I love ZD as well. Trying to find a suitable place for it. At moment all i can think of is to put it to grow up an old concrete washing line post about 8ft high. Would it be OK there?
I think that would look great. However if you want it to grow upwards, give it some support by drilling in eyes and tying in the stems. My mums grown it as a shrub in its own right, and it looks stunning. The only downside to ZD is black spot, having said that a good spray of ant-fungal spray in early spring every two weeks till summer should prevent that. I did that with my ZD at my old house and it did really well.
Gosh I'm so glad I read this thread. I was just about to plant PHM on my old stone wall which whilst it is very long, is only around 10 ft high. That said, I planted a kiftsgate on a similar wall and it's been fine. I really don't know what to do now
I have a Madame Alfred Carriere, only three years old but growing in a SW facing bed in lovely soil, and so far she has only grown to about 15 feet and is twined round an old chain on a pergola. She is quite slim (only about 3 feet in diameter) and has hardly any thorns so is easy to manage. A beautiful rose and not at all unweildy.
I've never grown a Himalayan Musk but, from what I have read, it's a different beast altogether.
I put mme a c on a north facing wall of the house and it is totally massive. I love it but it gets terrible black spot and too big to spray. I cut a huge branch off over an inch in diameter and as it had a fork I used it as a prop in another part of the garden. Some time later noticed white roses where I never expected! . Only rose cutting I ever took, and if I had retried it would'nt have worked.
I planted one of those huge monsters, on a 6ft piece of trellis, obviously wrong, i wonder if i could cut it down and dig it out to replant somewhere else, any ideas about that?
I only planted it last spring 2012.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I would cut it hard back - to about 4 or 5 good buds above ground level, cutting to an outward facing bud. Prepare the soil well, some microrhyzal treatment applied to the roots would help, and plant deep, a couple of inches below current soil level.
We transplanted a mature Mermaid rambler to my daughter's garden this way, and it is now rampant all over the back garden wall (one of the best intruder deterrents known to man)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I agree. ZD has to be my all time favourite climber, simply stunning....and the scent, knock out!!
I love ZD as well. Trying to find a suitable place for it. At moment all i can think of is to put it to grow up an old concrete washing line post about 8ft high. Would it be OK there?
I think that would look great. However if you want it to grow upwards, give it some support by drilling in eyes and tying in the stems. My mums grown it as a shrub in its own right, and it looks stunning. The only downside to ZD is black spot, having said that a good spray of ant-fungal spray in early spring every two weeks till summer should prevent that. I did that with my ZD at my old house and it did really well.
Gosh I'm so glad I read this thread. I was just about to plant PHM on my old stone wall which whilst it is very long, is only around 10 ft high. That said, I planted a kiftsgate on a similar wall and it's been fine. I really don't know what to do now
I have a Madame Alfred Carriere, only three years old but growing in a SW facing bed in lovely soil, and so far she has only grown to about 15 feet and is twined round an old chain on a pergola. She is quite slim (only about 3 feet in diameter) and has hardly any thorns so is easy to manage. A beautiful rose and not at all unweildy.
I've never grown a Himalayan Musk but, from what I have read, it's a different beast altogether.
I put mme a c on a north facing wall of the house and it is totally massive. I love it but it gets terrible black spot and too big to spray. I cut a huge branch off over an inch in diameter and as it had a fork I used it as a prop in another part of the garden. Some time later noticed white roses where I never expected! . Only rose cutting I ever took, and if I had retried it would'nt have worked.
I planted one of those huge monsters, on a 6ft piece of trellis, obviously wrong, i wonder if i could cut it down and dig it out to replant somewhere else, any ideas about that?
I only planted it last spring 2012.
Lyn, I think that's a sensible solution - if you do it in the autumn it'll be fine
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you dove, about how high would you cut it down too ?
I would cut it hard back - to about 4 or 5 good buds above ground level, cutting to an outward facing bud. Prepare the soil well, some microrhyzal treatment applied to the roots would help, and plant deep, a couple of inches below current soil level.
We transplanted a mature Mermaid rambler to my daughter's garden this way, and it is now rampant all over the back garden wall (one of the best intruder deterrents known to man
)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.