Climbing rosescan make a big impact in the garden.
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What Is a Climbing Rose?
The canes on climbing roses are fairly stiff and well suited for attaching to trellises or fences.
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Rambling roses are more unruly plants, growing as much 20 feet tallconsiderably larger than climbers.
The flowers on ramblers are generally smaller, grouped in large sprays.
During this time, your rose bush will have put on some decent bulk sufficient for training.
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If not, then such a structure should be built before you begin training the rose.
These canes are often difficult to train in the existing direction of your design.
If you wish, snip them off at the base as part of your spring plant maintenance.
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Tip
Don’t plan on using the cheap plastic trellis your climbing rose came packaged with.
It will be crushed under the weight of a full year of growth.
Secure each cane with loosely tied pieces of fiber twine or vinyl tape.
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Avoid metal wires or other hard ties, which can constrict the canes and damage them.
Instead, these major canes will throw out secondary shoots that will be full of blooms.
The major canes are best spaced well apart.
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Major canes trained horizontally will send out more shoots, yielding more flowers.
You also can remove any unmanageable large canes that did not fit into your design plan.
Also, refasten the major canes to the structure if they have loosened.
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If your garden is expansive and the task seems too big, leaving the deadheads is rarely an eyesore.
Climbing roses can be enormous plants, and a few faded blossoms are not a detraction.
For thebest blooming shrubs, plant them 2 to 3 feet away from the fence.
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Place shrubs 2 to 3 feet apart.
Plant potted climbing roses between early autumn and early spring as long as the ground is thawed and workable.
The roses will be dormant at that time.
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