Evey - My roses came from the recent co-op from Chamblee's Roses. Being on a very limited budget this year, I had to buy them small, as I have to do with the small 2 year old clematis plants also from a co-op. But I have other roses that came actually smaller from a co-op two years ago and they grew pretty quick. I have to prune them several times a year. Everything is doing well in containers. I potted up the new roses into 1 gallon pots with some compost and potting soil and they have really put on the growth already. Some are even blooming. I heard the climbers I got can grow pretty quick. We shall see ...
The roses I got were:
2 - Climbing Cramoisi Superieur
2 - Climbing Old Blush
1 - Knock-Out Sunny
1 - Knock-Out Rainbow
Both climbers cultivars have light pink blooms. So one of them will look good with Rosemoor clematis.
The four climbers will be going into pots to grow up some of my arbors. And those are the ones I was thinking of growing with clematis. Do you think the climbing roses will do okay in the containers? I don't need them to get huge. I am hoping that pruning them will help keep them manageable. My biggest concern was the root growth. I know clematis can put out some pretty extensive roots. So ...
