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Rose "Kiftsgate"
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... In a fit of enthusiasm, my wife and I fell for a specimen of this rose, and are now considering what to do with it. We have a very ugly small tree which flowers to an almost negligible extent, and has barely enough leaves to keep it alive. It occured to us to just let the Kiftsgate loose on it, without bothering with any regular training. Is this a viable or a bum idea? Franz Small tree .. big rose? Does not compute. Can't you let it take over the house instead? If you were kind to it, it might let you in the door .. sometimes. Spider |
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Rose "Kiftsgate"
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... In a fit of enthusiasm, my wife and I fell for a specimen of this rose, and are now considering what to do with it. We have a very ugly small tree which flowers to an almost negligible extent, and has barely enough leaves to keep it alive. It occured to us to just let the Kiftsgate loose on it, without bothering with any regular training. Is this a viable or a bum idea? Franz Small tree .. big rose? Does not compute. Can't you let it take over the house instead? If you were kind to it, it might let you in the door .. sometimes. Spider |
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Rose "Kiftsgate"
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... In a fit of enthusiasm, my wife and I fell for a specimen of this rose, and are now considering what to do with it. We have a very ugly small tree which flowers to an almost negligible extent, and has barely enough leaves to keep it alive. It occured to us to just let the Kiftsgate loose on it, without bothering with any regular training. Is this a viable or a bum idea? Franz Small tree .. big rose? Does not compute. Can't you let it take over the house instead? If you were kind to it, it might let you in the door .. sometimes. Spider |
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Rose "Kiftsgate"
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... In a fit of enthusiasm, my wife and I fell for a specimen of this rose, and are now considering what to do with it. We have a very ugly small tree which flowers to an almost negligible extent, and has barely enough leaves to keep it alive. It occured to us to just let the Kiftsgate loose on it, without bothering with any regular training. Is this a viable or a bum idea? Franz Small tree .. big rose? Does not compute. Can't you let it take over the house instead? If you were kind to it, it might let you in the door .. sometimes. Spider |
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Rose "Kiftsgate"
In article , Franz Heymann writes In a fit of enthusiasm, my wife and I fell for a specimen of this rose, and are now considering what to do with it. We have a very ugly small tree which flowers to an almost negligible extent, and has barely enough leaves to keep it alive. It occured to us to just let the Kiftsgate loose on it, without bothering with any regular training. Is this a viable or a bum idea? That depends whether you want to ever go near the ugly small tree again. Kiftsgate annual growth is phenomenal. And its thorns are the nearest thing to WMD in a rose that I've ever seen! In fact, if someone could breed it as a hedging plant, it wouldn't just stop sheep, cattle, dogs and burglars, but tanks as well. Ours climbs up the wall of an old barn, with suitable (strong) supports, and regularly sends shoots several feet into the barn roof by lifting the tiles. -- Malcolm |
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