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Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 22:19
| Is there a reason I shouldn't plant two climbing roses next to each other so they can both climb the same structure? I'd like to try it for an intertwining color combination, but I think I'm making the idea up and there must be a reason it's not done.
Thoughts?
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| Hi Miss Mary, Don't know if it's a no no, but I did the same thing. Lillian Gibson and Isabella Skinner are planted about 2 feet apart on the same rose arbor. The girls are racing each other to the top. Let the games begin! Right now, it looks like Lillian is winning. But she's a once bloomer, and is putting all her energy into her cane length. I think the arbor is strong enough to hold "The Girls" Keeping a shape eye on them. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 2:55
| I confess to doing the same thing and sometimes wonder what I was thinking ... but 'White Cap' and 'Clair Matin' are within a foot and a half of each other and are starting to entwine. I am growing them both as shrubs, which makes it even more interesting. I don't know what will happen, but it's kinda fun, now. |
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| It's not at all uncommon. though I'm most familiar with it when it is done with ramblers. |
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- Posted by Nippstress 5-Nebraska (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 14:53
| Certainly isn't a "no-no" in cold zones, or we'd never get anything but Canadian explorers and once-bloomers to fully cover an archway. Most of the large-flowered climbers here die back enough over the winter to only climb half way up an arch, so I routinely plant one on each side to meet in the middle. I say go with it - just make sure your support is sturdy enough to hold both climbers, particularly if you're in a warmer zone. Cynthia |
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| Be prepared to thin them is all. |
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| I've done that. I combined "William Baffin" and the mini-climber, "Jeanne Lajoie" - she's growing on the very edge of the trellis and doing really well. It's possible, but like hoovb said, be prepared to thin them out. |
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