RE: rose climbing into a tree?
- To: "medit-plants"
- Subject: RE: rose climbing into a tree?
- From: B* R*
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:54:46 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Susannah considers training a multiflora rose into the south side
of a tree as a way to get more sun to reduce problems with "scale,
aphids, powdery mildew and black spot.
More sun will probably give better flower production but this also
means that it will be more difficult to dead head and probably more
difficult to prune as well. My guess is that you may have fewer problems
with black spot and scale as a result of more sun and better circulation
but I would be surprised if the better sun and circulation would do
anything for the aphids or powdery mildew.
I've had very good luck training roses into the south side of trees
because I like the look and I don't mind pruning or dead heading off a
ladder. I'm not sure I'd be willing to do that for a rose with a
propensity for black spot. Replacement is always an option.
Bill
