How to tie in a cllimbing rose?

Hello everyone

I'm sure someone told me how to do this once but I just can't find the info anywhere!!

Mine is a newly planted climbing rose and I want it to climb up and over an archway, I think I have to tie in a branch or two lying across ground level?? does that make scense??

Otherwise it will grow too leggy!!

Is this correct or did I dream the info up

 

im not sure Stingo. i heard somewhere to bend the young branches to where youd like them to grow while theyre still pliable.

 

You need to keep upward shoots going horizontal, this way the sap goes to the bend and makes more shoots going vertical.

sound odd I know but make the rose go horizontal and you will get a better, bushier vertical bush.

 

I can vouch for that! Last year I planted a new climbing rose to hide a water butt which didn't really do much but then I read up on training them horizontal and so I tried it. It went bananas and grew very bushy.However although it looked really healthy (and still does) it never flowered. I'm hoping it will this year though.

 

some advice...


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