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| Hi-- I planted a climbing pink Queen Elizabeth rose last year (it has had one blooming season, this 2012 spring). Although the plant is climbing nicely, and the foliage looks healthy and green, it has no blooms. It bloomed once, for about a week and a half, this spring, with maybe 6 blooms, total. They were beautiful and fragrant-- but bloomed only along the top of the bush, rather than all the way up the house, which I had intended. Does anyone have a suggestion for another light pink, fragrant climbing rose which will be full of blooms all the way up the plant, and most of the summer? I'm striving for the "English country cottage" look, and it's incomplete with a bloom-less rose! I think I had better cut this one down and replant another kind! |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 22:49
| I think you are being too quick to get rid of the Cl Queen Elizabeth. Climbing roses take at least 3 years, if not 4, to mature and start blooming a lot. What I would do, in addition to just WAITING a while, is train it - you will only get blooms at the very top if you let the climbing canes just go straight up. If you take one of those long climbing canes, and train it as horizontally as you can, tying it to the house, the next year it will bloom all along its length. Other climbing canes will emerge and try to go straight up - do the same thing with them. That's what I do with the four roses we have climbing on one side of our house, and now the entire 3 1/2 stories are covered with roses, all the way up to the roof. Jackie |
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| Thanks for the info, Jackie. Wow. I wish I could see your roses all along your house-- that must be so beautiful! Right now I have it trained up the house, and over the garage (2 years of training), but you are exactly right-- the only blooms were along the horizontal part!! Do you have any suggestions for how to get the "straight up" trained part to bloom? When you trained your roses, how did you get the horizontal blooms on the parts of your house where you needed height by letting them go straight? I appreciate your help! Thank you! |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 12:35
| If you train canes horizontally, one of the things they will do in addition to blooming all along their length is put out new canes that go straight up again (climbers are determined to climb). Then you train those horizontally, but of course they will be further up. They will do the same thing, etc. etc. Gradually the rose will move up the wall, in a series of ever higher horizontal canes. Of course, you may not be able to train them exactly horizontally, but even bending them to an angle as close to that as you can will work. Here is a pic of my Cl Madame Caroline Testout going up our chimney - if you look closely you can see the horizontal canes. Her canes may be more flexible than those of Cl Queen Elizabeth - keep Cl MCT in mind if you decide to try this again. Good luck! Jackie |
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| Not disagreeing with anything Jackie posted, but the climbing form of QE has something of a reputation for being a poor bloomer, even after years of good treatment. The climbing forms of classic HT's are generally poor bloomers in comparison with the shrub form. |
Here is a link that might be useful: FAQ -- Cl. QE
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| Wow-- Jackie-- your rose is stunning! THAT is exactly the look I was going for! Thank you for sending a picture. I will try bending the canes more horizontally! And if this one turns out to be a poor bloomer after a few years, Hoovb, I will remember your suggestion and try Jackie's Cl MCT! Thank you both! |
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| I have two pink climbers. Love my Constance Spry. Gorgeous! Only a once bloomer, but a great showing. I also have Viking Queen. It is too early to say on this one how heavy of a bloom, but the blooms a lovely and smell great. This is a repeat bloomer. |
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| My bush QE isn't all that great a repeat bloomer anyway but even so all climbers take some time to get established before they put on any kind of show. It takes a few years for it to build a healthy size root ball to send out those tall canes, then to feed them and set blooms. They say most climbers take 3 to 5 years before they preform well. This was year 2 for my Candy Land and it grew about a foot and bloomed a few blooms a couple of times and I was thrilled with that! I really don't expect it to do more than that for another couple of years at least. |
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- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 21:27
| Eden! (Pierre de ronsard) is a great blooming pink climber. |
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| Dear Lola-lemon-- do you know where I might buy the Pierre de Ronsard Eden rose? It sounds like one I would love to add to my collection! Thank you! And thank you all for your help! It's so nice to be able to learn more about roses when you all are so helpful :) |
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- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 17:00
| I think Regans, David Austin, Heirloom and Garden Valley Roses are all offering it now. They list it as fragrant- but I think it's only faint. Beeyoootiful to my eyes tho. :-) |
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- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 17:00
| I think Regans, David Austin, Heirloom and Garden Valley Roses are all offering it now. They list it as fragrant- but I think it's only faint. Beeyoootiful to my eyes tho. :-) |
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- Posted by hosenemesis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 23:24
| I like Pinkie. The flowers are small, and not exceptional like Eden, but it blooms three times a year and is covered with blossoms each time. The color is a pure pink, not cool, not warm. It is easy to train horizontally, it has bendable canes. Renee |
Here is a link that might be useful: Climbing Pinkie
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| Peggy Martin might be a good choice, too. It blooms a lot. It has an interesting story - the owner, Peggy Martin, is in Louisiana and her area was totally flooded with salt water from Katrina, and this rose was almost her only plant that survived. She has no idea what the real name is, so it's named after her. The pic is from Help Me Find. And I found this website that you might want to look at - the only roses they sell are climbers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Brushwood Nursery Website
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- Posted by HerdingCats none (My Page) on Mon, Oct 1, 12 at 13:37
| I have three Edens. They are incredibly gorgeous blooms, and if you're going for the cottage look, you can't go wrong with these. I have one 3 year old trained on my low front fence. It's got a spread of probably 7 feet each side, and is throwing new canes all along the horizontals (the new canes, called laterals, are the ones which will give a bloom, I think...). It is going to be covered with blooms in about 2 weeks, is healthy (in my climate), has not shown a bit of mildew or rust. The next one is only 1 year old, and has just now started considering growing. LOL. "First year sleep, second year creep, third year LEAP" as the saying goes, so that's all right...it's right on schedule. The third Eden I have is in a pot. It is growing like crazy right now, canes extending probably about 5 1/2-6 feet, and I've started working on pulling the large canes horizontal so that laterals will grow and give me blooms. It's about 2.5 years old now, and has started "leaping" early. I plan on transplanting it onto the fence in either late October or November. What I like about this particular rose is that for me, it's not fragrant. Which means it's perfect for the sidewalk fence - because then my neighbors and assorted dog walkers don't take the blooms. :) They leave the blooms on the rose, and it really creates a country/cottage look to the low fence. As a matter of fact, I like this rose so much I called the nursery yesterday to see if they had a 2-3 year old climber...and they don't. Give it some thought...my Edens, here in zone 9, are doing exceptionally well and that's despite me not knowing too much about roses in general. Best- |
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| Thank you Herding Cats-- I am very interested in the Eden rose, after so many of you recommending it! The only problem is that, everywhere I check, they are sold out of them! :( Where do you buy yours? I would love to get one to try! Thank you! |
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| I have had Aloha for years - it is a regular and prolific bloomer. It tends to grow upright and doesnt sprawl. Re Climbing Queen Elizabeth, everything I have ever heard about it is that it puts on wonderful growth but no blooms. I wouldnt have it - other much better roses available. Climbers that bloom once a year give exceptional bloom, you also might look at antique roses....Mme. Alfred Carriere, Clair Matin [pink], Allister Stella Gray all bloom well for me. The Buck rose Prairie Princess is pink and covers itself in spring with blooms. I also recommend Climbing Pinkie. Regarding Brushwood Nursery, I have just gotten 2 orders of clematis from them along with a Polka rose. They are beautiful plants - you can order from them with confidence. There are many lovely pink climbers - am sure you will find several you will be happy with. Good luck! |
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