Growing Climbing Roses
Growing Climbing Roses
By Russ Cooper
You don’t have to walk very far in a neighborhood before you see a rose bush or two. On the other hand to see climbing roses is far more rare. This is a mystery because growing climbing roses is no more difficult then any other rose plant and yet they are the most fascinating rose plant of all.
You can make climbing roses rap around a pole or a pillar or a tree or extend over an archway. You can have them climb up a trellis, a fence, a shed, walls or any large solid structure. You can also have them grow horizontally as well as vertically. In fact when they grow horizontally they usually produce more roses.
Even though they specialize in climbing they are not considered true vines. Vines like the ivy you see climbing up walls with a ferocity actually have supporting structures, like little tentacles which grab onto the wall to hold the ivy against the wall. Roses don’t have these supporting structures. And because of this it’s up to you, the grower, to loosely attach the plant to a structure or wind it through the structure (like the lattice work of a trellis or archway).
When you plan on growing climbing roses you will need to consider which species is best for your garden. Some grow to 7 feet high while others grow to 30 feet. Sometimes the climate in your area will determine the height. Some are ever-bloomers which means they bloom all throughout the growing season. Others are spring bloomers and only bloom in the spring.
As we mentioned above they are no more difficult to grow then any other species. One big difference between climbing roses and other roses is they need very little pruning. In fact you don’t need to prune them for the first two years. This is nice and it gets even better, if you prune climbing roses every year like you need to do with other roses it will have the opposite effect, they will produce less roses. You only need to prune every 3 or 4 years and even then you only need to remove the old warn out stems at the base of the plant. Young stems are encouraged to grow very long. They are flexible and it is easy for you to train them through things like a fence or the lattice work structures of a trellis or archway.
As we said before while it is usual and customary to see rose bushes around the neighborhood it is a rare thing to actually see climbing roses. But now that you know how easy it actually is you can be the first in your neighborhood to present this rare sight. You will have the garden that people will point to and say, “hey look they have climbing roses in their yard.” We’ll keep it a secret just how easy it is.
Russ Cooper is a rose gardening expert. For more information on growing climbing roses visit http://www.gracefulroses.com
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