How many climbing roses do you need to plant to get the effect? Stop being misled

This is day 860 of Blue Demon's daily original article

This article is an excerpt from one of Blue Demon's original theories

"Three-Step Rose Cultivation Method" series article excerpt

The temperature has been quite high these two days, giving people a feeling that summer is coming. The roses at home are also blooming violently. Blue Demon planted several climbing roses, and the wall full of delicate beauty has drawn the envy of many flower lovers, and also raised many questions from them.

How many seedlings produced this effect? How many years have they been grown? What fertilizer was given? What varieties?

And so on. Actually, these questions are all minor matters. What Blue Demon wants to talk about today is a problem that many flower lovers have encountered:

Climbing roses bloom little, or do not bloom at all!

Look at the problem this flower lover below encountered:

A fairly large climbing rose, blooming only two or three flowers, and the flowers get smaller and smaller. To be honest, in such a state it really is very difficult to achieve the flower wall effect like Blue Demon's.

Yesterday when Blue Demon went shopping, I also saw climbing roses in the landscaping, planted in a way very similar to this flower lover's. Let's look at the effect.

From the pictures we can see that these climbing roses are planted very densely, but they bloom very few flowers.

Blue Demon's climbing rose is just one plant, yet it can bloom into a whole patch. Why do the flower lover's and the landscaping ones, with so many planted, bloom so little?

It is not that Blue Demon's skills are superior, but that they did not care for the plants according to the habits of climbing roses.

When new flower lovers buy rose seedlings online, did the seller ever tell you: you need to plant several together to get the effect?

A few years ago when Blue Demon first started growing roses, the seller told me the same thing, and then I grew a lot of little white flowers........

Now there are also many flower lovers who come to my Blue Demon flower shop's Taobao store to buy seedlings and ask me the same question: do I need to plant several together?

Do climbing roses need to be planted several together?

About this question, actually flower lovers who have read Blue Demon's previous article on climbing rose flower walls should have the answer in their hearts.

Climbing roses can be planted several together, but it is best to pair large and small ones

What is pairing large and small ones?

Climbing roses are divided into large climbers and small climbers. Large climbers grow faster and their branches grow longer, while small climbers are relatively all Austin rose varieties that can be grown as climbers or shrubs.

Therefore, when creating a flower wall or arch, large climbers and small climbers can be planted together. Large climbers have long branches and can be arranged upward, while small climbers have short branches and can fill the gaps at the bottom of the large climbers.

Pairing large and small ones can make both the top and bottom of the flower wall or arch very interesting to look at.

But if it is the same variety, Blue Demon thinks there is absolutely no need to plant several together!

If you want to interweave flower colors, you can choose large climbers or small climbers of different colors with similar flowering periods and plant them together. Doing this is purely for color matching.

At most 2 climbers should be planted together. More than that and they will compete with each other, causing the weaker varieties to become weaker and weaker.

The above is about how to choose varieties to achieve a full flower wall effect, but it still cannot answer the flower lover's question above. Next, Blue Demon will talk about why the flower lover planted so many climbing roses but they bloom so little.

Without horizontal training and tying, there is no possibility of blooming in large numbers!

From the pictures we can see that all the rose branches are fixed straight onto the climbing net. When branches remain upright, nutrients are sent preferentially to the top, and we can see that basically no new buds are produced on the lower part.

The flowers are all bloomed from new buds at the tips. With no new branches growing below, naturally there will be no flowers there, and wanting a flower wall is naturally impossible.

The secret to climbing roses blooming explosively: training!

This flower wall of Blue Demon's that everyone sees is actually very unattractive in winter.

The above picture is what it looks like after winter training. Climbing roses must be trained in winter, and only then will they burst out with lots of new branches and bloom in spring.

However, training is mainly done in winter. Now that spring has passed the training season, how should the problem the flower lover encountered above be solved?

Remedial measures:

Blue Demon's personal suggestions are: 1. Untie the rose so that its branches hang down naturally. 2. Fertilize the rose and strengthen water and fertilizer management. Once water and fertilizer are sufficient, the rose will easily send out strong new branches from the base, greatly increasing the chance of an explosive bloom next season.

Regarding the method of creating a rose flower wall, Blue Demon knows that surely many flower lovers want to learn it. In later articles, Blue Demon will give a more specific introduction.You are welcome to follow my WeChat public account: Blue Demon Garden (ialnayo)