Can all plants be trained to grow upwards?

roses

I have lots of herbs in my garden which are expanding sideways and not up eg my marjoram and rosemary plants. can i put a stake in the ground, tie the larger branches to that so it learns to grow upwards? or are some plants just not designed to do that?

mjr600

I think you may mean prevent spreading ? to stop this plant it in a pot then plant that in the ground, if it gets floppy it just needs loose support or a bit taking off the top.

julbags

I think a lot of herbs are sprawlers. You can get rosemary to grow "up" by just leaving it to grow and not using any of it, however it defeats the purpose of having any. When you cut bits off to use the plant starts to get bushy when the regrowth comes back in. I'm not explaining myself very well but most herbs I've grown tend to spread out as much, if not more than they grow up.

roses

Thanks, I will leave them to sprawl then

I use them all a lot, I love having a garden! (I moved in January from never having one before)