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Climbing rose for flowers all summer

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Errrrrrr · 30/10/2018 07:04

I want to plant a climbing or rambling rose to grow up and over a 6ft wall. A lady down the road from us has a glorious white climber which flowers pretty much May-October, whereas my existing climber is prolific in late spring but only flowers for 4-6 weeks. I'd really appreciate any recommendations for roses which will reliably repeat all summer long!

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Redandblue11 · 01/11/2018 22:53

Go online to David Austin roses, you probably want a English Rambler.
They repeat flower and are less vigorous than traditional ramblers
The DA website has fab searches and will show you several options.
Thanks have ordered mine to plant now bare root (variety scapes me right now, but could look tomorrow if you wanted) if you quick is the time to order and plant right now.

Trethew · 03/11/2018 23:16

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Code is ECA

Errrrrrr · 04/11/2018 06:40

Oh thank you both!!! Will look up English ramblers!

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SilverApples · 04/11/2018 06:49

I have an iceberg rose, it starts flowering mid May and still has flowers on it now (SE England) Trouble free too.
I love David Austin roses, and they are very helpful if you need advice.

Errrrrrr · 04/11/2018 09:47

Oh wow silverapples that sounds amazing! I've gone for this one which is so beautiful I couldn't resist! We have a post box in the wall so people are always coming and going, hopefully they will enjoy some lovely roses around it in a couple of years!

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Ispatienceavirtue · 04/11/2018 09:56

Sorry to hijack your thread but as someone who lacks greenfingers I was hoping I could get some advice.
I wanted to plant some roses to go through my hedge. So would I need a rambling rose for that? And what do I do to help it? They come as a bare root so do I just plant it straight in my hedge? Should I use any particular soil/compost?
Thanks

Trethew · 04/11/2018 20:24

Rambling roses would be good for that, but they are vigorous growers which put out long strong whippy shoots which you can weave through the hedge. How are you then going to cut the hedge?

Roses are greedy feeders and need rich soil to perform well. Where you have a hedge already, the soil will be impoverished so you will need to add muck and compost and keep your rose well watered

florentina1 · 05/11/2018 14:39

The soil around the hedge would be too dry for roses. Cou,d you take up the hedge and plant hedging roses? If not you will need to dig a deep trench away from the fence, fill with rotted manure.

The Banksaei roses are great for winding through things. She have to wait until the second year for flowers though. They grow really quickly and produce long snippy, thornless branches which are easy to train along, the need lots of water and feed in the first couple of years.

florentina1 · 05/11/2018 14:40

Long snippy not snippy. They smell amazing

florentina1 · 05/11/2018 14:41

And again bloody auto correct ‘whippy’

florentina1 · 05/11/2018 14:45

@Errrrr Good roses for your wall iare rambling rector, velcheinblau, Albertine, snow goose or super fairy.

DaytimeIsCrazy · 05/11/2018 14:49

I find the RHS gold award rises are pretty reliable.
I have a Dublin Bay red climber that flowers all summer. It still has flowers now. I even dug it up and moved it with us 8 years ago!
My iceberg only had one lot of flowers, but I counted 50+! It's only been in a couple of years, though.

Trethew · 06/11/2018 10:06

What’s an RHS gold award? Never heard of it

DaytimeIsCrazy · 06/11/2018 12:09

'Gold award' may be the wrong terminology, but I'm sure they have a good symbol on the labels!
Here's a link with some info on roses:
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice/shrubs-and-climbers/10-roses

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