It's a tricky business but if you want climbing roses to have roses all over, rather than just at the very top, you have to remember to tie down the main branches (see photo) which forces the rose to produce side shoots. It is from the side shoots that the flowers are formed. It's not my favourite job, but well worth it - I hope.
This is iceberg. I am training it along the fence and below the loganberries so that if I have to spray it later for pests, I won't be spraying my loganberries at the same time. At least, that's the plan.
The loganberry was growing in a large container until this year when I decided it really had to be planted in the soil. It was growing so fast. It isn't thorny and if I have a bit of patience and let the fruits really ripen, they are just as juicy and as sweet as the thornless raspberries (Polka) that I grow. I transplanted the loganberry a month ago and it looks very happy in its new home (below).
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| Iceberg climber - 2011 |
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| Loganberry |
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