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| Hello, I have two Fair Bianca rose bushes planted at the front of my urban front garden. (The third one didn't make it through the first winter but I suspect the neighbourhood dogs had something to do with that). Both rose bushes are still blooming and one is filling out quite nicely but the other one is growing SO tall she looks to be a climber. I have a stake to keep one thick shoot in place. It is growing well past 4 foot tall. Do I dare prune that shoot back? thank you, Mira |
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| No. Don't cut it. Give it to ME!! Seriously, I've never heard of that, but is the rose up against a trellis, or phone pole or something? Sometimes, if you put a bush rose next to something it could climb, it will do so. I've seen Mutablilis climb all up and through a California Live Oak. Jeri |
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| Mira, Do you have a picture of it? Sometimes roses create a climbing sport. Josh |
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| A rose climbing up thru a tree makes sense because it is looking for light, but I don't think a rose would climb just because it next to a pole or trellis. |
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| The sometimes do, however. I've had it happen here. Jeri |
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| Thank you for your responses! I just took a photo right now and uploaded. It's not close enough to the white fence to climb around as there are other plants there. I put a stake beside the rose because I didn't want it to flop over. |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 28, 13 at 10:34
| YAY!!!!! This is RARE RARE RARE. We all want a copy! FB is one of those roses that is so hard to get it to grow and sometimes dies away under the best conditions. If I cut my canes, sometimes they slowly die to the ground from where I cut them. And the flowers are so beautiful that its maddening when your plant is dwindling away as you are trying to get it to grow. If you have a climbing branch, please let it grow and see if you have a rare climbing sport. I would like a climbing version of FB and I'm sure many others would too. You may have a gift from heaven here. |
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| I'm with HoovB. Even if it doesn't turn out to be a CLIMBING sport -- it might could turn out to be a REALLY VIGOROUS sport. Either would be just fine. Either way, EYE sure want one! Jeri |
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| Wow! Thank you so much for your responses! I will leave well enough alone then:) Cheers, Mira |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 12:05
| Mira, if you want to you can buy (or build) a free-standing support for this rose to grow on. That is what we did when we did not realize that Graham Thomas was a climbing rose in our climate. They are usually called "obelisks" in catalogues or if you are looking on the web. I have bought a 5 ft tall metal one that was about 12 inches in diameter for less than $70. Or, you can do what my DH did and build one out of metal or wood. Jackie |
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| A tripod of 8' (maybe even 6') metal stakes is a cheap and easy way to support a rose that is already in place. Do let us know next year how this plant is behaving. People are not exaggerating about what a puny grower FB is in most gardens. But the flower is sensationally good. |
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| Thanks for those suggestions, an obelisk would actually look kind of pretty but I will get something else for now just in case it's a one-off. I was worried about this same rosebush earlier this summer and had convinced myself that it suffered from a RV because of the massively thick red shoots that were growing. I posting a pic here but then promptly rushed outside to remove the offending shoots. Only later, when I went back online, was I informed by the other posters that my photo showed a perfectly healthy plant:( Obviously I'm a newbie, Mira |
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| Without pouring cold water on the climbing thing, it does seem( with my rubbish eyesight) like it is only 1 cane and there is a bit of apical dominance going on. I would definitely be cutting this back next spring. |
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