The Anne Belovich Ramber Collection Installation
The Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners will be working with the American Rose Center in the and their Great Garden Restoration. As the Center begins the Rambling Rose project and installs the Anne Belovich Rambler Collection of over 350 varieties, NWLAMG will help with the installation as an approved project. Master Gardeners will meet at the American Rose Center on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 8:30 am for two to four hours. Check with Larry Williams or Melissa Elrod for more information. For more information on Anne Belovich, click here.
The American Rose Society exists to promote the culture, preservation and appreciation of the Rose, and to improve its standard of excellence for all people, through education and research.
The American Rose Society exists to promote the culture, preservation and appreciation of the Rose, and to improve its standard of excellence for all people, through education and research.
What is the Rambling Rose project all about? How will Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners be involved in the ARS Rambling Rose Project. With over 350 ramblers housed in a few locations in the United States, there is a chance that many will become extinct. The goal is to move the roses from Chambersville Tree Farm in Texas which will be closing at the end of the year, to the Gardens of the American Rose Society. A few steps in the process have been completed. A "nursery" has be established and about 150 ramblers have been moved to the gardens. More will be arriving in April with plans to create the second "nursery" soon. A team of NWLAMG have begun the process of tending the ramblers in the garden "nursery" and installing more as they arrive. An interesting project and one that will take master gardeners from the beginning of the rambler life to a mature plant that will be planted on one of many trellis around the grounds and the gardens of the ARS.
Here are the procedures and protocols that will be followed
Rambler Nursery Procedures and Protocols
Installing new potted cutting into the nursery
Place pot on ceramic floor tile directly under a cable intersection
Use dibble stick to punch a hole in the pot soil to the bottom of the pot Punch the hole at least 2" away from the Rambler cutting
Place metal pole into hole made by the dibble, press pole down firmly to bottom of pot
Tie metal pole securely to the intersection of overhead cables with 1" Stretch Tie
Never tie the drip line to the overhead cables
Tie the rambler's long canes to the metal pole (24" to 36" spacing) with h" Stretch Tie
Never tie the drip line to the pole
Pruning and Tying
Pruning techniques for new and/or slow growing varieties
For the first 6 months do not prune off any new canes until after the rose blooms.
For multiple canes bunch them together and tie to the pole (do not wind canes around pole) Never tie canes to cables, tie canes only to the metal pole
Never tie a cane so that a CABLE is captured between the pole and a cane.
Never tie a cane so that a DRIP LINE is captured between the pole and a cane.
Be careful to not cut off the plant's name tag, IF NECESSARY, MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT CANE.
Eventually step ladders will be needed to tie canes up to the top of the pole
If you do not feel comfortable working on ladders let someone else tie the high canes
Pruning techniques for mature and/or fast-growing varieties
The general rule: you do not cut back a climber, you thin out a climber.
(You either leave a cane or remove it completely to the ground or to a major vertical cane).
For the first 6 months do not prune off any new canes until after the rose blooms. Some varieties will send up many thin whip-like new canes, tie them up the pole Some varieties will send up many branched and twiggy shrub-like new canes:
If it is all shrubby growth, tie it to support it vertically as best you can
If some growth is shrubby, but some is long and flexible, prune the shrubby off Some varieties will have few new basil canes and the few will be larger in diameter and stiff:
Tie them up the pole.
If the new canes branch with a "Y" tie the lateral branched growth up the pole.
If the new canes produce laterals with short shrubby growth, that will bloom, then prune off the short laterals after they bloom.
As the canes get larger and stiffer you will need to switch to the 1" wide tape for tying.
Never shorten a cane unless cutting off due to damage.
Eventually some ramblers wili send up an excessive number of new canes:
Select a few of the best new canes to tie up and cut the remainder off at the base.
If the rose is getting too large you may have to remove all new growth.
The goal is a tall somewhat thin climbing rose. use your imagination to make your cuts to achieve that objective.
Here are the procedures and protocols that will be followed
Rambler Nursery Procedures and Protocols
Installing new potted cutting into the nursery
Place pot on ceramic floor tile directly under a cable intersection
Use dibble stick to punch a hole in the pot soil to the bottom of the pot Punch the hole at least 2" away from the Rambler cutting
Place metal pole into hole made by the dibble, press pole down firmly to bottom of pot
Tie metal pole securely to the intersection of overhead cables with 1" Stretch Tie
Never tie the drip line to the overhead cables
Tie the rambler's long canes to the metal pole (24" to 36" spacing) with h" Stretch Tie
Never tie the drip line to the pole
Pruning and Tying
Pruning techniques for new and/or slow growing varieties
For the first 6 months do not prune off any new canes until after the rose blooms.
For multiple canes bunch them together and tie to the pole (do not wind canes around pole) Never tie canes to cables, tie canes only to the metal pole
Never tie a cane so that a CABLE is captured between the pole and a cane.
Never tie a cane so that a DRIP LINE is captured between the pole and a cane.
Be careful to not cut off the plant's name tag, IF NECESSARY, MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT CANE.
Eventually step ladders will be needed to tie canes up to the top of the pole
If you do not feel comfortable working on ladders let someone else tie the high canes
Pruning techniques for mature and/or fast-growing varieties
The general rule: you do not cut back a climber, you thin out a climber.
(You either leave a cane or remove it completely to the ground or to a major vertical cane).
For the first 6 months do not prune off any new canes until after the rose blooms. Some varieties will send up many thin whip-like new canes, tie them up the pole Some varieties will send up many branched and twiggy shrub-like new canes:
If it is all shrubby growth, tie it to support it vertically as best you can
If some growth is shrubby, but some is long and flexible, prune the shrubby off Some varieties will have few new basil canes and the few will be larger in diameter and stiff:
Tie them up the pole.
If the new canes branch with a "Y" tie the lateral branched growth up the pole.
If the new canes produce laterals with short shrubby growth, that will bloom, then prune off the short laterals after they bloom.
As the canes get larger and stiffer you will need to switch to the 1" wide tape for tying.
Never shorten a cane unless cutting off due to damage.
Eventually some ramblers wili send up an excessive number of new canes:
Select a few of the best new canes to tie up and cut the remainder off at the base.
If the rose is getting too large you may have to remove all new growth.
The goal is a tall somewhat thin climbing rose. use your imagination to make your cuts to achieve that objective.
Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners being trained on the project and working every 3rd Thursday at 8:30 am (if time changes you will be notified)
at the American Rose Center Rambler nursery.
Now we have Rambler nursery two up and running.
at the American Rose Center Rambler nursery.
Now we have Rambler nursery two up and running.
2024
2024 brings the time to begin up-potting some of the older varieties we have been tending. Claude will be bringing younger plants of the same varieties to replace the ones that will be up-potted and this February we prepared by checking the list and marking the ones to be moved in March.
2023
May 18, 2024 Crew!
Nursery Two is complete, with room to add a few more Ramblers.
The beginning of nursery two for the Ramblers. More to come soon! March 2023
Nursery One.
April 2023 brought some color to Nursery One as the Ramblers are beginning to bloom!