These vigorously growing climbing roses create old-fashioned cottage charm.

Dear Master Gardener: I bought a beautiful trellis on a closeout sale last fall and would like to plant a climbing rose. Is it too cold up here for climbing roses and are they difficult to grow?

Q. What's your best recommendation for hardy, disease-resistant climbing roses in our climate?-David Solberg, Fargo A. Many climbing roses advertised for other regions lack winter hardiness, and are ...

Everyone loves roses, whether it's an elegant bush of bright red blooms or a bed of pink blossoms. Another way to add roses to your garden is via the climbing variety, which can grow along fences, ...

Dear Master Gardener: I bought a beautiful trellis on a closeout sale last fall and would like to plant a climbing rose. Is it too cold up here for climbing roses and are they difficult to grow?

Flowering vines are a great way to add interest and color to bare walls or ugly posts. From purple to bright pink, there are many trellis-climbing plants to grow.

The most charming and welcoming gardens have climbing roses that arch over and define entry gates; spill over arbors, pillars and pergolas; cover walls, fences and trellises; or cascade down in a ...

SQ: We have a split-rail fence that we would like to make more attractive. We know we would like climbing roses on it, but we are not sure we are up to all the spraying, pruning and winter protection ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I need some advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron ...