Trellis: There's a ton of ways, but if you want to hang a heavy plant on one and subject the whole shebang to wind and rain (what a January!) you will most likely need to fasten it somewhere other than at ground level. It's just mechanical leverages.

If you don't want to pierce the stucco, perhaps you could go up further and attach to the soffit area? if not with a solidly fastened bracket then maybe a couple of reasonably discrete screw-eyes with some wire? If you attach to the actual brick wall, try to go into the mortar only as that will be easier to patch twenty years down the line.

The thing about Lady Banks roses is they are fussy about how you prune them. I have a 150' hedge growing up the chain link fence that borders the alley behind the house. We used an electric hedge trimmer to trim them and after growing lushly for several years, they are losing that lushness - lots of dried up branches creating an unsightly hedge that looks like it's dying in the middle. It's not, it's just unhappy. I was told by someone, and subsequently researched and found to be true, that if you prune them at all, it needs to be at the juncture of the branch to the main trunk. This is *far* too labor intensive for that size hedge. We are gradually replacing with hop bush.

But to answer your question, two plants across a six foot span should fill in nicely. And yes, they are supposed to be thornless but of the 40 or so plants, several have thorns. Try hop bush instead. Great plant. Lady Banks will do best if left to grow wild.

Mine has done the trick for me. It is on a trellis... Not hooked up to water, gets wacked a couple of times a year and it seems to be ok. Once in a while it turns a little yellow so I put the hose on it.
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2nd...picture...... Its on a small trellis leaning up against the block wall. 3 leg boards are in the ground. My husband made it for me. I also hated the look of nothing but wall.
I need to add it is not connected to the wall, the slight lean into the wall plus the 3 legs in the ground seem to work for the last 8 years

This post was edited by campv on Tue, Feb 3, 15 at 17:45

VERY nice campv.

Beautiful campv....inspired me to grab the trellis from Home Depot and anchor it to the wall already. Tomorrow I'll be planting all 3!

Plastike......"I need to add it is not connected to the wall, the slight lean into the wall plus the 3 legs in the ground seem to work for the last 8 years"

So I picked up 3 from the local nursery and planted. They were already 5 feet high, but the trunks were twisted around a support pole, and I'm unable to tangle them. Will this stunt future growth/make them less full as they grow?

Plastike, Lady Banks will grow wherever they want. The support pole will only last about one year before it rots off at the waterline. At that point, your Lady Banks will be sprawling away from center. Frankly, I'd leave the support stake, take off whatever ties are holding the rose to the stake and attach the long (laterals) canes to the permanent support you've erected along the wall. One of the local nurseries just strong galvanized wire along a block wall and grows the Lady Banks along that. If it takes the wire, it'll probably take the wall, too.

First time uploading picture new site... side ways HUM!

Plas this is the same rose right now dormant. We did remove the stake it was not easy. I would at least cut the stake in spots if you can so on down the road you can remove portions of it and maybe the entire thing. As you can tell by the photo all the stems were some what in the middle(from the stake) all I did was to try as time went by to tie them off to the sides.