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| Hello, all!
I am wondering if Climbing Pinata is a good rose to use to espalier across a low, 3 1/2 or so foot fence. I read on the old rose-list archives that it could be a good choice, but then read that it had canes that were too stiff and was best grown on a pillar. It gets full sun, but is a very narrow area which runs along a driveway. I'd have to make sure she stays pretty well on the fence, as there is not much space for the cars. Yes, I know. I should not even worry about using the driveway for actual driving, given that the roses come first. But, it is a shared apartment house and I can say with some degree of certainty that being able to drive up the driveway will be priority over the rose for some of the members of the household. Therefore, if her canes really are too stiff it would be a problem. It is a pretty narrow space and if it is too stiff I may not be able to get it to work. It may be too narrow a space at all for any rose, but I am willing to try. I should add that I have never done anything like this, and this would be an experiment with a big learning curve. I'm not too worried about that, as everything in this garden is pretty much an experiment for one reason or another. I'll give it a go and see what happens. But now that I have the idea of espalier in my head, I'd like to try it with something that will only fight me 2/3's of the time and not all the time! It is such a dead looking area of the yard that has been completely neglected for who knows how many years. Currently it just has ivy across the ground down the stretch of the driveway. I think it could work to add some color to the property line, but maybe it is just not the rose to try this experiment. Does anyone here have any experience with this rose, or maybe tried using her for espalier? I am in Philadelphia, I was 6b but now I am 7a, I think, with the reorganization. Oh, Pinata was already purchased, BTW. Suggestions for another rose to try are certainly welcome, but so would suggestions for Pinata, as she has to go somewhere. I intended on using Pinata in front of a low wall to trail across, then thought the fence was a better idea. Perhaps it is not a very good rose for either purpose and actually needs a pillar? Thanks! Off to continue cleaning up the yard, looking forward to seeing if anyone has any ideas! |
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- Posted by aklinda 7 (lindanewland@myway.com) on Tue, Mar 6, 12 at 13:14
| Other people may have had a different experience but Pinata was a slow grower for me. After about 3 yrs it was only about 2 feet tall. It may have been the growing conditions. I did love the flowers. Sadly it was one of the roses that succumbed to the extreme winter weather that we experienced in New Mexico last winter. |
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| Thanks for the reply and letting me know of your experience. Wow. I was expecting it to be moderately tall, maybe 10' or so. I wonder why it stayed so small? I'm glad that you say you liked the flowers. I do like the colors, at least from photographs. I am sorry to hear that you lost yours. Well, I guess that it must not be a very popular rose. I'd love to hear if anyone else has any comments about it. In the meantime, I suppose I will go about with my plan and experiment. Maybe I will end up with something pretty. Thanks again, aklinda! |
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| It is extremely tenacious though. My friend up north in zone 4 has had it for about 5 years. Her husband ran it over with the lawn mower twice. Each time she was sure she'd lost it but it kept coming back for more! It doesn't get huge for her either but she's in a much colder zone than you. Well, and it got chopped down twice! She loves the blooms on it. |
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