Lady of Shalott

I planted this rose last year and this year it has grown into a 7ft high monster!!!! had some beautiful blooms on it but it is just huge. Well apparently this rose can be grown either as a bush or as a climber, so if I give it a hard prune this year will it then stay a bit smaller?

Val

 

Sorry Val, I don't think hard pruning will make any difference, it will still replace the growth through the new season next year.

 

Thanks for this Sheal, I was hoping someone else would offer an opinion. Well regrettably then it is gonna have to go it is just toooo big!!!

Val

 

I don't think growing it in a pot and restricting it's roots would make any difference either. It's obviously a climber and that's what it wants to be. Even if you were to keep it pruned throughout the season it wouldn't do any good as you wouldn't have any flowers. Sadly, as you say Val, it will have to go!

 

Strange name, does it have an onion scent?

 

Sounds like my sort of rose! Probably not what you wanted to hear, but I'm looking for a good "doer" climbing rose, and this one had not yet entered my short-list....

 

I've been looking everywhere for Lady of Shalott. Can anyone recommend where i can purchase a bare root rose one? Or Val if you are getting rid of it, could I take it off your hands?

 

You can get one bare root from www.davidaustinroses.com