Rose advice

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Hello I recently uncovered a lovely rose in our new very overgrown garden and it’s now in full bloom. I’ve not had roses before so can anyone offer tips on how best to look after it? It’s so gorgeous I don’t want to ruin it! I think it’s a rambler? Does it need some support? Apologies if the photos aren’t the best. Many thanks x

It's lovely lucky you! I'd put a couple of supports in your fence behind it, just some nails with strongish thin green string or twine tied between them. Though if you need the ground cover why not let it sprawl too? When the weather is dry water\feed with a nettle feed, or tea\coffee dregs mixed with rainwater feed. I use my standing tap water (left to stand for 3\4 days) to mix if there's no rainwater.

I have similar! Thanks OP, will follow for advice

Thanks for the tips!

Just deadhead the spent blooms throughout the summer and it should produce more flowers.

@MustardRose

Just deadhead the spent blooms throughout the summer and it should produce more flowers.

Not all of them. Older roses flower once only (and sometimes have gorgeous hips) - it's only in recent years that perpetual flowering roses have been developed.

beautiful
from the foliage it looks like it could be a shrub one.
I would deadhead half the flowers to see if it's one that flowers again.
buy a shrub/rose feed and feed as per instruction (usually once in spring and then again in summer after flowering)

nice open flowers which is great for bees.

I'v got an identical one in our new garden, I have put some string on mine to hold it up as I'd rather it going up the wall than on the floor as it was attempting. We do have 3 others that don't require support, although they look a different variety. I'v been watering them in this hot weather.

Thank you all for your comments and advice! It’s quite far from both the tree and the fence so I was thinking of getting some sort of obelisk or similar for it to climb over - would that work?

There are specific ground covering roses, which are nice, yes why not with an obelisk.

I agree with Mere we have an old fashioned rose which doesn't keep flowering after dead heading. They are easy to take cuttings from though and grow anywhere .