climbing rose maintenance
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I'm a novice when it comes to roses. I'm planning on planting a climbing rose, "Golden Showers", to cover a rusty chainlink fence. Do climbing roses need to be cut back each year? I was thinking this may be too difficult to do when the canes grow through the chainlink. Thanks for the help.
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You may get an answer here, but you'll definitely get many if you post here:
Rose Forum
You will be able to find more then enough info to answer all you're rose questions. They're a bit giddy, can be quite chatty, but they do tend to be very helpful.
Good luck.
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Most climbers should not be touched the first year (& some won't bloom the first year or even act like a climber). Many need little pruning.
Many climbers have different requirements. The best thing you can do for yourself is buy a book on roses, best if its one that addresses your zone. A small investment for what its worth. Golden Showers has canes that are not too prickly & easy to train. It wll get 4'+ canes the first year but will stay this low & be shrubby for the first few years. Then it shoots up. You remove some of the old or crowded wood after 2 or 3 seasons. Is it hardy in your area? It may not be hardy in very northern climes. I don't grow this but got the info from "Climbing Roses" by S. Scaniello (general rose books will have some info on climbers). Good luck!
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Thanks Mongo. The answer to my question was right there in FAQ (frequently asked questions). I placed this site in my "favorite places". Thanks again.
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Thanks for the info., Rebecca, and the reminder about zone. I live in zone 5 and the J&P catalog doesn't give a zone for "Golden Showers". I'll have to call them up. Thanks again.
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I'm also new to roses on my own even tho my mother's rose gardens were the envy of people all over Texas and oklahoma,sorry to chatty I have a climbing Don Juan first year had few blooms this year but huge and healthy strong in perfume he's about 21/2 to 3ft at the tallest stems how do I prune him for winter in Peoria Il. any help would be appreciated
thanks
cheryshine
Edited 10/11/2005 5:20 pm ET by cheryshine
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I would not touch him now. Wait until late winter/early spring, then trim any dead wood you see.
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Ann
"The elders were wise. They knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; they knew that lack of respect for growing, living things, soon led to lack of respect for humans, too." Chief Luther Standing Bear, Lakota Sioux
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Crash: I don't cut back my climbing roses until the beginning of spring. That way I can see which canes are producing leaflets and which canes are truly dead. I cut them down again in mid-summer, when the heat halts rose production; they start reblooming again when the cooler weather returns. This works well in my southern zone 7 garden. My climbers, Zephrine Drouhine and Colonial White (Sombreuil), are in a south facing garden and get a lot of sun from midmorning on. I do tie the canes together for the winter and anchor them to an arch in case we get a storm with a lot of heavy, wet snow. Canes will break under those conditions.
mimi
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My poor new this year ZD got stripped of leaves by deer, again, last week. It looked so pitiful! Some of the cane had already died back and I decided to cut it back to live cane for the winter. Just a chance it might pull through, I'm hoping. I had been considering transplanting it to a safer place, but with this insult I'm not sure it could make it. What would you do?
New Mexico home organic gardener
Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. Emerson
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Astrid, (what a pretty name!) can you provide enough moisture for it if you move it? Is there enough time for it to set roots before first frost? Those would be my only concerns. If it has to stay where it is for now, can you wrap it for the winter in something the deer won't eat? I can't think of anything deer won't eat! Maybe Kevlar :)
mimi
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My present plan is to mulch/wrap the rose for the winter, as I am working on putting up new fence around the area it is planted in, on the east side of my house.
My home made 50 lb. test fishing line and rebar fence isn't quite high enough to keep the deer from jumping over. It is probably time to get some longer lengths of rebar and restring a new fence.
I found a friendly fisherman online who sells all kinds of fishing line, he said he gets quite a few requests for the heavier line from gardeners. It doesn't snap easily at all, most deer damage I have had merely bent the iron rebar as they tried to plunge through/over the fence.
New Mexico home organic gardener
Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. Emerson
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Great idea!
mimi