Taking care of a climbing rose plant will give you beauty and pride if done properly. Knowing what the climber needs will produce many years of beautiful blooms.
The climbing rose plant needs to have sun most of the day and needs to be planted on a slope for proper drainage of any water around its roots. Too much moisture will rot the plant's roots. However, the plant likes to be moist, so water the rose plant at least once a week.
Fertilize the plant with well-rotted manure twice a year. Once in the spring and again after the blooming is through. Even though a climbing rose plant can survive in poor soil, these plants like a rich soil because they use so much energy to bloom each year. You can make your soil rich with fertilizers and compost.
The soil around the roots of the plant needs to be tight. A climbing rose plant does not like airy and fluffy soil. A tight, clay type soil is best for these plants.
Make sure you do not prune the climbing rose plant for the first two years of growth. Pruning away any dead wood at the base of the plant after that, will encourage the plant to produce more blooms. Deadheading old flowers and removing suckers on the base of the plant will also help enforce the plant's blooming process. As a result of no pruning, there should be long 6-8 foot branches on the plant.
Because a climbing rose plant cannot train itself, training of the rose plant should start early when the plant starts to have length in the branches. The plant can be trained into any shape and direction you want the plant to grow. Putting the tips pointing downward and bending the branches will give more bloom.
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