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Help me live my climbing rose dream . . .?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Thank you all for helping me yesterday with my drift rose issue. I am feeling much better about that. Overall, my garden this year is looking good and I am feeling almost brave enough to tackle my ultimate fantasy -- a climbing rose over my front door. Before, our shrubs were so tall we could not have gotten sufficient sunlight low enough to start it, but these were replaced last year, and it strikes me I have only this year to get one growing before sun is shut out again.

Here is a pic of our door. Zone 7B. It gets strong direct morning sun, dappled sun from noon until 2:30, and shade thereafter. I know this would require brick clips or masonry screws, and I have good experience trailing behind with fishing line, etc. My questions are:

Do you think I have the proper conditions here?

Do you think there is room to get the rose started up the wall given the shutter and sconce placement? The right side near the bay would be better, but will not get nearly as much sun while it is still short - shade after noon, I think.

Which climber would you recommend for me, and is it too late to plant it? Should I wait for autumn?

Visually, I have peach drifts, Carlton daffodils, a deep red crepe myrtle and various planters in this space so while I prefer a yellow rose, a white one might look best? I would like foliage as far into autumn as I can get it.

Thank you all for any guidance.

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Buford_NE_GA_7A

8 years ago

I would suggest two roses, one on each side. You don't say where you are located, but in the southern states, You don't have to worry about enough sun unless there is deep shade. I have roses on the east side of my house that only get sun from sunrise to about 1pm then the are in shade with some refracted sunlight. They do very well. AM sun is better anyway.

I can't help you with the brick clips. I have climbers against my house, but I put eye screws in the wood trim and attached wire to that. If you want a yellow rose, I can recommend Golden Showers. It's an older climber. The flowers are a bright yellow and open to loose flowers. The blooms do blow quickly, but there are so many of them, you don't really notice. When in bloom, there is a nice sweet honey scent. It does get BS if not sprayed. The foliage is deep green and shiny and sets off nicely against the flowers. Here is a picture of mine, I have it up against the corner of our porch.

I have better pictures, but I can't find them right now. It's a rose that will bloom early in the season and then flushes throughout the summer into fall. You will want to groom it after the blooms fade to keep it in shape.

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summersrhythm_z6a
8 years ago
I ordered David Austin's The Albrighton Rambler this year, I love the look and the fragrance. You might like it too. Also Mme. Alfred Carriere is very pretty too.
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stillanntn6b
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
As we look at your front door, any rose planted against that wall is going to destroy the shutter on the left.

Could you consider having an arch made in a metal shop that will mirror the shape of the brickwork that is the arch above the window. Put that arch over the upper landing, but two feet away from the back wall.

Were you to do this, this summer spend effort enriching the soil. Like 36 inches deep and blended into the area around it. To get a rose up and over the door, the rose will do that happily so long as you have the roots delighted in the soil they are living in. Upgrade that soil. As you choose the roses to go there.
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
8 years ago
Do you use your front door? I have 'Sombreuil' over mine, and tracking in fallen petals is a constant issue.

just something to think about.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years ago
Given your color scheme, I wouldn't recommend a yellow rose; I think white or cream might be best with the other colors you mention. However, hoovb makes a good point and I wonder if a tall and rather narrow shrub rose might not be best. However, when they're tall they're usually not narrow, so I don't quite know what to suggest. You would save yourself a lot of work by not having a climber there, but it's your call. I think I've seen Lyda Rose in a tall and narrow space and it was beautiful.
MizLizzie
Original Author
8 years ago
This might all be moot. A day of rose shopping netted nothing much that might work. I think I should have tackled this project a month ago. And the narrow space and the tracking of petals is a valid concern. I am thinking it ove. Meanwhile, I do thank everyone for the good advice.
jjpeace (zone 5b Canada)
8 years ago
If this was my house, I would add shrub roses instead of the climbing ones. If you live in a warmer zone, I think vigorous climbers will hide the beautiful architectural details of your house. At least low climbers, I would say.

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