Advice on Climbers

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  1. Suntree

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    I am a newbie here, and fairly new to the art of rose growing. Have had a lovely rose garden in the past and am in love with them ever since.
    Now life turned a corner allowing me to devote some time to my long nurtured passion creating rose garden.

    My first project is to replace 90% dead climber at my finance's house. The problem is however I am not sure what to select.
    I would like climber that would have a very rich green foliage and of course blooms in abundance. [​IMG] Would love to create a look somehow similar to the attached image.

    Would highly appreciate advice on what kind of rose(s) to select.
     

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    Good morning suntree welcome to the Rose lovers forum my friend,that effect in your photo is achievable by training your Rose,all we need to know is what colour Rose would you like,scented or not scented,repeat flowering or just the once,what position your rose will be situated in(sunlight hours)this is my once flowering Paul's Scarlet which only lasts about a month we will help you all we can:)

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    Dear Wiseowl, Thank you for the response. What a lovely rose! I can only hope to achieve something like this.

    We know the colour of the rose, and know we want repeated blooming, but my biggest concern is the foliage.

    I have seen so many shabby looking rose bushes (blooming but almost no greenery), and one almost dead on my finances' house wall is the same. It would produce nice flowers, but has barely any foliage.

    Being a complete amateur I don't know whether abundance of foliage depends on the breed (hope I use this term correctly) or merely on growing conditions such as soil, nutrients exposure to sun, etc.

    I have few breeds shortlisted:
    Crimson Cascade, Sympathie, Alibaba, High Hopes, The Princes' trust (my fiancé's favourite), Lord Byron, James Galway, Iceberg Climber, Times past.

    If it was my will I would have all of them (and maybe I will one day), but for now I was wondering whether I should be warned against any of these breeds as being too sensitive to soil conditions (unfortunately soil where we live is very heavy), too susceptible to parasites and other rose diseases, too poor foliage (my biggest fear) or else.

    I would of course be pleased to hear positives about them, perhaps helping me to make up my mind :)
     
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      Hi Suntree you have puzzled me now my friend you say you know the colour,you have listed Dark Red,Pink shade,White,Medium Red,Apricot Blend,Medium Pink,what I shall endeavor to do is to double check your listed Roses on my database and will get back to you ;) All the factors you have mentioned in the above post,ie 1.Variety,2.Growing conditions,and the 3.The Rosarian ;) will affect the foliage,sound as if the roses you have mentioned without much foliage lack some TLC and is down to the Rosarian only my opinion of course,and our other experienced Rosarians may have different opinions and views which are equally as important and valuable to both of us:) and no worries Roses are pretty adaptable whatever the soil:blue thumb:
       
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        Hi Suntree lets start at the beginning with your choices my friend:)

        1.Crimson Cascade/1991/Repeat Bloom/large Flowers/Red

        2.Sympathie/1964/blooms in Flushe s through out the season/Medium Red
        Parentage/Wilhelm Hansmann x Don Juan

        3.Ali baba/ Ali Baba/ 2006/Sunset Glow 2007/Pink and apricot./very disease resistant

        4.High Hopes/1992/Sea Shell Pink/Parentage/Compassion x Congratulations

        5.The Princes Trust/Red Sox/2002/Medium Red /lovely Foliage

        6.Lord Byron/1991/Apricot blend/Strong old Rose Fragrance

        7.James Galway/2000/Light Pink/strong old Rose Fragrance

        8.Iceberg/1958/White or White Blend/

        9.Times Past/2001/Light Pink
         
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        Welcome to GC Suntree. :)

        As Wiseowl has said it would seem the roses you have come across were not looked after properly. Roses are hungry plants and need to be fed and watered to keep them in top condition. If they are not they tend to suffer from disease and therefore drop their leaves.
         
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          I do thank you so much for all the advise given. I know rose colours were all over the place, but as mentioned in previous post, If I could i would have all of them. I personally am massive fan of orange colours, especially deep orange (Mercedes rose is the best example), but my finance likes reds and maroons.

          Glad to know that love and care can be what makes a rose, makes it easier to select.

          One more time I thank for the time given to my post.
           
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            Good morning Suntree my friend you are most welcome yes like Apricot,Copper,Orange blends,and Mercedes is quite a Rose,if you need anymore help please just ask there are many Rosarians here with knowledge and experience to help you:)

            Here's one I grew earlier you might like this Bi-colour:)
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              WiseOwl, this rose is stunning. Literally. I am so getting it!!!
               
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