How to Train Climbing Roses
Make the most of your garden's vertical space by learning to train climbing roses with these helpful tips.
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If you adore English gardens, with their charming displays of rose-smothered walls and archways, take heart. Climbing roses are easily trained to cover walls and fences in just a few seasons. However, don't expect heavy bloom until your climbers are well established. Once their root systems are fully developed, most climbing roses combine abundant bloom in early summer with flushes of lighter bloom well into fall.
In small gardens, climbing roses add important vertical accents without demanding too much bed space. To complement their floral beauty (and hide their sometimes bare knees), plant billows of catmint, hyssop, and lavender in front of lanky climbers.
By nature, climbing roses spill or sprawl. To encourage them to climb, roses need support and training. To persuade a climber to cover a sturdy lattice arch or gateway, allow the strongest young canes to grow upward. Tie them in to the lattice every few feet with stretchable plant ties. Thread all flexible, smaller stems sideways through the lattice to encourage even coverage of bloom.
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