Climbing Roses
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, dead heads her roses. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Monty Don: Grow upwards to create a spectacular vertical garden
This is something we will all have to get used to, but one way of making the most of available garden space is by using the third dimension and going up as much as possible.
A garden with plenty of height is always more interesting than one that is spread out flat like a carpet. In the medium term, this means planting small trees, using tripods and frames for climbers and choosing flowering plants for their ability to grow fast and tall - even ordinary ones such as delphiniums, hollyhocks, verbascums and sunflowers.
But the best place to start, when deciding to maximise the virtues of height in your garden, is to take a good look at the available vertical surfaces. Most houses have at least one face that can be planted against, and most gardens have a wall or fence around the outside.
These are all ideal for training climbers against. You can also easily erect fences and walls within the garden, however small it might be, which immediately provide two more
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Train vintage roses with old-fashioned style
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A bit of work will pay off Spacing for shrub roses varies but usually two thirds of their expected height is adequate. Climbing roses need about 10 feet between plants. |
