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Mme. Alfred Carrière

spademilllane
14 years ago

I bought 8 climbing roses from Sam's Club this spring and every one of them is doing terrible. It would seem to be enough to turn me against roses in Oklahoma (which seems to be the consensus here on the forum).

Except for this: I got 4 Mme. Alfred Carrière (very old style, these) climbing roses from a company in California and WOW they are growing big and fast. They have grown 4 feet in 4 weeks. I kid you not. They have also started blooming and what a scent! Wonderful!

One other rose from Sam's is working, and that is Climbing America, which is a surprise because after I bought it I researched it and found a lot of failures....It is blooming red and grow, grow, growing....but nothing like or in kind as Mme. Alfred Carrière.

We shall see whether Mme. Alfred Carrière can maintain against the brutal summer weather ahead, but so far I am delighted. Plus, the scent of Carrière is nothing less thanÂI'm looking for the right word hereÂsublime. That's it. Sublime.....

--Robert

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