climbers

Hi.

would any of you like to recommend a climber for us.

I'm looking for a climber which has a strong fragrant and can grow pretty quick. It will be in a spot where it will be in the sun for the best part of the day and no shade at all so will have to be one that like's a lot a sun.

I'V been looking at these but it dont say if these are slow growing or fast growing or like shade or not.

Guinee Rose.
Penny Lane Rose.
Arthur Bell Rose.

If you Know any thing about these three or others i would be very grateful for the information.
Thank you.
jay.:-)

 

Hello Jason

Roses enjoy a sunny spot and can also put up with being a bit on the dry side better than most plants. The only snag is that colours tend to fade in the sun, so a sugar pink can quickly become a washed out off-white.

I've not grown any of the roses you list, so I can't comment from experience, but I should imagine that any of them would be happy in the position you mention. Here are two climbers I have grown:-

Mme Alfred Carriere - a wonderful nineteenth century rose which is very tough and vigorous. It will put up with more shade than most - not that you'll be worried about that. The flowers have a lovely old-rose form and are a beautiful ivory white. They smell divine.

Climbing Ena Harkness - The bush version of this plant is a bit of a nuisance because the lovely flowers are supported on weak stems which have a tendency to droop under the weight of the petals. This is a charming feature in the climber, however, because the flowers hang down slightly and look at you! Ena is a velvety crimson and again very strongly scented.

I love both roses, but I would probably choose the first if I were only growing one climber, because it goes on flowering for a long time. Ena tends to have one good burst of flowers and then blooms more sparsely later in the season.

One of WiseOldOwl's favourites is 'Compassion'. It is a beautiful apricot pink, good tempered and again nicely scented.

 

PS I should perhaps mention that Mme Alfred Carriere can grow to 20ft if left unchecked. I grew mine against a modest 6ft fence and never found it a problem; but you do have to be prepared to cut it back every so often. It is a strong and fast grower.

 

Thank you Clare for the information.
I quite like Compassion & Ena Harkness . Have you got these your self ?

 

I've grown both roses in previous gardens but I don't have much room now as I only have a tiny town back yard. Although Ena Harkness is lovely, I think Compassion is probably the better rose because it is in bloom for ages, whereas Ena Harkness is less generous with her flowers. When I first started gardening, I didn't take enough account of the fact that some roses are good 'repeat flowerers', some are not so good and some only have one flush of flowers and then that's it for the year. If you have limited space, there's not much point in having something which doesn't earn its keep most of the time - especially since roses are not particularly beautiful when not in bloom - so it's something to check. Most rose catalogues will tell you roughly how long a plant will be in flower.

'Compassion' is a beautiful colour, smells lovely and is a fairly strong, healthy plant. I chanced upon this on the net, which will give you some idea:-

Rose Compassion

Hope this helps.

 

Well i think Compassion is one im having for sure :-)

 

Does it have to be a rose?

Im outside right now sitting next to a wall of jasmine.

The fragrance is so heady and beautiful. The house has been filled with this intense scent for a week now. Its many times more potents than any rose in my garden.

 

As I`ve suggested on another thread, you can`t beat Zephirine Drouhin.

 

I have planted 6 climbing Roses this year. three are Paul Scarlet ,fragrant,grows@10ft ..
The other three are called Golden Shower,fragrant Bright yellow ,grows@10ft..
I planted them alternating the colours .they are @3ft at the moment with a good deal of buds
so they seem to be quite fast growers. I planted in March .

 

thanx every one for the infomation. i have other climbers in my garden and would like afew rose climbers so one or two rose climbers i think would be nice.
compassion is one i'l be having and afew more. just got to pick them . lol.

 

Thank you for this posting. I have been an bought two very large pots with the view to planting climbers in them and to have a pot on each side of my wooden bench,

I had been looking for the last few weeks for a climber that was a repeat flower(er) :-) and had a good scent.
I think I have found one....Rose Compassion. :-)

 

It's helped us both then. Rose Compassion is one for me aswell :-)

 

'Compassion' is also a nice healthy plant. Roses, even the 'disease resistant' ones, are likely to be martyrs to a touch of blackspot etc., but 'Compassion' is tougher than most.