DS has decimated my climbing rose

[PCcrisps]

After DH's death I've let the garden go.

It was something we did together and I haven't had the heart for it, plus since it got out of control I've felt overwhelmed by it.

DS (23yo) asked me this morning if he could do anything to help. I asked him to start dealing with the overgrown hedge, especially the brambles.

He's done a really good day's work and made a real difference ❤️ However, he has also hacked back a 15 yo climbing rose that DH bought me as a present , which grew over an arch and is the site of my favourite photo of the two of us.

DS said he thought it was a bramble. It was over grown and needed a good prune, but this is very extreme, almost to the ground.

Long term it will have done it good and it will come back strong and healthy, right?

Yes, it will spring back better than ever. Roses are incredibly resilient to hard pruning!

It may take a year or so to recover. But it will do so, and as pp says, it will have a regenerative effect in the long run.

Top dress around the base with some well rotted manure if you can get hold of some. Otherwise a liquid feed for roses.

It will recover. It will look better next year.

Gardener hacked an old rambler last year, right back to the ground. Really the stump looked rotten but I couldn't haul it out. This years it's sprung up from the roots and will flower next year. Your rose should be fine, a mass of blooms next year

It will sprout again this year. A new beginning for it. Tie it in at the end of the summer and create a new framework. It will appreciate some fertiliser.

Gardening is a great healer so maybe this is the push you need to start again. Perhaps make a few modest changes or additions this season to rekindle your interest.