Well I have planted my rambling rose (little rambler) in the garden with the obolisk so now I shall see what this year brings( a lovely abundance of clusters of small scented pale pink roses )I hope.
Interesting thoughts above. We are cutting back (aka butchering) the foiliage of the Leylandii which was over hanging the bottom of my garden by about 5 ft in places. (I finally cracked after putting up with it for far too long.) I am hoping now my other shrubs will start to grow up straight.
I was wondering about how easy it would be to grow up a vigorous Rose up the remaining branches but it seems that others think this might be difficult.
I already have a clematis montana rubens going up this dreadful hedge. I am on a rather acidic sandy soil but the clematis seems to be surviving.
Does anyone think it would it be worth trying a vigorous rambling rose or just putting in another clematis montana to liven it up. The fence at the bottom of the garden is about 90ft long, there is plenty of room.
Go for something like Kiftsgate or Rambling Rector and you should be fine - as long as you prepare the planting hole well with plenaty of well rotted manure and/or garden compost and water it regularly in its first year and feed it generously every spring. Both have clusters of creamy white flowers and will look gorgeous against dark green conifers.
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We have a very large conifer and have planted a kiftgate Rose with the hope it would grow up it to help it look more interesting, but we have found that the kiftgate just grows on the edge of the tree and if it gets a bit windy they end up sticking out all over the place, and as they have very large thorns could be dangerous, what is the best way to get it to go up the trunk of the tree then it can branch our to show it's roses, we were told the Kiftgate was the ideal Rose for this as it's thorns being large dig in to help it climb up the trunk, We have cut off some of the very low branches on the conifer so we could fasten the rose to the trunk to help it get started, but it still end up hanging out instead of going up, and suggestions please!!!!!
Climbing roses are not self supporting, they have to be attached. It works when a rose grows through a tree with more open branches, such as an old apple tree, as the branches help to support it. I think you would have to tie it to the conifer at strategic points, but don't ask me how!
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Well I have planted my rambling rose (little rambler) in the garden with the obolisk so now I shall see what this year brings( a lovely abundance of clusters of small scented pale pink roses )I hope.
Interesting thoughts above. We are cutting back (aka butchering) the foiliage of the Leylandii which was over hanging the bottom of my garden by about 5 ft in places. (I finally cracked after putting up with it for far too long.) I am hoping now my other shrubs will start to grow up straight.
I was wondering about how easy it would be to grow up a vigorous Rose up the remaining branches but it seems that others think this might be difficult.
I already have a clematis montana rubens going up this dreadful hedge. I am on a rather acidic sandy soil but the clematis seems to be surviving.
Does anyone think it would it be worth trying a vigorous rambling rose or just putting in another clematis montana to liven it up. The fence at the bottom of the garden is about 90ft long, there is plenty of room.
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Go for something like Kiftsgate or Rambling Rector and you should be fine - as long as you prepare the planting hole well with plenaty of well rotted manure and/or garden compost and water it regularly in its first year and feed it generously every spring. Both have clusters of creamy white flowers and will look gorgeous against dark green conifers.
We have a very large conifer and have planted a kiftgate Rose with the hope it would grow up it to help it look more interesting, but we have found that the kiftgate just grows on the edge of the tree and if it gets a bit windy they end up sticking out all over the place, and as they have very large thorns could be dangerous, what is the best way to get it to go up the trunk of the tree then it can branch our to show it's roses, we were told the Kiftgate was the ideal Rose for this as it's thorns being large dig in to help it climb up the trunk, We have cut off some of the very low branches on the conifer so we could fasten the rose to the trunk to help it get started, but it still end up hanging out instead of going up, and suggestions please!!!!!
Climbing roses are not self supporting, they have to be attached. It works when a rose grows through a tree with more open branches, such as an old apple tree, as the branches help to support it. I think you would have to tie it to the conifer at strategic points, but don't ask me how!