to prune rambling roses at all. I have several and generally let them do their own thing. I only prune bits off as and when needed. It's in their nature to scramble (ramble) about. Rambling roses on my pergola, not pruned in over 20 years -
Billericay - Essex
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Ghislaine de Feligonde is a repeat flowerer, unlike a lot of rambling roses, which means she will flower on new growth as well as old. You don't need to start pruning for the first 3 years, but dead heading and tidying up can be done. After that you remove dead and diseased stems and shape and thin as you want. She is quite a bushy rose and can be pruned into a rounded shrub.
She will grow on a north fence, mine is shaded by next door's trees, she doesn't seem to mind. But she won't grow anything like as tall as Pete's rose, my daughter's is about 8 - 9 foot, so maybe not the best choice for growing into a tree.
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A north wall is fine as long as there's plenty of light but not sure she's vigorous enough to get up a tree -
https://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses/ghislaine-de-feligonde-rambling-rose.html
All the mature ones I've seen in gardens here are growing in sun and get to about 3m. My own is just a baby so only a metre high at the mo.
I have several and generally let them do their own thing.
I only prune bits off as and when needed.
It's in their nature to scramble (ramble) about.
Rambling roses on my pergola, not pruned in over 20 years -
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Ghislaine de Feligonde is a repeat flowerer, unlike a lot of rambling roses, which means she will flower on new growth as well as old. You don't need to start pruning for the first 3 years, but dead heading and tidying up can be done. After that you remove dead and diseased stems and shape and thin as you want. She is quite a bushy rose and can be pruned into a rounded shrub.
She will grow on a north fence, mine is shaded by next door's trees, she doesn't seem to mind. But she won't grow anything like as tall as Pete's rose, my daughter's is about 8 - 9 foot, so maybe not the best choice for growing into a tree.