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Unruly Red Ribbons
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, "Allegra" wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message . .. I received two Red Ribbons from my Dad last year and they are really annoying. They keep throwing out these singular 5 feet long limbs from a plant that otherwise remains about 4 inches tall. I kept trying to prune those off last year. They would just throw out another disproportionately long limb from right below my cut. Really messed up their shape last year. This spring, they started out right away with this annoying growth habit. Should I move them to a place where I can try training those monster limbs to climb, or should I just whack them in the head with the shovel? Anyone else experience this problem with this particular rose? Mike z8TX Hello Mike, I am with Cass here. I don't know about Red Ribbons but when a rose goes up, if you want blooms, you just let her have her way. If the canes are pliable and you can bend them without breaking them, then get a couple of those landscape fabric staples - you know the kind that looks like real staples only on steroids - and gently bend the cane towards the soil. Put the staple in position and make the cane go under the staple, then make sure while securing the staple to the ground that you still have the cane bent and not to the breaking point. Some times it helps to tie some jute around the tip and then tie the tip to the base of the plant to create a bow till the cane gets comfortable in that pegging position. You may be surprised how beautiful some roses can look by this gentle torture. If you don't want to do that, then I will suggest you move her to another place where indeed she can go up as high as she pleases. Cutting her is defeating her purpose which is to bloom all along her canes, so if you peg her, you may end with a couple of gorgeous rose fountains. Allegra Hi Allegra, AH! Pegging! Now that's an idea. I actually have authentic official rose pegs (whatever that means) that I never used. I got them a few years ago when I got Graham Thomas. I thought I was going to peg him, but decided I liked the natural shape of the shrub and wasn't hurting for blooms, so I just put those up in the garage (yes, I love me some garage, as you mentioned before g) and forgot about them. I will try that. As I mentioned in my response to Cass's post, I couldn't imagine growing these as climbers because it appears only one cane on each plant wants to reach for the skies. But pegging may work and I won't have to transplant them to another location. So they remain on probation for another year. You are now their defense attorney. Deal with it. g Mike z8TX |
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