@Cutiebeauty

Thank you!

@RoyMillar

What a lovely thing to say. You're right. It fill me with joy to help others.

@UUNJ

Thank you, dear.

@JackPedigo

Only climbing roses can climb. They have long branches called canes, that can grow up to 12 feet long. There are different kinds of roses:

1. Hybrid tea roses typically have a a spiral-petaled appearance with a large, lush bloom.

2. Climbing roses have long branches, called canes, that can grow up to 12 feet long.

3. Shrub or landscape roses are just what they sound like: a shrubby form that’s hardy in most climates.

4. Miniature roses. Like other types of roses, each variety of miniature rose has different characteristics, with plant size ranging between 6 inches and 4 feet or more and plant shapes that include bushy, compact, climbing, and cascading.

@LiterateHiker And then there are ramblers which can cover a barn. (I took mine out.)

@LiterateHiker Thanks for the information/. \The roses I transplanted seem like regular landscape roses. Now they are reaching for the sun and are up to almost 15 feet. I had a Redbud tree in Seattle that has a max. height of 12 feet. Same thing - reaching for the sun. It got much taller and was considered the tallest Redbud in the city. Let me ask my landscaping friend in Seattle.

@JackPedigo

Redbud tree is not a rose.

The redbud tree ( Cercis canadensis) is a member of the bean family.

@LiterateHiker It was not a species comparison but a statement that often plants outgrow their 'normal' size under certain conditions.

@LiterateHiker Here is the reply from my friend - he is a professional aborist/landscaper and knows his plants. "Jack,
I wouldn't likely know that rose, but many roses can climb if they need to to get into the light. I have a 'Mutabilis' which has gotten crowded by larger shrubs around it and has climbed 15 feet into them to get to the sun. Normally, that rose is a 6-foot shrub. So the boundary between shrub roses and climbers can be flexible."

I don't know if you saw my posting last fall about my Wisteria. A shoot had emerged that was completely different. It had different leaves and was not a vine. I followed some of the plants and found them emerging from the larger vine of the Wisteria. I asked him about this. He said the popular Wisteria is a Japanese graft onto a rootstock. (I do grafting and know about root stocks). He said sometimes the cells from the rootstock can slip past the graft and emerge along the main plant. Often plant people use this to create interesting varieties. My point is there often are no set rules for all plants. Plants can be like animals in that they will adapt to survive and reaching for light is one way of adapting. I also have seen climbing roses and this rose is not climbing.

@BestWithoutGods

Thank you. I appreciate your kind words.

@LiterateHiker It was very kind of you to help your neighbor. You've earned better words than I can come up with.