Another way to treat ramblers/climbers

Hi Simon,
very interesting. I might try that with a couple of mine and see what happens. It might solve the problem of climbers with nowhere to put them, too.
Barbara B

Aha! Thank you Simon for highlighting that link.
Articles I have seen in the past show roses pegged out to the ground, spreading widely. The concept shown in this link could solve a few problems for me because that is pegging with a difference.
Mme. Hardy and Crocus Rose are two roses I have that hit out across the path every summer no matter how hard I have pruned them. So I think I will have a look at them now and tie them down instead.

Hey that looks great. thanks for the link. Can't wait to have a climber big enough to do it with!

I thought I'd done that with Just Joey, who suddenly threw out a long cane. Lots of new growth appeared and lots of buds. I got quite excited until the buds opened - it was Dr Huey - rootstock. Doh!!
I'll try it with Othello, and maybe Falstaff, next.

Today I worked around my New Dawn rambler and instead of chopping off everything that was reaching out to grab me, I tucked them back into the bush. It will be interesting to see how it flowers next spring.
I imagine this method of control will tame the rambler so that it produces less huge canes.

Definitely going to try it with my Mme Hardy like you suggested Simon, and my Heritage has thrown out 2 lovely big canes just begging to be tied down.

Give this some thought, we Bonica and it throws out some long canes, what do the members think.

I've tucked my Don Juan and Jeanne La Joie.