Yellow Banksia Roses

The other thing I want to do is show you some of the many interesting things we do each day. From taking down a huge tree to beautifying a small desert native specimen. Not a day goes by without some drudgery, but there are always interesting aspects. My goal is to post at least once a week with photos from some of our jobs.

Today I went out to a golf course community in our area to visit with a woman about several plants in her yard. She has a huge, old yellow Banksia rose growing on a trellis along the front of her guest house. The 6×6 posts of the trellis are rotting in spots and a contractor is planning to start replacing some of them on Monday. We inspected the posts and the way the rose is growing on the trellis roof. There should be no problem with temporarily supporting the rose during replacement – no trimming necessary for now!

Banksia roses are one of the “once-blooming” varieties. These plants bloom on older wood, so you will get more blooms the next year if they are trimmed immediately after blooming. Standard roses bloom on newer wood, so should be trimmed in the winter, before they start actively growing. This will encourage more new growth, hence more blooms.