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how to train a rambling rector

18 years ago

We moved into a house with a newly planted garden one year ago. There are two rambling rector roses planted against wooden fences: one west facing, one south facing. They are both doing fine but I am wondering how to train them. The west facing one has had a pair of parallel horizontal wires attached to the fence behind it - these are nowhere near long enough. The south facing one has simply been tied in to nails hammered into the fence. No wire. I understand that the rambling rector is notoriously vigorous and I guess they were planted there to cover the fence. But the odd thing is: the fence has a line of photinia fraseri (red robin) bushes in front - obviously planted as hedging although they have a way to go to accomplish that. My question(s): what's the proper way to train these ramblers? Against wire or tying in to nails? And should I expect that at some point in the future the photinia hedge and rambler fence covering will be fighting it out for supremacy?! Thanks for any advice.

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