Thornless rose for driveway hedge
Sophia
8 years ago
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Comments (4)I grow a few ramblers as a hedge by tying the long canes in tight to a horizontal wire stretched across posts. It works a bit like an old fashioned English stock hedge where the canes are bent to a tight horizontal - there are no bare legs and no gaps. I keep this 'hedge' (we call it a fedge, sort of half fence, half hedge) quite narrow - less than 1m in actual width but 50m long. Just a thought....See MoreRose for a hedge
Comments (6)If you are trying to stay away from pink, Gertrude Jekyll should perhaps not be on your list. She is very fragrant, but she is indeed pink, and perhaps not a dark enough pink to make you happy. And as others have already pointed out, she can get quite tall. Galloping Gertie, as some have called her, tends to put out looooong canes, not exactly what you're looking for in a hedge. I think of her as a climber wannabe. You may want to consider the dark red rose Lavaglut. Dark red velvety flowers in profusion. Repeat bloomer. Disease free or close to it in a variety of climate conditions. Stays pretty much at 2.5-4 feet. What's wrong with this picture? The primary drawback is the absence of fragrance. Only you can decide how important fragrance is to you in a hedge. Kay...See MoreThornless Rose Rankings
Comments (20)I like to use the Peter Beales Classic Roses website for things like this. You can choose to search by thorniness, and they have a category for 'No Thorns' and 'Not Many Thorns' or similar. Then next to each rose, if you click on them, they have a thorniness rating from 0 to 10, with 0 being smooth roses like Zeffy and 10 being some hard-core rugosas. I only have a few 100% thorn-free roses, including Zephirine Drouhin and her sports Kathleen Harrop and Martha, Reines des Violettes, the banksia roses, and Renae (can't get Annie Laurie McDowell here in Oz, so I must settle for Renae). I'm pretty sure the Hybrid Musk rose Nur Mahal is totally smooth too. The other roses I have with hardly any thorns are all Noisettes and Chinas, and I don't know how they would go for you in zone 6, but I can tell you about them if you would like. Other than that, a couple of my Austin's have hardly any thorns at all - somewhere between 0 and 1 on your scale - Windermere is a good example. I am also told that the Delbard climber called Nahema is almost smooth (DA's Heritage is one of its parents, which is not particularly thorny for me, so that figures), it's also very fragrant, repeat blooming, and has very double blooms, so it may be worth looking into. (I certainly will be!). This post was edited by muscovyduckling on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 3:34...See MoreMy Driveway Hedge
Comments (22)Thanks everyone for the compliments. Flowers have passed their prime now but from afar, the hedge is still dressed in lavender. Kate: I actually fell for J&P's photo shopped picture of this hedge back then. I guess their gimmick worked. Lucky me, this rose delivered. serenasyh: Although the color combination is nice, but sometimes I wonder if I should not have planted the B. Iceberg. 1. It breaks the continuity of the lavender. 2. It looks too much like Dr. H. I can hear the rose people driving by and saying, "Nice hedge, too bad root stock is taking over!" Meridith: I actually considered sending a picture to JP to show them they can advertise without photo shopping their pictures. But considering the state of JP, I don't thing anyone there would care less. Florence: The house next door was a rental for the longest time and now a young and very busy couple have bought it. The hedge was planted to divert my eyes from their unkept yard to mine. I am not sure if they enjoy them, but they never complained when I go to their yard to dead head or prune. FJ...See MoreSophia
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