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| Anybody out there know/grow this climber? I'm getting it from Ducher,but I have this disturbing feeling that I read somewhere on Internet that it has a very stiff growth habit, and therefore would be best fanned out horizontally, not pillared. But I can't for the life of me figure out WHERE I read this, and, worse yet, IF the comment was really about this rose; maybe I'm mixing it up with something else! regards, bart |
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| Bart, The only reference I could find regarding growth habit was from 1936 in the Help Me Find References section of 'Gruss an Coburg.' (Non-climbing) The comment was made that the growth was upright. In the event it does have stuff upright growth, it may turn out that the canes are too stiff to train horizontally. Oftentimes, roses which grow heavily upright (Jude the Obscure comes to mine) resent being trained horizontally and their canes will snap. My personal advice would be to simply let it grow and climb. If it turns out that you can tie it horizontally then I would do so for the sake of increased blooming. If not, there is no sense in trying to force a rose into fitting a certain growth pattern. The rose will always win. Best of luck! Josh |
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