Why not all gardeners use climbing roses to decorate their gardens: the flower has significant disadvantages

03.03.2023 12:51

All climbing roses can be divided into two groups: climbers and ramblers.

The first group, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , looks like bushes with large buds collected in inflorescences, and tall, rigid shoots that need support.

Ramblers, in turn, have very long stems and inflorescences consisting of small buds.

If you want to enjoy roses blooming all summer long, then small-flowered ramblers are not your option, since they bloom once during the summer, fading by the middle of it.

There is also a plus to this - before the onset of cold weather, young shoots have time to become woody, which means that they will easily survive the winter.

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But the disadvantage of climbers is that their thick and stiff stems do not bend well.

In this regard, problems with winter shelter may arise.

Moreover, you are unlikely to be able to use them in vertical gardening, since the straight vines do not wrap around the support.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources