Here is Fruity Petals with pink jasmine vine.

What a lovely walkway you've created, Darragh. I had to look up Fruity Petals on HMF. I'd not heard of that one before. Very pretty. Trish

Thanks, Trish! Fruity Petals is a fabulous climbing rose. Apparently has Rainbow Knockout in it's parentage. It's interesting, because the Knockout roses mostly don't do well for me. They are mediocre at best. However Fruity Petals is one of the best climbing roses I have ever grown. It is almost always in bloom. Does that shrubby thing at the base so doesn't look sparce there, while other branches climb well. I haven't trained this rose at all. The effect produced is entirely from the rose itself. As well, this rose is pretty close to disease free. Vigorous but not out of control. A great, great rose. Oh and the scent is very good. I see the Star Roses site rates the scent as 'slight'. I don't agree. Medium at least and a very pleasing scent. Fruity, hence the name.

Everything looks great, love reading about no spray gardens

Thanks, oursteelers. Looks like you are gardening in the same climate zone as I am. My garden is on Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo. Successful no spray rose gardens rely on planting genetically healthy roses. So gardener's experience with various roses is important to know. I am always searching for healthy roses. The varieties grown above are exceptional in disease resistance, plant shape, flower power and vigor. Some have a beautiful scent, while with some the scent is slight. I also search out own root roses and concentrate on those as they generally do better for me.

@dara_gardener-Vancouver Island, Z8

Your garden looks fabulous. I love all your roses and your pink jasmine looks divine. I love how you have managed to build a spray free garden (not an easy feat). Everything looks fantastic.

Wonderful

dianela, thank you. It's true that traditional rose growing involves a lot of spraying and coddling of the roses. I blame the '50's up to at least the '80's for this. Thirty plus years of breeding inferior roses with only the flowers to recommend them. Thinking back we realize that rose plants have been growing in the wild as perfectly healthy shrubs and vines for eons. Early heritage roses didn't even have the blackspot gene. The blame for that was Persian Yellow genes added to the mix. As indicated by the name, Persian Yellow rose grows in hot, dry climates. Grow it elsewhere and its suceptibility to blackspot shows up. The past couple of decades has shown growers are concentrating on reversing the weaknesses of previous breeding attempts. New strong disease resistant varieties with a good shrub shape are arriving on the market. These are the roses I concentrate on growing, along with older strong varieties. As mentioned before, it is all in the rose genetics!

Rosy Day, thank you. Rose gardens are so soothing to the soul. I am blessed being able to live and grow beautiful roses hers.

Fantastic rose garden!!! Everything from the color composition to the hardscape is absolutely stunning.

Thank you mmmm12! The effect has come together well. This has as much to do with serpendipity as deliberate design on my part. The genius loci or spirit of the garden truly plays a part in the look here.

I think we can safely add your garden to the list of FANTASTOCICIC idylls!!! Just perfect.

Thank you Vaporvac! My little hidden paradise in suburbia.

😍 beautiful !!!

I had no idea about Persian Yellow. AMAZING 😯

Dara, I'm very late to your rose party, but I'm glad I happened upon this beautiful thread. I once lived on Vancouver Island, on the opposite side from you, in an area that really had no name, just a few houses, but what an unforgettable experience. I love your thoughts about how to grow roses, i.e. the natural way, and obviously your roses love it too. Thank you for sharing your roses and thoughts with us.

Ingrid, thank you. Vancouver Island is a great place to grow roses. I'm sure the island misses you as much as you have wonderful memories of living here! We are in our July drought, but with a good layer of mulch put down by my friend Bob, the roses are still looking lovely.