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serafyn Shelton, WA(Zone 8b) Feb 26, 2009

Hi...

I am thinking about planting some climbing roses on our wooden posts at the front entryway of our house. My husband doesn't like the idea because he says they will rot the wood and mess with the posts. (These posts hold up the front entry.) I was planning on probably planting 'Joseph's Coat' or 'Antique' from climbingroses.com. They only grow about 10 - 12 feet high. Are my husband's concerns valid enough that I should not plant any roses on the posts? If I shouldn't, are there any suggestions on how else I might approach this situation? The posts are about 12 feet tall, 4x6, and are made of treated douglas fir.

Here is a picture of the front of the house.

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm321/serafyn_photos/house-front.jpg

Serafyn

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midwest_tyro Mount Prospect, IL(Zone 5b) Feb 27, 2009

Hi Serafyn,
Roses don't climb on their own, they need to be attached somehow. They also like a little space between them and any structure so they get good air flow and can better resist disease. Since they would not be directly on the posts, I can't see them causing the posts to rot. Anyway, if the posts are treated they should be virtually rot proof anyway I would think.

Here is a recent thread on the Rose Forum about attaching roses to supports. It talks about trellises on walls but the idea for posts would be the same, typically you would wind the canes around the posts, tying them to the supports as you go. Please visit the Rose Forum if you have questions!
Happy gardening!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/953802/

Edited to add: Here is a link to a good picture of a young rose attached to a post using eye screws and ties, see the second picture in the post from "ronda in carolina" .
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg0107381822779.html



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serafyn Shelton, WA(Zone 8b) Feb 27, 2009

Thank you very much for your help midwest! I think I can find all the information I need!

Serafyn

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Gitagal Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 02, 2009

How about a couple nice Mandevillas? They are annuals here and will climb and twine really high. Not with suckers--just the stems twining around a support...
Then you take them down--or, if you have a sun room or a bright window, you can bring it in.

Here's the one i had last summer. It is on a trellis, but you can see how it twisted all around the supports....So pretty! And--look at the tendrils up high! it has nowhere else to twine around....sdo they just were swaying in the air.

Gita

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