Climbing rose question

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I am a completely novice gardener so this might be a stupid question. I'm looking for a climbing rose to put on the wall of the back of my house on the patio. So do I plant in a pot ( large I guess?) and put the pot up against the wall with a trellis to grow up?

I'd really love a David Austin one if anyone can recommend one?

That sounds like a good plan. I'd go for a smaller, patio rose type if keeping in a pot (David Austin sell a range) because roses usually have very long, deep roots. It's too late to buy a bare root rose so you'll have to spend a bit more but I'd you get something potted up soon you won't have missed too much of this year's growing season

Do you not have ground to plant it in?

Thanks for the quick replies. No ground near the wall which I want to grow it up!

Problem is that roses do need a fair amount of feeding. When you say there is no ground, do youean there is paving, or concrete, or what?

Of course a large pot will do but you will have to replenish the soil after a couple of years. The pot will have to be pretty big, because climbing roses have huge root systems. Which means replenishing the soul is quite a feat.

I would always recommend planting climbing roses in the ground, but if you cannot remove some paving slabs and get some good soil in there then perhaps something else for that space? Or just bear in mind that the rose might not flourish as well as it might do and the pot might hamper growth.

Thank you- it's patio, and no way of putting in ground there. That's useful to know, maybe I will look at another plant then- like I said I'm a movie and don't want to waste too much money if it's not going to work! I'll find a spot further down the garden for a DA!

Thank you- it's patio, and no way of putting in ground there. That's useful to know, maybe I will look at another plant then- like I said I'm a movie and don't want to waste too much money if it's not going to work! I'll find a spot further down the garden for a DA!

Thank you- it's patio, and no way of putting in ground there. That's useful to know, maybe I will look at another plant then- like I said I'm a movie and don't want to waste too much money if it's not going to work! I'll find a spot further down the garden for a DA!

Novice not movie bloomin autocorrect

The David Austin website has an excellent search function, but a search for climbing roses that do well in pots only returns one result: Souvenir de la Malmaison.

I don’t have any experience with that Rose, but I grow a slightly bigger climber called Strawberry Hill in a small gap between the patio and my house. The conditions are not too dissimilar from being grown in a large pot and it is thriving there, even though it only gets 4-5 hours of direct sunlight.

So as long as you get a pot big enough, I think Strawberry Hill might be worth a try. It’s a stunning rose (better than it looks on the picture), has good disease resistance and a beautiful fragrance too.