Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose - how to get rid of! (maybe permanently)

BlondeHeadOn

Rose lovers please look away now.....

I planted a Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose about 6 years ago, against a very large and very strong rustic trellis. I also planted a couple of other roses (it's a very long trellis), a clematis and some honeysuckle.

The Paul's rose has turned into a complete thug, and I am fed up with it! It has spread so far that the other plants have more or less given up. The Paul's rose does have lovely scented flowers on it, but only for about 3 weeks of the year - the rest of the time it just keeps growing and throwing up huge long branches that have vicious thorns.

I want it gone, or at the very least about a fifth of the size... Does anyone have any ideas as to how to curb this beast please?



BTW Digging it up will be difficult because of some block paving - I'm not sure we'd be able to remove every bit of root, which is a worry....

lostinrates

Are you local? I'd come and try diging it!

its a thug, and why when people plant it or montana clematis some of us say to buy something more suitable for the space...

in the right place its gorgeous....

maybe stick it on free to collect then, if worried poison the roots. I'd be impressed if the bulk of the top roots gone it grew back.

BlondeHeadOn

To be fair, it has been gorgeous (when it's in flower) for several years, it's just this year that I've realised how much it is overpowering all the other plants.

I wouldn't mind so much if it was repeat flowering - then at least it would earn its place in the garden, and I would resign myself to loads of pruning back. For the length of the flowering period though, it's just not worth it.

lostinrates

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

To be fair, it has been gorgeous (when it's in flower) for several years, it's just this year that I've realised how much it is overpowering all the other plants.

I wouldn't mind so much if it was repeat flowering - then at least it would earn its place in the garden, and I would resign myself to loads of pruning back. For the length of the flowering period though, it's just not worth it.

I know, it is a wonderful rose, but for the wrong place....


so, no where near Wiltshire I suppose? I have one paul, and could do with a few more....covering an agricultural barn!

BlondeHeadOn

lostinrates wrote: »

I know, it is a wonderful rose, but for the wrong place....


so, no where near Wiltshire I suppose? I have one paul, and could do with a few more....covering an agricultural barn!

Gonna need a bigger barn.....

(Joke - A barn sounds about perfect for one of these!)

Not near Wiltshire, sorry - I live right over the other side of the South. Also, with the rose being so wound around the thick trellis, I think getting it out in one piece will be nigh on impossible.

If you want another few plants, it does propagate pretty well from hardwood cuttings in my experience. You could try to take cuttings from the one you have, they take off like a rocket if they root! It then takes about 4 years before they flower though.

I bet your barn ends up looking fabulous though...

lostinrates

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

Gonna need a bigger barn.....

(Joke - A barn sounds about perfect for one of these!)

Not near Wiltshire, sorry - I live right over the other side of the South. Also, with the rose being so wound around the thick trellis, I think getting it out in one piece will be nigh on impossible.

If you want another few plants, it does propagate pretty well from hardwood cuttings in my experience. You could try to take cuttings from the one you have, they take off like a rocket if they root! It then takes about 4 years before they flower though.

I bet your barn ends up looking fabulous though...

Yes, I'll be taking cuttings My Paul arrived in a sorry state, a rescue from another garden, so I want to give him....and all my others, a few years to settle in before I start getting cuttings etc. Mine has ''only'' grown about four feet this year, he also got battered by a digger in May, which set him backa little. He was only two feet coming out of winter though, so a sizable increase.

BlondeHeadOn

lostinrates wrote: »

Yes, I'll be taking cuttings My Paul arrived in a sorry state, a rescue from another garden, so I want to give him....and all my others, a few years to settle in before I start getting cuttings etc. Mine has ''only'' grown about four feet this year, he also got battered by a digger in May, which set him backa little. He was only two feet coming out of winter though, so a sizable increase.

I think my Paul would eat a digger for breakfast - I'm surprised your rose came off worst!

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