Beginner Gardening: Newbie Gardener; Newbie Mistake!, 1 by ginnyg898

ginnyg898 wrote:
We bought our house 3 years ago. After 20 years of containers on apartment balconies I finally had my own peice of land and was happy to unleash my dreams of a suburban country garden.The first plant I bought was a climbing Cecile Brunner from Heirloom Roses. Being the enthusiastic newbie I was, I decided to plant young Cecile in a 30" pot on our patio so she could climb the entry as I had always imagined. I remember thinking that I could control her potential 20-30ft growth down to a size more compatible with our property. Such a naieve newbie I was ;)
Fast forward three years later and I have recently realized that my sad friend has been giving me signs for a while of how unhappy she is. Crispy leaves, stunted growth and no flowers at all this year :( So now I contemplate relocating Cecile to a spot in our garden where she can finally shine. Picture below; the phrase "elephant in a phone booth" comes to mind ;)
Ginny
"Despite everything I WILL have a country garden!"