Teasing georgia climbing rose.

[Fluffycloudland77]

I'm thinking of planting 3 of these on this fence at the bottom of the garden, The soil is wet at the moment but I attribute this to the lack of plants drinking the water.

So, my plan is this for the planting.

Dig the grass out to make a 12" by 12" square bed for each plant plus one spade depth down & fill with compost. Plant rose at 4' intervals (roughly, it might need to be 3'.5")

Do I need some sort of trellis to train it against like sweet peas or is it self supporting?

Is this correct or am I wrong?

You might need to make the planting holes slightly bigger, to make sure the roses are planted deep enough and the roots aren't cramped.

Roses don't need trellis - unless you want it for deco article effect - but will need some support so they can be tied in and won't flap about in wind. Horizontal wires on vine eyes might be best.

Right, bigger holes.

Now I just need to find a 3 for 2 offer!

That would be decorative.

I have just planted a climbing rose - I was going to train it up the trellis, but would it just cling onto the wall? What are vine eyes?

Vine eyes

No, climbing roses don't have any means of clinging on, so need to be tied to something.

how wet? and does the soil there stay wet? Roses won't drink enough water to dry out a boggy patch. They'll just drown.

Just wet, not squelchy. By the time I'm ready to do it there will be shrubs going in as well.

It's at the bottom of a slope.

Ooh, thanks Fluffycloud!

Yes, bigger hole. Yes, horticultural wire & vine eyes. Also rhizomatous fungi to help roots establish?. Looks shady btw.

bigTillyMint Are you as lost in all of this as me?

It's shady until noon, then the first 3 panels left to right get sunshine. Dh wants to wait until we can cut a border before we plant them.

I'll find a shade loving shrub to put in the corner. That's the wet area because it never gets sun properly.

Yes, I'm not a natural gardener! But we have had some landscaping work done and I want to get some new plants growing.

Will the roses not grow in the shade? Mine is in a similar spot to Fluffy's - shady in the morning then a bit of sun for the afternoon. If the sun's out!

Some roses grow better in the shade than others apparently.

Yes, that's been my experience.

Hope mine is one of them!

Me too! All this time fretting its not sunny enough & it might be too sunny.

Person here has found their Teasing Georgia does well in the shade.

Sounds like yours will be fine, Fluffy

I googled mine and it seems it will cope with shade, north facing walls and poor soil. However it also says it is rampant and suitable for larger gardens, so I think I will be out with the secateurs if that proves to be true!

Good link wynken, it sounds like Teasing Georgia will be ideal for fluffy!

Yay. Now I just need to find a garden centre to sell them for 10p each & I'm set

I have Teasing Georgia on a South West Facing wall. It don't find it that rampant so far, and the stems are quite stiff. I do love it: the leaves are lovely and the flowers are just beautiful.