Xela's Garden

Rose ... 'Rambling Rector' [S]

Genus: Rosa.

Species: Rosa filipes.

Planted '? Shenstone Samantha's bed
Bought '? Henry Street G.C. for £?

Plant type: Climber/Wall Shrub or Rose
Habit: Climbing
Fragrance: Flower
Resilience: Hardiness H4 (hardy)
Colour:
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Green in Autumn, Spring and Summer
Fruit: Red in Autumn
Size:
Ultimate height: 4-8 metres
Ultimate spread: 4-8 metres
Time to ultimate height: 2-5 years

Preferred common name:rose 'Rambling Rector'
Family: Rosaceae

Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered, 5-petalled flowers followed by showy red or purple fruits

Rambler roses are vigorous shrubs with long, arching, thorny or smooth stems carrying glossy foliage and large sprays of small, single or double, often fragrant flowers in early summer

'Rambling Rector' is a strong-growing large rambler with thorny shoots bearing pointed leaves. Large sprays of fragrant, semi-double, white flowers about 4cm in width, with deep yellow stamens are followed by small red hips in autumn

Awards: Award of Garden Merit

How to grow:
Sunlight: Full sun

Aspect: South-facing, West-facing or East-facing
Exposed or Sheltered

Cultivation: Will grow in wide range of situations
Soil: Well-drained or Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Sand, Clay, Chalk or Loam

Propagation:
Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn or by budding in summer

Suggested planting locations and garden types:
Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds, Low Maintenance or Wall-side Borders

How to care:
Pruning:
Ramblers are routinely pruned in late summer, after their show of flowers and hips.

Renovation can be carried out at any time between late autumn and late winter. It is easier to see what you are doing when the rose is not in leaf, plus there is a better response from the rose, which should grow back vigorously the following spring.

Formative training and pruning of ramblers
After planting, prune stems back to 40cm (16in)
Remove any dead, damaged or twiggy growth
Carefully train the shoots by fanning them out and tie in new stems horizontally

Routine pruning of ramblers:
When supports have been covered, thin and shorten excessive growth by removing one in three of the oldest stems entirely
If space is restricted, prune out all stems that have flowered and tie new ones in to take their place
Finish by shortening side shoots by about two-thirds

Renovating overgrown ramblers:
Remove all dead, diseased, dying and weak shoots
Cut some of the old woody branches to the ground, retaining a maximum of six young, vigorous stems that can be secured to supports
Saw away any dead stumps at the base of the plant, where rain can collect and encourage rot
Shorten side shoots on the remaining branches and prune back the tips by one third to one half, to encourage branching
Give pruned plants a boost in the following spring by spreading a granular rose fertiliser over the soil and mulch them with a 5cm (2in) layer of garden compost or well rotted manure

Pests:
Aphids, leafhoppers, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars and rose leaf-rolling sawfly may be a problem. Rabbits and deer can cause damage
Diseases: May be subject to black spot, rose rust, powdery mildews and a downy mildew
[Source: http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4048 ]

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