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Best climbing roses to plant
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Posted by bonza40 Nelson New Zeal (My Page) on Tue, Dec 27, 05 at 17:15
| I want to plant an orange and a yellow climbing rose. As my garden is not very big I am looking for rosed which are repeat flowering. I do like the older varieties but ant to have roses which have a long flowering season. Also like them to be sturdy growers, my Dublin Bay is a beaty, fulfilling all my requitements. Have also planted Schoolgirt but she looks to be a little less strong growing but I saw it in a grden centre 8 years ago and have hankered after it ever since and when I saw it for sale a couple o fmonths ago I had to bring it homw. |
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RE: Best climbing roses to plant
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| Have you seen Westerland? Kind of orangey/apricot colour. Mum has it growing around her garage door. Flowers don't last for too long though, but makes up for that by being smothered in buds. |
RE: Best climbing roses to plant
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| For the yellow I'd go for the Austin/English rose - Graham Thomas. I've found it to perform well under droughty conditions and neglect. It does tend to powdery mildew if it is needing water, however. If its branches are bent down it breaks well along the branch, giving heaps of flowers over a long time. I don't recall it balling under wet. It has a good scent according to my nose. Worth looking at, perhaps. PS Apparently 'Josh' from iVillage was doing something esoteric with the programming and a number of sites have been struck by the removal of punctuation. It may return... |
RE: Best climbing roses to plant
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| Thanks so much for your recommendations. Got onto the web and viewed the blooms and they look wonderful. Will search around and order them for later on in the year. Have also had a friend tell me I must have Westerland. Graham Thomas was a new rose for me but along with Westerland they will look very well along the boundary fence. Took a shopping trip to the garden centre a few days ago and had a wonderful buying spree. Came home with a Michelia 'Mixed up Miss, an Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' (have to stop myself adding a 'y' after the blood!), 2 crepe myrtle bushes, 2 Philodendrons and a Pittidpotum 'White Cloud". Went again to day and picked up a Viburnum "Davidii". It will be so enjoyable waithing for them to grow. Bonza |
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