Gideon Singer wrote:

I have a large climbing rose on my 8ft solid back fence that has come
crashing down due to the support wires rusting thru. Is there a good
way to support a rose on a fence without the use of a trellis?

I use brass screw eyes and screw them into the mortar joints of a
wall. I use brass because it does not rust and because it's soft
enough to yield while working it into a joint. Then I tie the
rose canes to the eyes, sometimes close and sometimes quite loose,
depending on the way the cane is growing.

The brass eyes will also work on a wooden fence if the wood is
thick enough.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 19 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/