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Mon, May 7, 12 at 14:03
| Apologies if this has been answered, but I couldn't find a specific answer through a search.
Last year's wild rose [rosa virgininia, prairie rose] is doing well--started from 3 bare root sticks and now has a tall cane 3+ feet tall, and several substantial smaller ones. Wondering how to train it--some Web sites say to bend the canes horizontal/downwards, others say just tie them in the shape you want them to go. Not sure if a "wild" rose gets the same treatment as a domestic (?] climbing rose. Thanks very much!! Sarah |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 12 at 14:23
| Well, R. virginiana isn't a climber. It's a fairly large, but not ginormous, shrub. Around here, it gets about 6 ft tall, and suckers to as wide as allowed. |
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- Posted by mike_rivers z5 MI (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 12 at 17:36
| If you bend any cane on any rose past horizontal, more buds along the cane will grow and produce flowers. I imagine any other training would just depend on what shape pleases you. |
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