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Posted by
rross NSW Aust (
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Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 4:02
| A friend asked me to help her train her climbing iceberg rose. It is some huge triffid, sending up stacks of shoots skywards. I didn't know what to tell her. Could someone advise me how to start? Even if we had a trellis or arch, I wouldn't know which shoots to use. Are you supposed to choose some and get rid of the others? The rose itself is very healthy - no black spot. |
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RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| Here's a YouTube Video that might be helpful. |
Here is a link that might be useful: P Zimmerman on Pruning Climbers
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| And here's another . . . If these 2 don't address the specific problems you're facing with 'Climbing Iceberg', do a "pruning climbing roses" YouTube search -- there are quite a few fine videos by a number of people. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rejuvenating a Climber
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| One thing to note: Climbing iceberg blooms on old wood only. Lee |
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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- Posted by hoovb z9 Southern CA (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 14:59
| Climbing iceberg blooms on old wood only. Huh? Not mine. |
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| Originally, there were variants of Cl. Iceberg which only flowered on old wood. Reports from forty years ago when it was initially discovered stated it was. Over time, most of those in commerce here in the US have been replaced by the repeat flowering variant. Being a mutation, it can occur in as widely varying types as the standard bush and the variants of Mlle. Cecile Brunner can. If you have a once flowering Cl. Iceberg, you should be able to obtain a freely repeating one fairly easily. Shopping nurseries here in late summer and into fall, you can find many continuing to flower as reliably as any bush HT or floribunda. Kim |
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| Hoovb, Is your Iceberg climber own root or grafted? On Chamblee's website for own root Iceberg, climber under miscellaneous info. it states "blooms on old wood." At Otto and Sons nursery website it also states blooms on old wood for a grafted rose. I am confused.... Lee
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Here is a link that might be useful: Chamblee's web page for climbing iceberg
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| Sounds like more repeated rhetoric used to fill space to me. You frequently find the same stuff repeated from one site, article, book to the next because they didn't find anything else to use and most who write them don't have any experience with the roses. The information on HMF says "Wayside Gardens says Iceberg, Climbing blooms on old wood only...", then reports it blooms in flushes, which is what it does here in Los Angeles. Kim |
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| Thanks Kim, I was avoiding ordering a climbing iceberg own root and now I can! I'm in SoCal too so hopefully it will bloom regularly.... I've noticed that "repeat whatever they say" tendency too, especially for David Austin roses. Thanks for the heads up... Hoovb, sorry to hear about your dog! We had to let our Kona dog go to yellow lab heaven 2 years ago. I cried my eyes out the whole way home from the vet. It's hard letting your best friend go! Lee |
RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| You're welcome! I'm sure you'll love the rose, BTW. Catalog writers who have no familiarity with the plants repeat the same stuff all the time. If you're more than a little tired of that and really enjoy reading a REAL plants person who writes a great catalog, read the one linked below. Very few roses and from what I hear, they're discontinuing them. The rest of the information is wonderful and delightful. If you're lucky enough to find their plants at your local nursery, grab them! Everything I've ever dealt with from them has been perfect. Kim |
Here is a link that might be useful: Monterey Bay Nursery
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RE: help with climbing white iceberg rose
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| You're welcome Lee! If you REALLY want to make sure yours reblooms, wait until Fall, visit your local nursery and buy a five gallon, bud and bloom plant (only budded, unfortunately) for planting. That one is guaranteed to rebloom. Kim |
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