Re: [Rose-list] Pruning Experiment

**j*@uswest.net**

Hi Carleen,
I got a little diverted for the moment with the tornados in Oklahoma.  I
have a friend there, and it sounded pretty wild.
Anyway, back to the more mundane things in life.  On the South side of
my house, I have
Spirea, yellow daylillies, Monarda, Lamb's Ear, and a few other
perennials I can't recall at the moment.  At the base of this very tall
trellis, the climbing rose appears to have no new growth up to about 4-5
feet.  I don't know if it is from the deer eating the new growth or just
the way a climber grows.  That is why I was thinking of something that
could intertwine up the trellis itself.  If I planted a bit of ivy ( or
some other type of vine that is semi evergreen, perhaps I could train it
to grow up the trellis and not the rose itself. Do you think I am asking
for trouble?  Do you know of any other vine that keeps it's leaves in
winter?  I do have the perennials about the base, but as you know they
die down as well!
 I swear, one of these days, I am going to buy a scanner, a photo  would
make lif much easier!
Best regards,
Julie in Utah
Hope things are warmer there for you!

rosenlund wrote:

> A white house should make a good background for all kinds of color,
> Julie, and wisteria on a dark gray pergola, yummy.
>
> Now a shrub at the base of the rose would be nice if you have room.
> I'm not sure what grows well in your zone 5, would you be looking at
> something evergreen?  Flowering?  Very neat in form or more of
> a ''carefree'' look?
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
>
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