Any suggestions for a climbing rose?
heenasahni
8 years ago
Region: Portland Oregon
For: large container (3x2 feet with a trellis leaning against concrete wall)
Exposure: SW but it's a partailly covered balcony (will get some east and west sun)
I am looking for a lot of color and continuous bloom all summer that would cover my wall. My favorite color for rose is soft pink or I can also resort to peach.
I have searched and liked a few from Heiloom Roses, but I am not sure which one will perform better: Lexy climbing rose; LC Jeanne Lajoie; James Galway; Lavender lassie; Polka - here is the pic of my balcony - any suggestions ?
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Antique climber for Mary Garden?
Comments (10)Off the bat, I would suggest rosa gallica complicata -- I don't know if it has a big scent, but I do think it is genuinely old, and it does climb. The gallicas are more scented when dry than when in bloom, anyway. They were grown for herbal purposes. Another one -- that would be good for a rather difficult site as you describe it -- is Russell's cottage rose. Both of these, like most old roses, are once bloomers. Russell's is fragrant and a deep rose in color. It is vigorous and beautiful. There is also a species rose called rosa soulieana that you used to hear about more than you do now. It has grey leaves and small, very abundant "powerfully fragrant" (so the descriptions say) white single flowers. I doubt it was known of in medieval times, at least in Europe, since it was brought back from China in 1896, but it is antique -- being a species, so I think it would answer to your purpose if you could find it. It is conoisseur's plant that is supposedly attractive even when not in bloom. Now that I think of it, City of York, is another very vigorous, fragrant once-blooming climber that rose conoisseurs think very highly of. The garden writer Cynthia Wescott wrote about it at length. It is hardly antique, since it dates from 1939, but its white color and very fragrant, semi-double flowers might make it appropriate. Good luck. I think the idea of a Mary Garden is a very nice one. Here is a link that might be useful: rosa soulieana...See MoreAny Hardy Climber for my zone?
Comments (12)Those are pretty roses... None of the Canadian roses have big HT blooms like that, unfortunately. High Country Roses sells most of the Canadian Explorer and Morden roses, granted they are own root. If you can grow roses grafted on multiflora, Pickering or Hortico might be a good place to find them. I am trying Awakening, Leverkusen, Dortmond, Autumn Sunset, and Antike 89, which are said to be cold hardy climbers. They are only a couple years old, and own root, so I don't know yet how they will fare as climbers. Illusion and Ramblin' Red are supposed to be cold hardy reds (I don't grow them). Shropshire Lad (or is it Generous Gardener??) is planted in an exposed location and seems to want to climb. Here is a link that might be useful: HCR...See MoreSuggestions on Replacement Climbing Rose after Rose Rosette
Comments (8)You have my sympathies with RRD! Been there. (Actually, more accurately: being there right now...) #1. I recently had to find the answer to question #1 for myself. The answer I received indicated that 99.99% of the time, one year is long enough to wait for replanting in the same spot as far as coming down with RRD again goes, because if the infected rose is going to regenerate from its infected roots, it will almost surely do so within a year. If it does regenerate from its infected roots, of course, any mites in the area would have the capability of passing the infection to the newly planted rose. You don't necessarily have to wait a year, but you are taking a greater risk if you don't wait that long. I'm going to wait a year. #2. I'm not sure about the answer to #2, except that I know the answer is unrelated to Rose Rosette Disease. The potential reason to avoid using the same hole would be a concern for Rose Replant Disease, which sometimes (or maybe even frequently) does occur in England. I don't know whether it happens on this continent or not, or if it does happen whether it happens frequently enough to worry about. If it were actually sometimes a problem here too, two years would be long enough to wait on replanting in the very same hole. But along a fence, you probably could just easily move the new hole over a bit anyway, right? #3. My Cornelia Hybrid Musk, before succumbing to RRD, liked to throw out extremly long canes that were beautifully flexible and had a zillion little stems with buds on them. So I think Cornelia would be nice on a fence, and it's as beautiful a rose as you can imagine. It's also likely to have fewer disease issues than Golden Showers for most people. (However, it appears that you were quite lucky with Golden Showers there, so maybe you might want to think "Don't fix what ain't broke!") Lots of Hybrid Musks might work. Some: Wilhelm, Prosperity, Bubble Bath, Lavender Lassie. Some other possibilities (that I don't have experience with, but have seen recommended by others): Felix Leclerc, Soaring Spirits, Goldfinch, Rosarium Uetersen (Seminole Wind), Abraham Darby. I do have (a new) Climbing Iceberg and that might work well for you, even though it can get blackspot. New Dawn is supposed to be easy to grow, though it does have more thorns than some other choices. Mortimer Sackler ought to work well, as long as you don't count on too much distance (lovely, fragrant, low thorns, healthy). I'll enclose the link to Help Me Find's website so you can search on whatever varieties you might be interested in. Best wishes, Mary Here is a link that might be useful: HelpMeFind rose search...See MoreLooking for suggestions for a climbing rose to replace Mel's Heritage
Comments (8)Purezza would work, except I'm not sure about cool summers. We don't have cool summers at all here! He's a repeat-bloomer but not anywhere near continuous. I do know that (my) Renae wouldn't work. Maybe in full-full sun and cool temps, but not both, I don't think. I have to put mine in a lot of sun to avoid disease and improve vigor. Pink Mermaid would be lovely and blooms/puts on growth while it's still quite cool here, but she is pretty much a once bloomer. She's really gorgeous, though. Those are my favorites for that airy look with very tall climbers. My Sombreuil isn't big enough for me to know his growth habit yet, but I can vouch for the flowers myself, and they are wonderful!...See More
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