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Climbing rose.

jdart05b4mPuRyPjdart05b4mPuRyP Posts: 1
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Hello, I'm after some advice about a climbing rose I have in my garden. I am in the process of levelling a slope and my climbing rose is planted at the bottom of the slope. Would it damage the rose if I buried the bottom 6-8 inches of the plant? Would covering it with gravel help? Or do I need to raise it to expose the base of the rose?

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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Hi and welcome to the forum. An inch or so of compost around the base of the rose annually is fine, but 6-8 inches would be too much at once, I think. Your best bet is to make a bottomless wooden frame around the rose to the finished height you want and then raise the levels around it. Something like 30-40cm long sides should do it. Give the rose a good feed, water it well then mulch a little on top inside the box and it will be happy. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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