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| Ok. I finally took a deep breath and wound Lavender Lassie around a small tuteur. So...we shall see what happens. This is her 2nd year and she was putting out a good bit of basals so I figured "what the heck". Don't know why I'm so timid...
Anyway, I keep reading about all these roses that "can be trained as a climber". What does that mean exactly? Reduce the number of canes and tie them horizontally in a fan pattern? Thanks for any advice. Susan |
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| Yes, ma'am, that's pretty much it. Those types tend to throw longer, floppier canes which are suitable for what you describe. Kim |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Mon, Nov 26, 12 at 13:14
| Thanks Kim! |
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| You're welcome Susan! Remember, all that is honestly required is to slow the sap flow to the top of the cane. Whether it's fanning them out more horizontally, or even twisting them around a pole, pillar or other support. The apical dominance means that due to the sap pressure and resource concentration being greater at the ends of the canes, growth and flowers occur there. Impede that sap flow, spreading it out ALONG the cane instead of only at the top, and the growth buds along the length of the cane begin to grow and produce flowers on laterals. MANY roses will respond well to this type of training. It doesn't require "climbers". Virtually anything with sufficiently pliable canes to be so "molested", can be encouraged to perform similarly. I had a friend years ago, who trained many of his lankier HTs this way and was quite successful at it. In Victorian and Edwardian times, "gardeners" would peg HPs and some Bourbons to the ground in pinwheels and other patterns so they would flower along their canes, producing colorful "crop circles" on the lawns. Imagine the labor required to mow under those! Definitely for the "landed gentry". But, you can do similarly tying them to themselves (self pegging); to other plants; to poles, posts, obelisks, etc. You can easily create screens to block ugly views, hide trashcans, air conditioning, etc., with simple poles with wires strung between them and any climbing type plant espaliered along them. Roses can be easily used like that for the same purpose. It just takes imagination and experimentation. Kim |
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