Teasing Georgia as a pillar rose?

15 years ago

For those of you who keep track, I'm still looking for a climber for the one spot I have open and in enough sun. I've now decided a little more color may be the thing to do, so what do you think of Teasing Georgia as a climber?

I checked some earlier posts on this forum and at HMF, and a number of posters spoke positively about TG's disease-resistance (a must in my garden). And I can tell the blooms are beautiful--but you may elaborate on how light or how dark the colors are, if you wish. And anything else you think I should know.

But what I'm really concerned about is if it will get tall enough for a pillar. The question about whether David Austin shrubs can really be called climbers in places other than California, Texas, and Florida came up on another thread I posted the other day. I'm in Kansas (practically in Oklahoma), but rampant growth is not a characteristic of any rose in my garden. Our heat is more likely to kill or at least send the poor rose into self-protective semi-dormancy instead. DA lists Teasing Georgis as 8 ft tall as a climber. Can I expect it to get that tall or somewhere in that general vacinity--even 6 ft tall, maybe 7 ft?

Thanks for any input.

Kate

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rjlinva
15 years ago
mine has scaled a 8.5 ft pillar.
dublinbay z6 (KS)
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15 years ago
rjlinva--thank you for the information. The height is sounding about right for my purposes.

So how do you like your Teasing Georgia? Is she a climber you can love?

Kate
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rjlinva
15 years ago
Kate, I really do love Teasing Georgia. I've got the clematis Rogucchi growing through her, and I'm enjoying this combination as well. If something happened to Teasing Georgia, I would replace her with the same rose.

Robert
veilchen
15 years ago
For what it's worth coming from zone 5, my Teasing Georgia is quite a vigorous grower (once it got established by yr.3). It grows about to 6' each summer, I haven't got it trained on anything, it sort of cascades in that sought-after fountain shape. If it was tied to or around something I could do the pillar effect, although Teasing Georgia will likely grow taller in your zone, so have at it!
buford
15 years ago
Mine is huge! It has overtaken a 7 ft umbrella trellis and spills over. I remember when it was a simple cascading fountain, I loved it. Maybe your will stay that size.

She does tend to go dormant in very hot weather, but will have a fabulous fall flush.
dublinbay z6 (KS)
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15 years ago
Hey, I'm liking what I'm hearing. May have a winner here in Teasing Georgia--and I just love the blooms.

Will have to make a decision one of these days, but til then, fill in anything else I should know about this climber.

Kate
amberroses
15 years ago
I live in Florida, so we have different conditions, but I can tell what I have observed in my garden. This is Teasing Georgia's first year. Currently it is covered in blackspot, but I have not sprayed for a while. It is the kind of rose I think that gets a lot of blackspot, but does not defoliate. Florida is the blackspot capital of the world by the way. It had less blackspot in the hot humid summer than it now has in the cool dry fall.

Other than the blackspot it is very healthy. Mine is grafted on fortuniana rootstock.

It has not had a ton of blooms, but they are very pretty and have a light smell. The thing is a monster in my garden, it is at least as tall and my Don Juan climber. It puts out these stiff octopus canes.

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