By Kalemaire
United Kingdom 
I have a very old (30+ years at least) Maigold rose. The base is very large and in the recent wind and rain it split and the larger half of the plant is leaning forward onto the ground. It looks as if it is still live - no wilting of leaves - and if possible I'd like to save it. My neighbours fence behind it is in poor condition and due to be replaced though there is a strong fence post to the left of the fallen part, which is the left side of the plant. Any thoughts on how I might Dave this lovely plant? If you know Maigold you'll know it's very very prickly so hard to handle!
26 Jul, 2017
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I'm not seeing any split areas in the second picture, and the top pic is fuzzy under magnification, and I can't see the base clearly to see a split area there either. If you're saying one side of the plant, stems intact, is now leaning forward, but hasn't actually split/ripped away from the main stem, then you need a firm support to tie it to, and you haven't got one. Legally, you're not supposed to attach a support to a neighbour's fence, you must erect your own, so you could go and buy a trellis fence panel and two posts, insert the posts into metposts and concrete on your side, then attach the trellis panel between them, then tie the rose onto that, that would solve the problem.
If half the plant has ripped away from the base, leaving a wound, you could try taping the two parts together, but you still need a strong support to tie the growth to in order to keep it in place.
26 Jul, 2017