How To Trellis Train Climbing Roses
With climbing roses, you can show off your beautiful blooms against lattice backs or fencing. The applications for climbing roses are numerous. You are only limited to finding materials that will support your climbing roses and in areas that are best suited for your roses. When you think about climbing roses, it is not uncommon to think that they will grow and climb like other climbing plants, through the growth of tendrils and such. Climbing roses do not, in fact, grow in this manner, so trellis training climbing rose plants is much different. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Climbing rose plant
- Compost
- Superphosphate
- Shovel
- Garden spade
- Gardening gloves
- Anchored trellis
- Water
- Strips of pantyhose (for ties)
Instructions
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Use the shovel to dig a hole deep enough to completely cover the root system of your climbing rose plant. You should make sure that your hole is approximately 2 1/2 inches from the trellis.
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Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of superphosphate to the soil you removed from the hole. Mix in a generous amount of compost into the soil as well.
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Place your climbing rose plant into the ground and cover with the removed soil, tamping down tightly. Add some water when finished.
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Tie sections of the structural canes of the climbing rose plant to the crisscross sections of the trellis, with strips of pantyhose. The structural canes are the thickest parts of the climbing rose and do not produce flowers, but the flowering shoots grow from these parts. Space the shoots as evenly as possible.
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Tie new canes in, with strips of pantyhose, to replace the dead or broken ones as you allow the climbing rose to grow unpruned for at least two years. You should only be removing dead and broken shoots, canes or flowers. After this time, your climbing rose is well established and you can then prune your flowering shoots during dormancy.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure that your trellis is anchored securely so that it does not buckle or fall under the weight of a mature climbing rose plant.
When tying your structural canes, try to keep them more horizontal than vertical for a wider flower production area.
