Re: interesting fact' LOL

**Marya Williams sistermarya@juno.com>**

Joanie--

I'd think you'd have to pick a climber that has very hardy canes in your
climate, or else you'd have to redo every year when you chop them down
for winter damage...

I haven't tried an actual espalier but when I was getting started with
roses I read that if you train climber canes horizontally you get many
more flowers. I tried it and did it every year until I lost my climbers
to a backhoe, and it's true- the horizontal canes send up a flowering
shoot at each node instead of just at the ends. Very full and colorful.
But for a very formal espalier I think the growth would be too exuberant
and you'd have to keep whacking it back. Also, you have to prune and thin
every year whether it's formal or not because the growth is unwieldy
otherwise. 

                                                Marya
> Now, a question for everyone: has anyone ever tried to espalier rose 
> canes on 
> a fence? In a fan shape, for instance? Or maybe lateral lines, also 
> called 
> cordons?
> My fence is ready and I was going to use the traditional apples or 
> pears, but 
> wouldn't roses look amazingly beautiful? Need advice before I blow a 
> ton and 
> it doesn't work though.
> 
> Joanie
> North of Chicago
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