By Stan V. (Stan the Roseman) Griep
American Rose Society Certified Consulting Rosarian – Rocky Mountain District
Image by Stan V. GriepDo you have some fence lines on your property that need some beautification and you are not quite sure what to do with them? Well how about using some roses to add beautiful foliage and color to those fences. Training roses on a fence is easy and beautiful.
How To Grow Roses On A Fence
Roses On Chain Link Fences
For tall chain link fences, attach a climbing rose to the fence would do very well to help hide the fence and add beauty to it as well. Plant the climbing rosebushes up close to the fence so they can be close enough to grow up the fence easily and use it for support. Space the climbing rosebushes out at 6 to 7 foot intervals along the fence, this gives them room to grow and spread out their long canes.
The long canes can be supported and trained by tying them off to the chain link fence. Be sure to keep the canes tied off in the directions you want them to go as it will not take long for the canes to grow out of control thus making a beautiful flow of blooms on the trained canes very difficult to achieve.
Roses On Privacy Fences
Climbers may be used on the privacy type wooden pickets and support rails fences also. To train, support and tie off the canes for these fences use nails or screws long enough to go through the wooden pickets and into the wooden support rails for the fence. The weight of the long canes with full foliage and blooms will soon become too heavy for any fastener that is only anchored to the wooden pickets in the fence, thus the fastener will pull out, sometimes splitting the picket.
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By Stan V. (Stan the Roseman) Griep
American Rose Society Certified Consulting Rosarian – Rocky Mountain District
Image by Stan V. GriepDo you have some fence lines on your property that need some beautification and you are not quite sure what to do with them? Well how about using some roses to add beautiful foliage and color to those fences. Training roses on a fence is easy and beautiful.
How To Grow Roses On A Fence
Roses On Chain Link Fences
For tall chain link fences, attach a climbing rose to the fence would do very well to help hide the fence and add beauty to it as well. Plant the climbing rosebushes up close to the fence so they can be close enough to grow up the fence easily and use it for support. Space the climbing rosebushes out at 6 to 7 foot intervals along the fence, this gives them room to grow and spread out their long canes.
The long canes can be supported and trained by tying them off to the chain link fence. Be sure to keep the canes tied off in the directions you want them to go as it will not take long for the canes to grow out of control thus making a beautiful flow of blooms on the trained canes very difficult to achieve.
Roses On Privacy Fences
Climbers may be used on the privacy type wooden pickets and support rails fences also. To train, support and tie off the canes for these fences use nails or screws long enough to go through the wooden pickets and into the wooden support rails for the fence. The weight of the long canes with full foliage and blooms will soon become too heavy for any fastener that is only anchored to the wooden pickets in the fence, thus the fastener will pull out, sometimes splitting the picket.