Climbing Care Calendar

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Climbing roses are leaders among garden vines in terms of both distribution and decorativeness. Climmers and ramblers are rightly called the indispensable garden aristocrats. On a curved support, by the porch or above the path, in the company of clematis or as a soloist, climbing roses stand out for their particularly abundant flowering, turning them into luxurious flowering clouds. But their difficult character is an important feature of climbing roses. Indeed, in regions with severe winters, for the successful wintering of these plants, a lot of effort will have to be made to care for them.

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Features for the care of climbing roses
Care for climbing roses in spring
Care for climbing roses in summer
Care for climbing roses in the fall
Care for climbing roses in winter

Features for the care of climbing roses

Climbing roses, despite their large sizes, are difficult to attribute to the category of unpretentious crops. They do not need such thorough care as usual bush roses, but they do not grow at all without attention. These vines require protection for the winter. Both removal from the supports and shelter require effort and time, and these climbers need to be prepared for winter correctly.

But only on protection against frosts the difficulties of caring for climbing roses do not end there. Roses need attention and care. Only with constant monitoring and some mandatory procedures can one achieve high decorativeness and lush flowering from them.

Basic care for climbing roses includes only a few procedures, but all of them are very important:

Watering.
Top dressing.
Mulching.
Pruning.
Preparing for winter and shelter for the winter.

Watering

Watering for climbing roses is carried out, focusing on weather conditions. At least three basic procedures are carried out for the weaving beauties - at the height of the active growth of green mass, at the stage of budding and at the peak of flowering. But for ramblers and clymers (especially), it is better to irrigate additionally precisely during the period of growth and budding (in the absence of normal precipitation). The optimal strategy is to water in a drought after 8-10 days using 2-3-3 buckets of water per plant.

Top dressing

Top dressing is another component of care, without which the cultivation of climbing roses is indispensable. Fertilizers for climbers make during their active growth until the beginning of autumn. For ramblers and clymers, you can use both organic and mineral fertilizers. Special preparations for roses, fertilizers full or calculated for a certain season, satisfy the needs of climbing women not only in nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, but also in microelements.

It is believed that roses most need potassium, which increases the number of flowers. But nitrogen, which is responsible for the foliage splendor, and phosphorus, necessary for the normal development of the root system, are essential elements that are introduced to ramblers and clymers annually. Mandatory roses for climbing roses include the following:

Early spring feeding, which is carried out at the very beginning of the active vegetation after removal of the shelter. For it, you can use full or nitrogen fertilizer, organics, planting fertilizers in the soil or applying along with watering in liquid form. A popular strategy is first feeding with nitrogen and then with full mineral fertilizers in 2-3 weeks.
Top dressing at the stage of budding with full mineral fertilizer.
Summer dressing for re-blooming roses, which is carried out after flowering to stimulate the second wave.
Autumn top dressing, which in regions with severe winters is best done in August or at least early September. Potash and phosphorus fertilizers optimize preparation for the winter, but for this top dressing most often they just use bone meal, incorporating it into the soil (or adding it additionally).

For climbing roses, foliar top dressing can also be carried out, stimulating the thickening of the crown and the formation of a denser deciduous canopy.

Fertilizer dosage is standard. Enough 50-60 g of the mineral mixture for one bush per 1 bucket of water or 1 square meter of soil.

Mulching

Both ramblers and climers, starting from the moment of planting and throughout the entire growing period, need to maintain a constant mulching layer. It protects against overheating, prevents the soil from caking, simplifies weed control and maintains the normal permeability of the soil.

For climbing roses, mulch is usually renewed twice a year - in the spring, after loosening the soil and applying fertilizers, and in the fall, before preparing for winter and after cleaning. For climbing princesses, mulch can use humus, sawdust, compost, straw, mowed grass.

Pruning

Pruning is different for re-blooming and once-blooming roses. For the latter, it is carried out after flowering, for the former - in the spring. But in each case, the task is to conduct regular rejuvenation and leave strong main and substitute shoots on the bush, annually monitoring development and getting rid of unproductive branches.

Since climbing roses bloom only on the shoots of last year, pruning of branches is carried out only to stimulate the growth of young growth - to the first productive bud, slightly shortening.

Let's get acquainted with the features of caring for climbing garden roses in each of the seasons.

Care for climbing roses in spring

Works to be remembered in March:

preparation of soil and pits for planting new climbing roses;
airing of shelters and the beginning of unraveling roses;
trampling of snow around the bushes for additional protection from rodents;
ordering planting material;
exploring directories;
visiting exhibitions and studying the assortment of seedlings (end of the month);
inspection of container roses wintering in the premises, moving them to heat and light.

In the southern regions, you can also perform the following procedures:

removing cover and checking roses;
pruning of damaged, dry shoots;
rootstock removal in rootstocks;
tidying up wild bushes;
the introduction of organic and mineral fertilizers into the soil;
planting new seedlings.

Works to be remembered in April:

inspection of roses;
planting new climbing roses in favorable weather at the end of the month;
the gradual removal of shelters from the bushes - starting with non-woven materials and spruce branches, untying the branches to remove dry heaters;
installation and fixing of supports for roses, inspection and repair of supports;
pruning container plants, increasing access to fresh air and light.

If the shelter was removed in April, you can carry out the following procedures:

loosening the soil;
top dressing with organic and mineral fertilizers;
soil mulching;
removal of damaged or dry shoots from bloated roses;
easy shortening of shoots to stimulate growth (to a strong kidney);
refreshing clipping of old shoots of re-blooming roses, formation.

In the southern regions, from the second half of April, they have planted climbing roses with a closed root system.

Works to be remembered in May:

inspections of plants for traces of pests and diseases;
completion of the opening of roses;
sanitary cleaning and pruning of shoots to a strong bud to stimulate the development of replacement branches;
fertilizing cropped roses;
planting new climbing roses;
protection of seedlings with a light shelter;
mulching the soil under climbing roses;
weeding and control of unwanted shoots;
watering in a drought;
direction of supports, garter;
preventive treatments;
the beginning of the movement of container roses to fresh air or hardening for removal to the garden.

In the southern regions, in May they continue planting seedlings with a closed root system, they begin to take off the first withering flowers and conduct a second top dressing.

Care for climbing roses in summer

Works to be remembered in June:

planting new roses;
inspections for traces of aphids and other pests;
preventive treatments against powdery mildew, black spotting, rust;
watering in arid weather;
removal of fading inflorescences;
rootstock removal on stocks;
loosening the soil;
weeding;
the introduction of a second top dressing;
direction of shoots along the supports;
pest and disease control.

Works to be remembered in July:

regular watering for container roses;
drought watering for blooming roses;
cut off blooming inflorescences, for roses that have completed flowering - removal of faded parts to the first full leaf;
fertilizing for blooming roses;
rootstock removal on stocks;
pruning too long shoots;
clipping of faded shoots from once-blooming roses, the formation of a bush from annual and biennial shoots;
budding;
harvesting cuttings;
leaf examinations for traces of diseases and pests;
planting new seedlings with abundant system watering;
loosening the soil;
weed control.

Works to be remembered in August:

garter and fastening, direction along the support of strong shoots;
preparation of semi-lignified cuttings;
pinching growing shoots to accelerate maturation;
removal of faded parts of shoots to the first five-leafed leaf;
water-charging irrigation at the beginning of the month;
pre-feeding;
foliage examinations and preventive treatments, treatment measures for pests or diseases.

Care for climbing roses in the fall

Works to be remembered in September:

the introduction of bone meal or potassium-phosphorus fertilizers into the soil, followed by abundant watering and mulching;
cutting cuttings from your favorite climbing roses;
preparing planting pits for planting new climbing roses in spring;
mulch update;
pinching shoots;
transplanting young roses;
protection of climbing roses from strong soil wetting;
cleaning, pruning, preparation for transferring container roses to the premises.

In the southern regions, you can also perform the following procedures:

landing ramblers and clymers;
autumn top dressing;
removal of fading flowers and inflorescences.

Works to be remembered in October:

cutting of cuttings from climbing roses;
sanitary pruning - removal of unproductive, old, damaged shoots, as well as unripe twigs;
cleaning soil from plant debris, mulching and hilling the base of the bushes;
shortened shoots to simplify shelter;
preparation of planting pits for planting climbing roses in spring;
protection of the near-trunk circle from waterlogging;
moving container roses to the premises for the winter.

In the southern regions, you can also continue to plant new climbing roses.

Works to be remembered in November:

removal of roses from the support and cleaning of leaves and damaged shoots;
laying on spruce branches or shields (after the onset of stable frosts about -5 degrees);
phased wrapping roses with ajar shelter on warm days (shelter with spruce branches, boxes, dry leaves, non-woven materials)

In the southern regions, you can also carry out sanitary pruning on climbing roses.