By Shrubby33
Lanarkshire,
United Kingdom 
I have some ungrateful climbing roses which are not satisfied with the fence and trellis provided for them, but have taken a fancy to the branches of a couple of young (4 ft tall) leylandii as well. Will the rose tendrils, now curling around some branches, be strong enough to hold back the growth of the leylandii, or will the leylandii force the roses to let go or grow upwards with them? Or should I just forget this fascinating struggle and simply cut the rose tendrils away from the branches?
15 Jun, 2017
Answers
Hi
Roses dont have tendrils , you need to train them which way you want them to grow ie tie them in especially with climbing roses as they want to go upwards so carefullyu bending the stems horizontal will help induce more side shoots which should produce more blooms
15 Jun, 2017
Welcome to GoY, Shrubby! If it does have tendrils, it's not a rose. Can you post a picture for identification?
15 Jun, 2017
Anything that keeps light from the leylandii will kill the shoots it covers and they will not green up again, so if the hedge matters to you it would be best not to let anything climb up them.
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