A rose garden definitely isn't going to be a rose garden unless you plant some sort of climbing roses.
What exactly are these? They're basically just roses because as you know a rose by any other name...
But in all seriousness they are actually known as pillars, ramblers, or ever-blooming.
While these sort of look like vines, they're not actually vines as most plant enthusiasts would gladly point out.
They do not have any sort of support structure and need your help to grow.
They do a great job of climbing though.
Because these lovely plants are not vines, they won't have the ability to climb a structure on their own.
You will in fact need to help them.
The best think that you can do is attach your rose plant onto the building that you want it to climb, or if you really want to you can wind it around said structure as it grows.
This is going to be difficult at first, but it will be quite worth it in the end as you can grow these roses on almost any structure.
There are two different ways that you can train your climbing roses to grow.
One way is vertical and one way is lateral.
What's the difference besides aesthetics? Lateral roses simply grow more blooms.
Vertical roses bloom as well, but they create spurs on which to create their blooms.
Your rose bushes will require a considerable amount of light during the day, and that amount is somewhere around seven hours.
Now as you know people say there are certain types that only need a minimal amount and love the shade, but they're just like all plants in their need for nutrients.
Make sure the plants get at the very least four hours.
If your schemes and plans involve climbing roses inside your garden, then take into account the size that the plants could be upon growing up.
There are small variants and those may be a mere seven to eight feet in height.
Then there are the larger varieties that could grow up to thirty feet tall.
If you want a plant this large, then make sure you examine the structure you have to grow it on.
The structure needs to be large enough to support a plant of this size, and you also need to take the climate into account.
There are some roses that won't do well in the winter, but then there are those that will happily bloom all year round.
Make sure you inquire about these when you're getting the roses for your garden.
Unlike regular rose plants you don't have to do quite as much pruning.
At first it won't require pruning at all and you'll find that as you prune, you get less blooms which is not at all like other roses.
Try to avoid this as much as possible in the beginning.
Pruning does need to occur at least once every couple of years.
Remember that you can't prune them in the way that you prune normal roses however.
Basically you just need to abolish small canes near the base of the plant.
Your goal is to encourage the plant to climb! Try to be as patient as possible.
Unlike normal roses these won't show results quickly, but if you wait and watch, you'll see how beautiful these roses really are!