If you want to have lush blooming roses in your garden, you have to plant and care for them accordingly. With many varieties, this also includes the correct binding. Climbing roses and ramblers in particular, but also many shrub and bed roses and of course standard roses should be tied up and secured by fastening. This not only ensures a beautiful growth habit, but also ensures that the beautiful flowering plant does not break off or is torn down in the next storm.

In order for roses to grow as they should, it is often advisable to tie them up

Tie roses - with what? Suitable materials and their advantages and disadvantages

There are not only different techniques for tying or tying up roses, but also a variety of materials. In addition to twine and cords, you can also use various clamps, whereby you should not only pay attention to the color but also to elasticity and durability when making your selection. Green cords are often nearly invisible, while clamps are visible in many cases. Beige raffia ribbon is also one of the materials that hardly attracts attention. Tying materials should be slightly elastic, but not too flexible - after all, you want your roses to be firmly attached and not to be tied again and again. Well suited, natural and therefore compostable materials are raffia or sisal, but special plastic cords are also suitable. On the other hand, you should better keep your hands off metal wires and the like, because they are too inflexible and, in case of doubt, can only be loosened with difficulty - resulting in injuries to the rose bush cannot be ruled out.

Always tie climbing roses horizontally

The long shoots of climbing roses and ramblers should always be directed horizontally. However, this does not mean that your plant can no longer strive upwards, because you proceed as follows when tying it up:

  • Guide the shoots horizontally to the left and right evenly from a center shoot.
  • The shoots point slightly upwards, towards the light.
  • New shoots are led out on the floor above
  • and tied again horizontally.

In this way you create an even ramification and thus a harmonious overall picture.

High stems need support

Not only climbing and rambler roses should be secured by tying them up, standard roses and very expansive shrub and bed roses also need fixing. While tall stems are best tied to a plant stake - especially if they have just been planted and are therefore not yet firmly rooted - many shrub and bed roses can also be attached to climbing aids such as obelisks, trellises, trellises, rose arches, etc. This is especially true for the historical roses, which often grow very luxuriantly - some of these shrub roses behave more like a climbing rose under the right conditions.

tips

If possible, do not choose any metal materials as a climbing aid or as a basis for attachment, as these become very cold in winter and can damage your plant from the cold.

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