1. General guide
• Choose a support. Roses produce more
flowers when the structural canes grow
horizontally, such as along a fence, than when
grown vertically, as on a rose tower.
• The secret is good training: bend or train as
many as the basals and long laterals as
horizontally as possible. Twirl and twist and
secure them by tying the canes to the support
or older canes
2. Fences
The long basals and laterals produced also makes it
possible to grow it shaped as fan, by training the long
basals and laterals horizontally
3. Trellis/Pillar: Sample technique
B) Upper section
A) Lower section
Upper B): You can see how my canes #1 and (the
"new main cane") #3 continue upwards. Cane #1 is
not vertical any more, bent at an angle to the right
and tied to the structure, bent horizontal, tied again
(no. 7) then pruned off. You also can see that a
number of new laterals have grown (to the left and
right of no. 6), I'll use two or three of these and
train them to the left. Cane #3 is bent to the left,
fastened to the structure and also cut off. There are
no new laterals yet but they will grow until next
year and I'll use these to train to the right side. In a
few years the structure will be completely covered.
Lower A): I have used two main canes to train
(#1 and #2), cane #1 is tied in rather vertical
(to gain height faster), cane #2 is bent
horizontal and a bit downward, tied to the
structure and cut off (sorry, this can't be seen
on the pic). Because of the horizontal
position cane #2 has developed a number of
laterals. A few have been pruned back (you
see these to the left and right of the no. 4),
one (#3) is used as a new "main cane",
slightly bent to the left and attached to the
structure. This shoot too will develop a
number of laterals.