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'Sally Holmes' rose Reviews & Comments
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25 FEB 04 by
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Is this rose considered a climbing rose and do I use a trellis and attach the rose to it?
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1 SEP 04 by
Anonymous-797
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This rose is new to me this year as I am a new gardener and trying to learn all I can about this beautiful shrub myself. I planted this is June and placed a trellis next to it. It's unbelievable how it has grown in a short two months. Mine has taken to the trellis well so I think anything that gives this rose support is recommended.
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25 Feb 2004
"Is this rose considered a climbing rose and do I use a trellis and attach the rose to it?"
Sally Holmes is an enormous shrub rose, it is often sold as a climber.
Unless you have a very large area to allow it to sprawl, you would be wise to train it against a trellis or over a sturdy arbor.
Cheers!
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25 FEB 04 by
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We have two of these beautiful shrub/climbers. In Denver, Colorado we have them supported by a tall fence and an entry arbor facing east and west. The absolutely knock us and visitors out every year with the abundance of flowers and healthy form. We rarely water the plants (a good water every couple of weeks) and prune only occasionally during the season to remove spent blooms - with a good prune to remove unhealthy stems in the spring/winter. We couldn't ask for a more graceful old fashioned looking rose for our garden entrance!
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24 NOV 03 by
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When I lived in the UK, I grew Sally Holmes and the plants were well behaved as a shrub rose, reaching around five feet in height with strong, upright stems carrying very large clusters of bloom. Now, having moved to Alicante in Spain (believe Zone 11), I find she has gone wild. Very vigorous, more flexible stems 7-9 feet in length and with significantly smaller trusses of bloom. This seems to be true of other modern shrub rose varieties. Anyone out there with greater experience of growing roses in warmer climates, I would appreciate their advice on how I can tame Sally! Perhaps it is in the pruning or feeding where I need to change my habits? I know Sally Holmes is grown as a climber in some countries but her site in my garden is more suited to the shrubby habit.
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Sally Holmes is normally a very vigorous rose, even in cool climates. If you pull back on the nitrogen which is mainly for growth, and just give potash and potassium, this will slow her down. Also because you want to keep her short you will have to prune her in the spring as well as a hard pruning in the summer right after the first flush of flowers. A tip for Sally. If you remove the center truss of flowers, you will get bigger and better flowers as it is always the center that gets the most nutrients and so blooms first and then dies. This way all get the same amount and will all die at the same time.
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