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| Let's say a person has a Blue Girl Climbing Rose. Now let's say that person is a complete idiot and followed the advice of some guy on YouTube who said to basically cut everything off except the longest strongest cane. And then that person thought that they should also cut off all the new growth coming off that cane. That person's climbing rose is going to die, isn't it? And if, by some miracle it doesn't die, it's going to grow back all weird, right? This is why we don't let blondes garden unsupervised. :) (And yes, the idiot in this scenario is me. Also, I'm devastated at my own idiocy, because I absolutely adore this rose.) A little more info--when I look closely at what's left of my rose, I do see a few little (for lack of a better word) nubs that look like the start of something new. So maybe it's not dead yet? |
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- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 21, 14 at 14:28
| The only thing you can do now is sit back and wait. And cross your fingers. Hopefully the 'nubs' are new growth. Linda (A brunette) P.S. Just because it's on the Internet doesn't make it true. |
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| Not to worry. It will probably send up new canes from the graft. Also, if you can get that last existing cane as horizontal as possible it will send up laterals off of that that will bloom this year. For future reference, never take off more that 1/2 to 1/3 of the oldest canes in any one year. And any dead wood, of course. So if you only have 3 canes only take one off. But you really don't need to take any off if the rose is still young and the canes are healthy. That's more for very old climbers that might need rejuvenation. |
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| Don't worry, it will likely grow back. Gardening is a learning experience. No one is born an expert. The Big Gardening Secret is that very best gardeners are the ones who have made the most mistakes. |
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| In future, just follow Paul Zimmerman's advice for pruning and training. He really knows roses, his videos and advice are clear and simple,he never tries to mystify or over-complicate things. Highly recommended! bart |
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| Don't know if climbing roses are different for propagating, but if not, at least you can try to propagate new rose plants with all those trimmings you did. In the end, you can have many more, all growing nearby, for a massive planting effect. |
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| What Bart said! |
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