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ClImbing rose
Greg4
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Hi I have a climbing rose where all the shoots and leaf growth and flowers are all along the top section. If I cut back hard will it stimulate growth lower down the plant? I don't know what variety the rose is.
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How much light is on the stems Greg, light and sun stimulate leaf growth. I'd leave pruning till next spring now then prune by half, feed mulch and water well. Bet it gets better.
Bending new growth down near horizontal will encourage side shoots, & flowers to be produced along the shoots. Very easy to do with ramblers, harder with climbing roses.
Have a look at this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7F5qhChFM
It's the best and clearest explanation I've seen of the principles of training and pruning a climbing rose.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The majority of climbing roses bloom on wood produced in the previous year, so cutting all canes down to the ground means that you will lose a season's blooms.
Please watch the video I linked to above - it is a simple explanation of how to train, prune and control climbing roses and get blooms all over the plant.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove for posting the very informative video on pruning and training climbing roses. I have two beautiful but unruly specimens and can't wait to whip them into shape!