Some Things to Think about When Growing Climbing Roses
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009
by Orlando Centeno
http://roselanding.com
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You have been working hard on your rose garden to make it everything that you ever thought a rose garden can be. Then you stand back, take a deep breath, and you look at your marvelous rose garden and wonder, can I do more. Yes. You can do more. To make a good garden better, you could be growing climbing roses.
When growing climbing roses you have to make sure you have the right rose for the right type of shade. As you may know, roses usually need a full 6 hrs of direct sunlight, so when picking the area in which you are going to plant your climbing rose make sure you have enough sunlight for it. If the area in which planting does not receive at least 6 hours of sunlight it would be best to find a species that has a good shade tolerance.
One species of roses called the Hybrid Musk Rose, could handle up to half a day of shade. The Buff Beauty, Lavender Lassie, Cornelia, and the Kathleen are some more that fall into that category as well. You will have to speak to your local nursery to learn what other species can handle how much shade. There are some white, light pink, and light yellow climbers that have a good shade tolerance as well.
Preventing and fighting disease is not as easy task to always handle. You don't want to have to fight any diseases while your rose plant is planted and growing, so you have to take preventative measures to avoid diseases. Having to take care of a diseased climbing rose plant could be difficult since you may not be able to check some parts of the plant.
Growing climbing roses along a wall may cause a mildew disease since the plant is receiving less fresh air movement from all sides. Keeping away from a wall a good 2 inches should be good enough to keep your climbing rose disease free. Growing climbing roses on fences and trellis', seldom contract a disease since they have full sunlight, and enough fresh air.
Size is an important one to consider when growing climbing roses. When picking your rose you want to make you are going to have enough ceiling height for it to grow. The Brunner, for example, is a species that is known to grow tall and aggressive. There have been some Brunner climbing roses that have indeed brought down porches because of their large mass.
You do not want to buy an aggressive rose plant if you have small ceiling space. Buying something like a Blush Noisette would be very ideal if you only have enough space to grow an 8-10 feet. Again you will have to speak to your local nursery for more information on these kinds of climbing roses.
If your garden is set to be single bloomers than a Lady Banks or a Belle of Portugal may be the best addition to your rose garden. Kiftsgate and Felicite et Perpetue are two others that only bloom once per season. If you're in the market for growing a climbing rose that blooms from spring to fall then maybe a White Sombreuil would be more suitable for you. With the help of your local nursery for specific species you should have stunning climbing roses growing.
Landy Centeno is a rose gardening enthusiast. For more information on growing climbing roses, please visit http://www.roselanding.com
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