Choosing Roses: Arches, Pergolas, Fences, Obelisks...expert tips for a gorgeous garden!

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Create a dreamy rose garden or add beautiful roses to your garden design by choosing the right type of roses for arches, fences, walls, obelisks and more. Tips from Ian Limmer, who has 46 years experience of growing roses for Peter Beales Classic Roses. And don't miss his advice on black spot and how to plant roses!
Shot at the Peter Beales Classic Roses rose garden in Norfolk, England, which is open all year round and free to enter. See www.classicroses.co.uk/
00:00 Why you need to know about which rose to choose
00:40 How to choose roses for an obelisk
01:40 How to choose roses for a rose arch
01:50 What's the difference between climbing roses (climbers) and rambling roses (ramblers)?
03:06 What do you need to know about creating a rose walk or avenue of rose arches?
04:40 Roses for the front of a house
06:28 How to choose roses for a fence
07:00 Grow other plants with roses for a longer season of interest
08:25 Read the labels and check varieties carefully!
08:50 Add height to borders with arches and obelisks
09:09 Roses to plant beside a bench
10:04 What to do about black spot!
12:01 Don't plant a rose where a rose has grown before (or if you do, here's how!)
12:58 How to plant a rose
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@mickidonahue4038 8 күн бұрын

You are the best at interviewing; great questions, and no interrupting your guests. Great video

@ksionc100 7 күн бұрын

he should have been interrupted to explain the cardboard box. It's usually recommended to block nematodes for a while . I wonder if anyone has tested this scientifically.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you. The use of cardboard in planting is quite common here (and well tested) - a lot of people make borders by laying cardboard over weeds or lawn, then adding compost on top. The cardboard rots away within about 3-5 months, so it will work in the same way in this box method.

@ksionc100 6 күн бұрын

@TheMiddlesizedGarden thank you. I wasn't worried about the cardboard box not decomposing. I was just pointing out the gentleman in the video brought up this method in the context of nutrient deficits while more comprehensive explanation should have mentioned the idea of blocking pathogens by the walls of the box until the young rose establishes itself. Anyway, I love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@yvonnetuakoi4271 8 күн бұрын

What MAGNIFICENT garden ! This man knows his stuff ! Very interesting and informative !

@radharcanna 8 күн бұрын

A very helpful video. Ian’s enthusiasm is catching. He’s so knowledgeable and the rose garden looks beautiful.

@moniquemannaert3468 7 күн бұрын

@Alexandra, could you ask for some variëties of the new rambler roses that are more long flowering, as he briefly mentioned? A lovely episode as always. Kind regards from Amsterdam. 🌿👒🌹🐦

@user-sy7lj7ds9f 8 күн бұрын

I adore your program. So much more useful and professional than others.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@lindarenwick5079 8 күн бұрын

Such invaluable advice. Could have listened to him all day!

@GDSavingThePast 8 күн бұрын

Love listening to someone with that much knowledge

@rickvandijk 8 күн бұрын

Buy a box of wine, drink the wine. It’s good for the roses. I love gardening even more than I already did. 🥂

@pansepot1490 8 күн бұрын

Lol, that’s a new unit of measuring I never heard before. Not inches, not centimeters, not football fields, but 12 bottles cardboard boxes. 😅 I just a glass of pinot chardonnay so perhaps I am a little biased.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

@sunnywang8877 8 күн бұрын

This is such an informative and beautiful video. Thank you Alexandra ❤❤❤

@lindaw9713 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful gardens and some great information. Ramblers instead of climbers! I don't worry about black spot but the sawfly larvae virtually destroy my rose foliage in the spring. Love your channel Alexandra.

@MadCityBells 8 күн бұрын

Invaluable advice. Thank you so much, Alexandra! 🙏🏻

@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for a very helpful tips, Roses are new to my garden and this video is just perfect.

@JoannaLouise200 6 күн бұрын

Love your interviews Alexandra...you always find such interesting, experienced & helpful people from the horticultural world. And what a rose garden that is! I was especilaly interested in Ian Limmer's experience and thoughts on blackspot. It seems that keeping a rose well nourished helps minimise the impact. For me, I always love to see traditional English lavender companioned with roses :)

@pogsslammer2106 7 күн бұрын

I love all the people you find to interview. So much great info. Thank you!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

@juliepardo7767 8 күн бұрын

Every Spring I have the rose debate with myself...to plant or not to plant? I so want to have roses all over my gardens, but the Japanese beetles, powdery mildew, and thorns are just too much of a battle for me, sadly. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial, Alexandra. I'll be rewatching this for my 2025 debate for sure! Maybe the "to plant" side will win? The advice about the box is brilliant!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Good luck with the next debate!

@pinkpoodle7100 7 күн бұрын

What a magnificent garden. Ian’s enthusiasm is addictive🌺

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

It really is!

@mikelson1988 6 күн бұрын

No matter how experienced as a head gardener I am, I always learn a lot with your videos. Absolutely grateful 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@dwoodbury 8 күн бұрын

Thank for another informative video. I sure appreciate it. The roses are so beautiful.

@pattyking8593 8 күн бұрын

Excellent interview. There are lots of great tips and information.

@LouciferFlump 7 күн бұрын

What an amazing garden! I’m so jealous! Dear me! 🥴 I have an old red velvety rose that my grandad planted in 1950. It’s still going but every year it gets some black spot. It doesn’t care about it, I just pick the leaves off, the rose flowers themselves are huge and gorgeous smelling! You can’t beat a truly old rose🌹

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

It sounds beautiful!

@dosso9958 8 күн бұрын

Such an informative video… thank you! You have a knack of creating content that is both practical and inspiring!

@thecrazygardenernz3271 5 күн бұрын

Our garden is only 3 years old, and creating archways and pergolas for the gardens is high on our list of to-dos. So great advice here. Thank you so much.

@kunalkishore2938 8 күн бұрын

Very informative...and a wonderful garden tour...👌

@TheWholesomeGardener 6 күн бұрын

This was an excellent and extremely informative interview! Thank you Alexandria!

@LinusCello75 8 күн бұрын

Recommendations on climbing/rambling rose combinations with other vines? A classic is rose and clematis. I have climbing hydrangea with Awakening, and hopefully the new clematis will do well there.

@GeorginaBays 2 күн бұрын

Wow what a garden so full of lovely roses ! Thank you for your informative interview, well worth watching.

@andreaball8114 8 күн бұрын

Thank you! I'd love a video focusing on the most fragrant groundcover or small shrub roses. Im trying to decide which roses to mix in with my small perenial border that is around the veggoe garden--small enough to not shade the veggies and to look good with lavender....most important is the fragrance!

@pansepot1490 8 күн бұрын

Most ground covers are not scented. As I understand it, breeders focus on other characteristics when breeding ground covers. Imo if the fragrance is important you’ll have to compromise somewhere. I usually spend a lot of time pouring over catalogs before buying plants, reading all the descriptions and searching opinions online trying to make the perfect choice but at the end of the day only first hand experience will tell you if the rose is right.

@andreaball8114 8 күн бұрын

@@pansepot1490 thank you! I was afraid that was the case after a quick google of groundcover roses, but thought maybe there were some low ones that were also scented people had direct experience with and could recommend.

@moniquemannaert3468 7 күн бұрын

@@andreaball8114the fragrance was traded in for longgevity and abundance of blooms in modern roses, but we have learned that the connection to insects got lost even more, so now the growers are working on crossing scent back in. Have a look at scented patio roses if you haven't already? Or give this place a call? Napoleon's Joséphine had trusty old scented variëties, so it's interesting to explore both old and new. What an exiting exploration! Let us now good finds?

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Interesting comment thread, yes, scent disappeared, but they are slowly bringing it back.

@tinkerbell9399 8 күн бұрын

Great video, and some very useful info. The use of ramblers instead of climbers was surprising, must admit I’ve always been wary of rambling roses, thought them to invasive, and lots of work to maintain. Very interesting, and thanks for asking the questions I would have asked. As for black spot, I’m glad to hear it’s nothing much to worry about. Thanks so much for this video, and inspired me to visit Peter Beales Roses next week.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you. I think some ramblers do get invasive (our neighbour has one) but very beautiful, and all you need to do is a good chop back every year, so not difficult to deal with. The smaller patio ramblers aren't invasive

@vickimaiorano5763 7 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you for this. I’m going to watch again and take notes. So much helpful information

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@KarinLowrie-vi9cv 7 күн бұрын

The mystery between rambler and climber is solved! Thank you! Glorious garden! Wonderful rose man!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@suepercy8390 7 күн бұрын

I knew you had to change the soil if you planted a new rose in an old ones position, but wasn’t sure of how much soil. Very helpful thanks

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

I thought that was so interesting!

@dawndawn6946 8 күн бұрын

So informative! Thank you!❤

@lulajohns1883 8 күн бұрын

Lovely video. I will attend to my roses today!! Thx Alexandra

@nelidascott6917 7 күн бұрын

Oh my!!! What a gem of a post this is !! Alexandra, you are a genius in covering very important garden topics and asking all the questions I have in mind and I’m sure all the others too.. THANK YOU!!❤❤

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Flower_hoarder 8 күн бұрын

MY VERY FIRST FL🌹WER IN MY GARDEN‼️

@geraldinefields1730 8 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@user-cz9mx4km5h 7 күн бұрын

Thank you, beautiful video with great information.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@marthafuentes2743 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful , beautiful garden 😘❤️❤️❤️

@amypetersen 5 күн бұрын

Wow, this was great! This made it into my top three favorite videos that you have done

@elizabethcunningham4749 8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve learned so much and at the very time I needed it! ❤️

@SMElder-iy6fl 5 күн бұрын

The roses must smell wonderful! I'd like to see the hips in the Fall.

@sweetpeasandyarrowaranchdi8327 8 күн бұрын

I've only been pruning, watering and using compost. 0 fertilizing. I'll try liquid fertilizer this Summer and see what happens!

@moniquemannaert3468 8 күн бұрын

For full absorbtion of nutriënts, you'll need both the organic (compost) and anorganic (minerals and trace elements, preferably joined by micro-organisms) fertilizer. They will be dissolved and absorbable through watering in a well airated soil. Those four elements are key for the plants (in the right place) to then take care of itself. You just keep the soil as an engine in optimal condition . Choose good biological products ever time if you can, especially for produce for the kitchen. Hope it's helpful. 🌿🐦

@linusnepe3874 7 күн бұрын

Again such a wonderful video. (And I’m not even that much into roses…). I could listen to your interviews/ videos for hours, which is quite exceptional. Thanks so much. Greetings from Germany! :-).

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@dustyflats3832 7 күн бұрын

Excellent video. He makes rose care uncomplicated. Beautiful!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@ritaswift8313 5 күн бұрын

Great advice, thank you from West Virginia, USA, Rita

@laurentlejardinier 7 күн бұрын

Perfect ! Amazing. Thank you.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you too!

@boldpicturesgardeners 8 күн бұрын

❤❤great information

@carm787 8 күн бұрын

My favorite video this year! Thank you

@vickikleist2263 6 күн бұрын

Just beautiful

@suz4keeps 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for this

@bewoodford2807 6 күн бұрын

Great video - Loved learning more about roses, which I absolutely adore. I was hoping for some information on growing roses in large, (60cms) pots. the info on blackspot was very useful and also hoe to plant a rose for healthy established growth. Thank you again. Happy gardening 🙂

@yorkshireseamstress 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video, excellent advice 👏 🌹

@SpanishEclectic 7 күн бұрын

You had me at "two acre rose garden". What a feast for the eyes, and I imagine the fragrance was intoxicating. Lucky you! Great tips! With more feeding and our big California rain this year, my first blush of blooms was wonderful. Summer heat has just started. I've deadheaded everything, and will feed again. As noted below, my worst enemy now are the rose slugs AKA saw fly larvae. They are horrible this year; roses that had beautiful green foliage in early May, are now half bare. I gave the birds a chance to eat them, but have found an organic treatment, and will give it a try. After I remove all of the lacy dead leaves. Ugh. :(

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Hope it works!

@RoseMary-vs3io 5 күн бұрын

Great, very helpful, thank you👍

@debmacdonald1661 7 күн бұрын

So practical! And helpful..thank you ❤

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@clionamm 7 күн бұрын

That was so helpful, and really interesting. great tips too. Thanks!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@lorraineclark7455 8 күн бұрын

Excellent information

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@shilpapatel5 7 күн бұрын

Excellent video, very informative !

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@shilpapatel5 6 күн бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Most welcome. Thank you for all your work !

@totallydomestic433 7 күн бұрын

Oh wow, thanks for the tip. I was planning on digging up a rose taken over by Dr Huey & plant a new one i received in the same hole. It has been there a year & probably eaten up the nutrients. I will dig out old soil & replace with new before planting my new rose.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@johnsmith-ls4rc 5 күн бұрын

A great video. I wish I knew the name of the paint colour on the cottage front door at 5.07 minutes - and the fence railing at 6.31 minutes. It's just what I am looking for.

@barbcottingham6675 7 күн бұрын

Sarah Raven planting salvia near roses prevents blackspot

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Yes, although I haven't tried it myself. But I think you'd still have to feed to get the best results as roses are very 'hungry' plants

@Cassieskins21 6 күн бұрын

👍👍

@julielaughland5078 7 күн бұрын

Sarah Raven recommends salvias as companion plants for roses because they release sulphur that limits the black spot fungus. Do you have any experience of that?

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

I don't but she's very experienced and I have been thinking of trying it. Though I suspect you still have to feed the roses properly

@totallydomestic433 7 күн бұрын

I am new at this. Obelisk, do you place it over the rose when it’s young, like a tomato cage, or do you plant the rose in front of it?

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Personally, I'd place it over the rose when young. But I think you could do either.

@sofiapaulikaagesen7256 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for a lovely video. I don't see an "upvote button". Only a downvote one. I almost pressed the "downvote button", and I suspect others have pressed that by mistake.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Oh, dear, that must be a KZfaq glitch. Hope they sort it but thank you.

@sterlgirlceline 8 күн бұрын

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌿🌳💚

@vickimaiorano5763 7 күн бұрын

Did he really mean literally you put the box into the ground and then new soil and the rose into the box 🤔?

@Solitude11-11 7 күн бұрын

Yes…the box rots away

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 7 күн бұрын

Yes, the rotting cardboard is good for the soil

@Erin-sq9jp 7 күн бұрын

🩷🤗 🌹

@maryoconnor2228 6 күн бұрын

Hi Alexandra. Love your videos which are so helpful. I wonder if you can help me, or at least a friend of mine who has the most beautiful garden which she's tended lovingly for over 30 years. She's now discovered that she has root aphids in her garden which is horrendous as there is such a huge number of them, in every plant in every corner. She's tried asking experts but is not really getting any good advise. She has applied a type of poison which she was told would work, but without success and is so upset that she has always gardened organically and now has applied a chemical which could have an impact on all other insect life but no impact on the root aphids. She has lost a number of plants, some as old as 25 years and others 5 years etc. Is there anything at all you could recommend as at this stage she's so despondent and upset at seeing this blight in her garden?