rosa mutabilis

Hi all. Has anyone out there tried rosa mutabilis? I've just put one in against a South-facing wall and was wondering how high it's likely to get. I know it's not officially a climber but thought it might go up a bit?

 

I've always loved this rose with its single, pale yellow ageing to pink and almost mahogany coloured flowers. There's hardly any fragrance, but I can forgive it that since flowers are produced in great abundance for many months of the year.

When Diany Binny was at Kiftsgate, she had a magnificent specimen that must have been a good 10ft. high and nearly as much across. Find it a sheltered spot and it is nearly evergreen, so a warm wall is good. It's near-thornless stems are flexible enough for it to be easily trained as a climber and any wayward stems can be cut out as necessary.

 

Thanks DaveP - sounds lovely - can't wait!!

 

would love to see a picture of this rose, sounds lovely.

 

thanks woo, that first one rosa just lovely colours, you would need some size garden to accomodate that white rose, dont think i have ever seen a rose grown that high before, super pics

 

they are both beautiful Woo,you are surely the best rose man

 

your like my grandmother she had roses and more roses in her front garden, back garden and side area next to the car port, she just adored them, looked after them, she was always out seeing to her roses.Do hope she has plenty of roses werever she is now

 

Thanks so much for the pic WOO! Now I need to think what to plant with it.....Do you allow underplanting / interplanting with your roses? If so, any favourites?

 

woo im sure my grandmother will be surrounded by beautiful roses.
its the thorns that i dont like about them, was always bumping into them when i helped with the garden. they are definately a thorn in your side :D
Tigerlilly hope you enjoy planting and admiring your roses for years to come, looking forward to seeing pics in the near future