Planning for Sprintime Planting - Help!

[Auricula]

I am planning to have an area of my garden bordered by posts ( about 8'high) with ropes threaded through them.Up these posts and along these ropes I would like to grow roses and clematis.I have seen this in a couple of gardens and the effect was super....trouble is......I know next to nothing about roses or clematis..only that they can look and smell nice.... and that they are a lot of trouble to look after ( pruning,feeding etc!!)
I am in need of help - which roses/clems do I choose, and how do I look after them??? I don't mind putting in the work as long as I know what to do
Experts......over to you.....pleeeassse ;D

[Jasmine]

What a lovely idea Auricula!
I'm not an expert at all but I love roses and all my roses come from David Austin. What I like is that at the back of their brochure they list roses suitable for particular places and they are very good at answering queries by email and providing help! I do have one inherited rose which is a climbing rose (Handel) and after being meticulous with its care this year it has got to nearly the end of the flowering season looking very healthy for the first time in 6 years. All my roses get fed in March and June and sprayed regularly to prevent black spot. If any of the leaves get black spot then they get pulled off as soon as I spot them! In autumn I make sure all the fallen leaves are cleared up and binned and all the roses get a layer of mulch put round their bases but not quite up to the stems. The roses that do best have a bit of space to themselves and aren't crowded with plants round their bases. This all seems to work for me but I am not an expert at anything in the garden - more of a try it and see if it works!
I love clematises too but this is my first year of growing them and I am learning a lot from Plocket!

[Amo]

Hi Auricula, I think I've put what is up my rose ropes on my own thread (??) but one thing I must say is.... give them enough slack if you are using hemp or maniala. At the moment mine are almost fully taught because they are so wet and they will pull the posts out of true but when dry they droop quite dramatically. Lovely all the same!!! ;D

EDIT: -

I don't think I name the plants, having looked but:

Rosa Maigold and Clem Gillian Blades
Rosa Lady Silvia and Clem Markham Pink
Rosa Little Rambler and Clem Anna Louise
Rosa Dizzy Heights and Clem Dutchess of Edinburgh

are what I have planted. Don't ask for the formulation why, I can't remember now and I'm looking forward to seeing how they do together!!

[Auricula]

Thank you both

[Barbara]

clems are easy in my opinion, i never have trouble with them, when they out grow the space i cut them back to ground level, and next spring off they go again, may- be you should have 3, so you could have an early a late and a midd one, that way your never without colour,.

[Auricula]

Hmm.. I have found clems tricky in the past - hence my need for help. Also, I don't have much experience of growing roses either

[Barbara]

i've never grown roses either, not sure why.

[Auricula]

Apparently they don't do well ehre - but I was talking to the NGS lady who says she has no bother at all ( well she wouldn't. would she!?? ) I have seen them doing well, however so I thought I'd give it a go. Do I need climbers or ramblers, do you think?

[Plocket]

Oh I've only just found this! Clems are easy Auricula, providing you remember their needs! Have a think about the area you want the clematis to cover (some are whoppers!), the aspect they are to grow, and what colours you like. I'm sure we'll come up with a lovely list for you. As for the roses, I bow to the experts

[Auricula]

I was hoping that you would see this Plocket - will give you details over the weekend. I'm excited about this project, but badly need direction

[Plocket]

It sounds like a lovely project. I'd be delighted to make a few suggestions but don't feel you have to go along with them!

[Auricula]

Thanks