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Advice on what to do with these Roses...

leahjadeleahjade Posts: 10
in Problem solving
Hi guys forgive me in advance I'm very new to gardening. We have these roses growing up onto our decking trellis and they've grown quite tall, as you can see one has grown out sideways. Now my question is do I just let them continue growing? Do I clip them right down? Do I tie them back? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Hi Leah,

    You don't need to do much to them at this time of year, apart from tying the tall canes and the sticking out one back to the trellis (if you can do this carefully without breaking it , as horizontally if possible, it makes more flowers that way).

    Roses are coming to the end of their season and are not pruned until they are dormant (all leaves dropped off) in the winter. You can pick off all dying or yellow leaves now if you want to. Has the rose still got it's label at all? If you can let us know what it is called, then we can advise on the pruning later in the year.

    Good luck, it looks a nice healthy specimen.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with all that @Lizzie27 has said. 

    The one job you ought to do now is to clear away the grass that’s growing around the base of your rose. It’s competing with your rose for moisture and nutrients in the soil … clearing an area around it will enable you to feed and mulch it to keep it healthy. 

    A bare semi-circle with a radius of around 18” would be perfect and would also help to ensure that the stems of your rose aren’t damaged by lawnmowers and strimmers getting too close. 

    Damage to the bark by being knocked by a mower is a common way of infection getting into the plant. 

    Then you can mulch that area with some composted bark or well-rotted farmyard manure or even a bit of multipurpose compost if that’s what’s available, and it’ll be good for the rose and look neat and tidy too. 

    That does look like a really pretty rose … well worth looking after 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • leahjadeleahjade Posts: 10
    Lizzie27 said:
    Hi Leah,

    You don't need to do much to them at this time of year, apart from tying the tall canes and the sticking out one back to the trellis (if you can do this carefully without breaking it , as horizontally if possible, it makes more flowers that way).

    Roses are coming to the end of their season and are not pruned until they are dormant (all leaves dropped off) in the winter. You can pick off all dying or yellow leaves now if you want to. Has the rose still got it's label at all? If you can let us know what it is called, then we can advise on the pruning later in the year.

    Good luck, it looks a nice healthy specimen.
    Hi Lizzie this is the Rose in question. I took both of your advice. See new imaged. Do I just keep letting them grow at this point?
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @leahjade, Thanks for showing the label and new photos, it helps a lot. According to the RHS website, James Galway is a shortish, upright climber to a height of 1.5 metres or so.  Depending on your conditions, it might well grow a bit taller. 
    I would be inclined to leave the pruning for as long as possible with the proviso that if storms are forecast in your area over the next month or so, it wouldn't hurt to prune the tallest shoots down to the top of the trellis, so that they don't get battered down or break in the wind.

    It looks and sounds a very nice rose so you're lucky to have it.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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