"Treedude and Breezy" wrote in message
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Hello all,
I have a 'nameless' rose.I wanna say it's a climbing Don Juan,but thats
just a guess.
Anyways,it is really thriving this year.This is it's 2nd year in the
ground and it has only bloomed two Deep,rich,red blooms so far this
year.It dosent bloom often,in my experience,so far.
This year I pruned it down to about 2 ft.tall and then it really went
crazy and started growing.I have one cane that starts at the base of the
bush and has grown at least 15 ft. (Just this one cane).I know it grows
about a foot each day.It's amazing to watch it grow! Should I clip it
back to a reasonable heighth or just leave it to do it's thing? If let
to go,how large (tall) can the cane get? Is this a sign of having a
healthy bush?

I do have it staked on a trellis b/c of it's size.All the other canes
are about 7-8 ft.
(Would this be considered a climber or a rambler?)

Definitely rambler. Of the house
eating variety too. Many roses
in hot sunny areas react by growing
wildly while putting out few blooms.

You could try pegging it. My louise odier
has three times as much production
from canes that are horizontaly trained.

DO NOT chop unless it is very inconvenient.
Many roses resent this and won't bloom till they
grow back.

My hybrid teas are just finishing their first cycle
and begining their next one, while my neigbhor,
(that crazy old woman) who hacks her roses down to
3" every year despite my desperate entreaties has
half her roses sulking, 2 dead and not a bud in sight.

It just drives me nuts when people follow the so called
experts w/ no care as to their actual results.

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City


Thanks so much!
Breezy
zone 9~ West Central Florida