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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Marianne on August 06, 2005, 08:57:34

Title: Strangling glory??
Post by: Marianne on August 06, 2005, 08:57:34
Hi

This may sound like a silly question but here it goes.

I have a rambling rose (Ena Harkness) growing from a large container onto an arch and it is doing fine and in full bloom. 

IN spring this year, I grew some morning glories that someone on A4A gave me and they are doing terribly well too - I planted one in the same pot as the rambling rose. 

My question is : the morning glory has grown up the arch around the rose.  Is it possible that it may "strangle" the rose and kill it ????  If so, I would need to retrieve the glory.

Thanks for any help with this subject.   ;D :D ;D
Title: Re: Strangling glory??
Post by: Deeds on August 06, 2005, 12:08:20
Hi Marianne,  Don't worry the Morning Glorys wont strangle the rose, they are annual and will die off over winter.
Title: Re: Strangling glory??
Post by: Marianne on August 06, 2005, 18:56:49
Thanks for your response Deeds.  That has reassured me. :D :D
Title: Re: Strangling glory??
Post by: Rosa_Mundi on August 07, 2005, 00:27:12
I'm sure they won't harm the rose, as has been said, BUT you may have tens of seedlings next year if we have a mild winter - I've been pulling them up for about a month now.  ;D
Title: Re: Strangling glory??
Post by: Marianne on August 07, 2005, 11:12:28
Hi Rosa Mundi,  I noticed they have sprouted up where I least expected them !  they took ages to "take off" in the colder whether but now they seem to have gone completely mad - my garden looks like a mini jungle !

;D :D