All ABout Climbing Roses
Not only are roses available in a vast array of differing colors, they also in come in different shapes and sizes. Climbing roses have stems that long, thin and very supple. This enables them to be trained to climb up walls, door frames and any form of trellis. Basically they can climb and grow around any solid structure or support.
Quite often some people confuse climbing roses with the variety known as rambling roses. Whilst the climbing rose will grow between eight and twenty feet in height, the rambling rose can grows to heights between twenty and thirty feet. This is not the only significant difference between the two types as climbing roses come into flower every year and for many years to come. The rambling rose will only come into flower once.
The climbing roses that are around today are very similar to the varieties that were around centuries ago. In today's modern societies, the constant production of differing species and hybrids is all down to breeding and cross breeding. Whilst any changes to the make-up of climbing roses is said to be due to natural interventions.
Supporting Your Climbing Roses
All climbing roses will need some support whatever they are climbing or clinging to. The easiest way to do this is by using garden ties or twine. If you are training your climbing roses up trellis, the stems can be woven in and out of the trellis reducing the need to tie them. This variety of rose grows, and climbs in a similar way to ivy and vines, and has often been mistaken as such.
Every variety or species of rose will all have some common characteristics. For instance all roses have thorns on their stems, they just vary according to the size of the plant. There are also some diseases which are prevalent in all roses, and these are rust and black spot. The more deadly disease is rust, where a rose can lose all of its leaves if left untreated. Black spot is less devastating, and is identified by the appearance of a black spot or circle on the leaves. It is important to treat either of these diseases as soon as you see them, and the treatment is either in chemical form or by pruning and removing affected leaves.
Roses including climbing roses are also prone to infestations of mites, caterpillars and aphids. Roses are very attractive to pests as they are an excellent source of food. Once you have an infestation you will find that they are very difficult to eliminate, so it is always best to prevent an infestation from occurring in the first place.
