i planted a pale orange climbing rose in the winter, it is gowing well and the two branches that have grown i have bent and held in place with a wire hoops. One is bent horizontally to the left and the other one is bent to the right. I am doing this so that i get new growth growing all the way along the trellis and don't end up with flowers just at the top of trellis. My question is that i wont prune these horizontals will i, just the upright branches that will grow off of them? am i right or wrong ?
Sanjy - hope that's the right way to do it because it's what I've done! I am growing New Dawn which is quite vigorous and the horizontals will eventually be longer than the the fence is wide. I think at that point I can either snip the ends of the horizontals to stop them growing any longer or bend the stem so it starts to grow back the other way about 18" higher than the bottom horizontal.
I believe you can continue zig zagging the horizontals across the fence or frame until the area is filled. As you say, you concentrate the pruning on the flowering verticals sprouting from the horizontal stem(s)
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that's reassuring topbird that you are doing the same. I don't know what rose i have and why i ever thought i had the memory to remember a simple name, this yr i have learnt and there are labels on everything.
Yes you train the roses horizontally then prune the side shoots that grow vetically in the early spring. You prune them to about 3 buds from the horizontal.
I worked hard on a rose i have, I made a framework using the horizontal branches and this year am waiting for it to burst into flower - only had a few flowers before.
Mind you after today I'm not sure how much will be left even though it's on wire ona wall - wind horrendous
Have been watching the you tube posts re roses. So interesting and a wonderful source of information. Have watched lots of other things on there but never thought to look for gardening items
Hi all, Monty did a bit a few weeks ago tying in and pruning his me gregoire staechelin, I have that rose too, found it helpful, just wish I could find someone to drill me some holes and fix wire up, support isn't great, wonky wire!
Every plant, bulb or seed I buy, I try to obtain a label and bundle these together into planting schemes for the different parts of my garden. It all sounds a little OCD and it probably is, but it works for me. Knowing the cultivar can make all the difference when looking after it, in the case of a rose is a rose, is not a rose. Some like different aspects others have different pruning requirements, as with climbers and ramblers.
This year is the first chance I've ever been able to train my roses correctly, (long story very dull). Not suggesting I'm an expert but they ain't half bad, so what I did was tie in the new shoots late last summer, removing any awkward growth or what gets in the way.
Horizontal of course, fed and mulched in the spring, I tweaked any tying in also at this time, there's no law that says you can't, again removing any forward facing branches that would snag or look unsightly. I was very strict about keeping the climbers flush against the fencing.
I've never used wire for roses or clematis, but trellis for roses and chicken wire or strong mesh for clematis.
All roses will be shown in full bloom on garden picture thread very soon
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i planted a pale orange climbing rose in the winter, it is gowing well and the two branches that have grown i have bent and held in place with a wire hoops. One is bent horizontally to the left and the other one is bent to the right. I am doing this so that i get new growth growing all the way along the trellis and don't end up with flowers just at the top of trellis. My question is that i wont prune these horizontals will i, just the upright branches that will grow off of them? am i right or wrong ?
Sanjy - hope that's the right way to do it because it's what I've done! I am growing New Dawn which is quite vigorous and the horizontals will eventually be longer than the the fence is wide. I think at that point I can either snip the ends of the horizontals to stop them growing any longer or bend the stem so it starts to grow back the other way about 18" higher than the bottom horizontal.
I believe you can continue zig zagging the horizontals across the fence or frame until the area is filled. As you say, you concentrate the pruning on the flowering verticals sprouting from the horizontal stem(s)
that's reassuring topbird that you are doing the same. I don't know what rose i have and why i ever thought i had the memory to remember a simple name, this yr i have learnt and there are labels on everything.
Yes you train the roses horizontally then prune the side shoots that grow vetically in the early spring. You prune them to about 3 buds from the horizontal.
I worked hard on a rose i have, I made a framework using the horizontal branches and this year am waiting for it to burst into flower - only had a few flowers before.
Mind you after today I'm not sure how much will be left even though it's on wire ona wall - wind horrendous
Have been watching the you tube posts re roses. So interesting and a wonderful source of information. Have watched lots of other things on there but never thought to look for gardening items
Hi all, Monty did a bit a few weeks ago tying in and pruning his me gregoire staechelin, I have that rose too, found it helpful, just wish I could find someone to drill me some holes and fix wire up, support isn't great, wonky wire!
Every plant, bulb or seed I buy, I try to obtain a label and bundle these together into planting schemes for the different parts of my garden. It all sounds a little OCD and it probably is, but it works for me. Knowing the cultivar can make all the difference when looking after it, in the case of a rose is a rose, is not a rose. Some like different aspects others have different pruning requirements, as with climbers and ramblers.
This year is the first chance I've ever been able to train my roses correctly, (long story very dull). Not suggesting I'm an expert but they ain't half bad, so what I did was tie in the new shoots late last summer, removing any awkward growth or what gets in the way.
Horizontal of course, fed and mulched in the spring, I tweaked any tying in also at this time, there's no law that says you can't, again removing any forward facing branches that would snag or look unsightly. I was very strict about keeping the climbers flush against the fencing.
I've never used wire for roses or clematis, but trellis for roses and chicken wire or strong mesh for clematis.
All roses will be shown in full bloom on garden picture thread very soon