Training Climbers/Ramblers

Hi,

I'm designing my garden in a Japanese theme. I'll have a path running along one side of the garden leading to my external gate, so I'm plan to put some sort of trellis running down the path.

So I want to have a climber growing all over the trellis and I thought "Roses". So I thought, how do you train them? Did a search and found a video on YouTube. To cut a long storey short, the guy said every year you cut all last year's growth out of the trellis and tie in the new growth as it grows and this is done each year.

Is this correct? It just seems a lot of effort when you have to cut it down every year.

regards,

Calum

 

Im not sure as i have never had climbing roses but monty dont said the other week on gardeners world that you want 2/3 45 degree main stems with vertical growth off them at a 90 degree angle and you cut away any shoots that are growing sideways so its flat against the wall or trellis. So thats all i know about maintence of them

Hopefully someone else can fill you in more

 

Dips, I watched that as well and Don didn't say anything about cutting the rose down each year, so hopefully this info from the guy is wrong. I'm presuming you train 1 stem horizontally, cut the tip off when it reaches the length, then when new shoots starts growing, you start using 1 or 2 new shoots as your next horizontally stems up and so on.

Fat controller, Aye, hopefully @wiseowl will advise

 

Here's the video I'm on about:-

 

I just re read my post and i called monty don monty dont by accident lol

Bit harsh of me

 

Thanks @wiseowl for your advise. Do you ever cut out the main stems you've train for new stems growing from the base if there's nothing wrong with the old stems?

I like the Albertine rose, as my parents had it in all their gardens and I had 1 in my last garden, because they are strong and vigorous. However, it's a rambler, so doesn't repeat flowering. Can you suggest other roses like Albertine, but a climber that will flower all through the summer?