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I live in zone 7, have a brick house and would like to grow a Lady Banks climbing rose in the front of our house. We get about 4 hours of sun in the morning. Would like to purchase a 6 or 9 ft. trellis for the rose = the trellis would be between my two kitchen windows. What do you think? Should I do this? next spring. | |||
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you'll need something a lot sturdier than that for it to climb on.... actually they don't 'climb'.... they just make LONG stems that lay over everything..... it would be fine on the trellis perhaps the first two years in ground... but after that?.... you'll have a monster that needs 4x4 posts and beams to lay on!!... here's mine....it's on an arbor hubby made for it... with those posts and beams!!.. and it's quickly overcoming this arbor!!... I cut it back yearly now, but it gets ahead of me...... http://multiply.com/mu/unfette...obLjQ&nmid=433763144 "Gardening Keeps Me Growing!" | |||
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also... 4 hours of sun will not keep it happy.... unless that sun is blocked by deciduous trees and it would get more sun in early spring that way.... it's like every other rose.. more sun, more bloom....mine is shaded only in the early morning....full sun the rest of the day..... and... notice the white V at the base of the plant?... that was the trellis I had it growing on at first... it broke from the weight of the plant the third year, necessitating the new arbor!!....This message has been edited. Last edited by: Toots, "Gardening Keeps Me Growing!" | |||
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I have 2 in one of my big beds. Mine don't have a trellis they just drape over. The year before last we had a storm that pushed one over quite a ways...so we got a piece of old garden hose, ran some rope thru it & tied it around the rose and to one of those dog tie out stakes you can pound almost all of it into the ground. Last year we had to tighten the rope some as it started leaning again. So far this year it is fine...but that thing is HEAVY! I cut mine 2 or 3 times a year to keep the new growth in bounds. Most folks around here just let them drape and sprawl all over...they are a huge mound of yellow every spring when they bloom! Beautiful! If I ever plant another one, it will have LOTS of space so it can just drape & sprawl! "The soil is the source of life, creativity, culture and real independence." David Ben-Gurion | |||
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Wow, that IS some rose!!!! But then again, there's a White Lady Banks that takes up 8000 square feet in Tombstone, AZ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq2SEOeAf8Y | |||
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