[Rose-list] RE: [TheRoseArbour] How to Train this one.

**D* A* <D*@StartelCorp.com>**

On Thursday, July 01, 1999 10:38 PM, rosenlund
[SMTP:rosenlund@transport.com] wrote:
> From: "rosenlund" <rosenlund@transport.com>
> 
> I have a newer 'Louise Odier' and I'm not sure how I will handle her.
What
> do you think?  How does yours grow?
> 
> I've thought of these ideas...
> 
> 1) Prune well as I do most of my shrub roses and keep as a
"restrained"
> bush?
> 2) Peg and let her "spider out"?
> 3) Girdle (tie up canes up high, like a bouquet) and let the canes
> "umbrella" down?  Mine does get blackspot in early spring, so this
might not
> be a good solution.
> 4) Support with 3 foot high "hitching rails" or a hoop of sorts,
letting the
> canes "pour" to the ground?
> 5) Perhaps pillar this rose?
> 
> I don't see that she blooms or grows off her lateral canes like most
old
> roses.  Appears to come off smaller canes near the base or strong new
canes
> altogether.  Mine sits at a corner of a square-ish island with
perennials
> and a lawn path surrounding the island.
> 
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> 

Hi Carleen,
My L.O. is a shrub, not a climber - it's one of the most restrained
Bourbons I've ever grown.

-Dave-

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