Kew Garden Rose

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I want to plant a rose hedge across my front garden. It'll have to be quite close to a pavement so I wanted it to be thornless which led me to DA's Kew Gardens rose. However, what gives me some pause is that the garden is south facing and the soil is quite dry/poor which is far from ideal for roses.

I can did in plenty of compost when I plant them but cannot change the aspect which means it gets lots of lots of full sun. I also live in quite a dry part of the country so rainfall is a bit lower here.

Is it worth me pursuing this or am I just trying to fit something into the wrong spot and it'll never thrive?

Are there any other roses that might suit such a requirement?

• thornless
• small evential size
• upright shrub habit
• repeat flowering
• full sun and quite dry

Full sun and dry is fine. Roses do need a good, nutritious soil though, so definitely dig in loads of composted manure before planting, and sprinkle Rootgrow into the planting holes. Then top dress with more composted manure every spring.

You’ll need to water them regularly for the first couple of years, but once the roots are established roses are one of the more drought tolerant plants so should be fine in that location.

Ah - that all sounds promising! Thanks very much @VenusClapTrap

I've got Kew Gardens in full sun, dry soil and it does really well, you get more flowers from roses in a sunnier dryer spot as long as you also feed and water it as needed. It's the perfect rose.

Brilliant. Sounds like I'll be planting a rose hedge at the end of the year