A climbing rose vine looks great on the side of a home, but if you don’t know how to prune and care for it properly, you could stunt the plant’s growth or kill it. Here are a few tips to keep your rose vine healthy:
- Don’t prune a climbing rose all the way back, since it will kill the plant.
- Prune a climbing rose around February, before the growing season starts.
- Prune off lateral branches and last year’s growth on climbing roses to promote new growth.
- Shape the outer branches of a climbing rose to train it to grow against the wall or other surface and promote vertical growth.
- Remove rose hips from last year’s growth, and use the seeds to grow new climbing rose vines.
Watch this video to find out more.
Further Information
- How to Prune Roses (article)
- Growing a Lady Banks Rose (article)
- How to Propagate Roses (video)
- How to Transplant Rosebushes (video)
- How to Grow Knock Out Roses (article)
Have the rose climbing a metal drain pipe and after three no rose buds or blooms at all. What can we do for this thanks Rachel Pye
I have a pink climbing rose on the front of my verandah and it has black spot all the way through it it’s client about Two and a Half Men up a brick wall and the first year flowering beautifully I just got it off a cutting from next door but I would hate to lose it do you think it’s worth pruning right back it’s now may what should I do
Hi, Lisa! Thanks for describing your climbing rose vine. Looks like there are some AutoCorrect issues so it’s a little hard to follow along. Please re-send the question. 🙂