Rambling roses are best in care-free romantic gardens.
They are well-suited to semi-horizontal growth.
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What is a Rambling Rose?
By its very nature, the rambling rose is a superbly vigorous and floriferous rose.
Most are crossed betweenR.
Ramblers became hugely popular in Victorian gardens.
The need for roses in this period, brought rambling roses and rose culture into the mainstream.
Gardeners wanted romance in the garden that same over-stated exuberance they enjoyed inside their homes.
For rambling roses to be displayed at their best, they need a support.
Arbors, fences, stone walls, trellises, trees and pillars are all good solid fixtures.
With fences, the canes only need to be pulled through the rails for support.
Pillars and other vertical structures will need O-hooks attached so that the rose can be tied in.
Roses grow well in clay soil with these amendments.
Established roses appreciate a shovel load of well-rotted manure early each spring.
Blend it into the top of the soil with a hand fork or cultivator.
Rosesare thirsty plants and the larger more vigorous varieties like the climbers and ramblers need more water.
They dont like their roots sitting in a bog, so the soil should be well-drained.
When the gardener waters his or her roses, they should be watered well.
A gallon for each rose isnt too much in good well-drained soil.
Dead or nuisance canes should be pruned away in the spring just as the leaves are beginning to unfurl.
There is no need to remove it all.
The foliage makes good coverage after the flowers have finished.
But that one-time flowering is stupendous and worth the effort.
Rambling roses are very versatile.
If the gardener has an unsightly shed, a large rambler will cover it quickly.
More than one would be stunning.
Pink rose clusters with white will turn a lowly shed into a romantic haven.
For a cottage garden look, plant pink rambling roses to grow along a white picket fence.
Ramblers have thick foliage so even after flowering there will be good coverage.
Rambling Rector and Pauls Himalayan Musk are perfect choices for this purpose.
For arbors, add a rambling rose to one side and climbing rose to the other.
Each will have something to offer in a romantic garden.
Roses and clematis have always been well suited together.
But here are a few old-fashioned favorites.
Goldfinch is a rare yellow rambler.
It is a very fragrant rose, suitable for fence or arbor.
Nearly every cottage garden in England includes the Albertinewichurianarambler.
It has large pink flowers with a strong perfume.
Its a hardy rose, growing to 20.
New Dawn is a repeat-flowering rambler.
It has pink flowers with a fruity scent.
Its a vigorous rose.
For satisfactory repeat flowers, deadhead after the first flush.
Its a hardy rose, growing to 20.
