Fall Pruning of Climbing Roses

One of my Fall clean up chores is pruning and tidying up my climbing roses. This encourages healthy growth and an abundance of blooms next Spring and Summer. there is a link to a very informative video in the website.

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Bounteous blooms climbing the porch posts.

Right now they are a mess. Canes gone wild might be an appropriate term. But that will soon change.

I find the main cane, or the sturdiest cane I want to use as the main cane. I had followed this down from the top where it was already climbing across the house eave. I want to encourage that so I have blooms next season along that eave.

I take out all but that cane. I do leave a lateral cane for blooms lower on the rose.

Further up the cane I realized I will need to cut it off and go with the lateral cane. It will now become the main cane.

I still need to strip the rest of the leaves off. I have it attach to hooks across the eave to keep it steady during whipping winter winds. Next Spring and Summer I should have glorious pink roses all along my porch post and eave.

Want to see more, click on over to the blog post and check out the video I linked to. Very helpful.

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Nancy Nichols-Miller on May 03, 2016
What does your home owners insurance agent say about the roses near the eve of your house? Mine (Farmers) Threatened to cancel my policy if I did not remove the roses from touching the house, because they can get under the siding, and under the shingles on the roof and cause leaks. Just wondering how you are able to get around this problem with Insurance?

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Deborah on May 04, 2016
Absolutely stunning & such great information. I can see from your pictures that your climbing roses get full sun. I do not - only partial. Do you know of a flowering vine I can grow in partial sun?

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Susan on May 03, 2016
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Hannelore Rack on May 06, 2016
I would like to know the name of the roses you have there.

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- Flower Patch Farmhouse on May 07, 2016
  @Hannelore Rack One is Zepherine Drouhin and the other is William Baffin, both are no longer under a patent.
  
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- Hannelore Rack on May 07, 2016
  @Flower Patch Farmhouse Thank you Pamela.
  
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