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This is only my second year learning to have a green thumb and already it appears to come somewhat naturally to me,(very thankfull for that). I have a garden with a wide variety of plants including sedium, hudrangea, sandcherry, hosta, and even water avens. This may sound like a strange combo but it's beautifull I promise. My delemma is that a freind just gave me a small angel face rose bush and I don't know what to do with it. I would to keep everything else where it is, authough I'm not against transplanting if necessary, but I don't see where I would have the space to let everything grow to maturity. I have a smaller garden on the other side of my house that only gets half sun. I want to put the angel face in this gerden and try to train it to be a sort of rose tree. Is this possible ,please help me make the decission. Thank you, krystle.
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Krystle,
The rule of thumb is that a rose needs at least 6 hours of sun per day. Although in my California garden the dry wind and strong sun made part shade perfect for growing Angel Face.
You don't say what your climate is like and that makes it a little harder to answer your question.
I think your best plan would be to plant your rose in the spot that gets "half sun" and see if it's happy there. If after a year it doesn't seem to be flourishing then transplant it.
Roses are very hardy and can take transplanting better than most people realize. Angel Face can be a truly beautiful rose, if it's happy with it's surrounding... if it's not - trust me, you will know *S*
Congratulations on discovering your green thumb, please let me know how your Angel likes its new home.
Cheers
Dove
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8 JUN 08 by
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Thank you so much for your advice, I actually got too excited and went ahead and planted my new baby before reading your responce. As it turns out, I did plant my angel face in the front of my house where I have half sun for it to grow. So far I've only concentrated on the front where I have a large garden on one side of my stairs and a smaller "L" shaped garden on the other side with a sitting area. This smaller space is where I put my rose in the corner with the hopes of training it to become a tree. As to my climate, I live in very southern Ontario about an hour from Detroit. I'm not sure what number that puts me in but our summers are hot (80-100+humidity) and our winters are 0- -20 plus wind chill. Hope that helps when advising a somewhat clueless gardener in the future.
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I've had a few roses sent up very tall canes and I thought I could probably train it into a tree form, but most shrub/Hybrid Tea roses like angel face only grow in bush form.
You could probably prune the lower leaves and thin out the canes to give it a multi trunk look if you're not lucky enough to get a thick tall cane naturally.
Remember to give your rose lots and lots of winter protection, what kills most roses in very cold zones is the process of freezing and thawing many times between fall and spring.
Once your weather begins to freeze at night mound soil a good 3 to 4 inches around the base, covering the trunk and bud union. Allow that soil to freeze then cover with thick mulch (I use straw) until spring.
Cheers
Dove
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