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Besides that Blaze is really only a once bloomer. That means it will only bloom one time in the spring and not again until the next spring. Golden Showers is a repeat bloomer so it should bloom in flushes all season. That's going to unbalance the whole thing. I think your idea is good and should work but you need to rethink which roses to use.

I think that would look lovely!

I would consider something without thorns if you aren't completely set on those! There are lots of really pretty thornless roses.

Are you familiar with helpmefind.com? If you go there and go to advance search, you can select habit - thornless and see all the thornless roses. Regardless it's a super helpful website to have and you can stare at all the pretty roses this winter!

I don't grow it but zephirine Drouhin is a really popular thornless climber that is pretty vigorous and should do well in your zone.

Good luck & take lots of pictures! :o)

Michaela

Here is a link that might be useful: Zephirin Info

I've never seen Iceberg locally with flowers and leaves at the same time. Heritage isn't much better. It's a nice rose if sprayed, but I certainly couldn't call it a good no spray rose.

BTW, I've never seen a Heritage flower look like that one.

You mention finding Queen of Sweden and Scepter'd Isle as possible replacements. The Queen is good on BS resistance and has beautiful blooms, but it grows about 5-6 feet tall and is not a quick or heavy re-bloomer at all.

As for Scepter'd Isle, it will have some BS problems and its blooms do not last very long, although it is pretty good on re-bloom. Can't imagine it as a hedge-like rose--it is more slender and arching.

As for your current bushes, just pick off the yellow leaves and it should look considerably better.

Kate

Gotcha. Nothing to do then but plant them and see what happens. I'm pretty careful and can spot problems early on so should be able to handle whatever comes. Fingers crossed they take off like crazy though.

We found that roses ON multiflora, and roses whose makeup was largely multiflora, struggled with chlorosis here.

It's like saying: "It hurts when I slap myself in the face."

The answer to that problem is to stop slapping yourself in the face.

Just so, we no longer plant roses ON multiflora, or roses that are largely of multiflora breeding. We're happier, and so are the roses we're not torturing. :-)

Jeri

There is a yellow climber available from Palatine called "Kordes' Golden Gate." I would like to have a good yellow climber and the pictures are gorgeous. Does anyone know about this particular variety?

Thank you, Madri for that very complete explanation. Maybe I will try one or two for fall planting which I know are sure to be hardy. The spinossima 'Falkland' looks interesting. Palatine says it does repeat, HMF says no repeat. Maybe there is an occasional late bloom.

Kentucky Rose, sorry about the delayed reply to your question. I am not currently able to photograph, a matter of learning how to use a new camera--old dogs and new tech, you know. I bought NDM from eurodesert the summer it closed. I concentrated on roses of Matthias Tantau, Jr., those had to be shipped across the country in hot summer. Cliff and his helpers did a marvelous job of packing the roses, but he was shipping out of a local PO, and I rather suspect the personnel there had not counted on having to work very hard over the hot summer. So, some did not survive, but my NDM has survived the trip across country and cold winters here. The "floribunda" which I planted next to it turned out to be the rambler 'Dupontii'--lovely rose which I am happy to have--so NDM was shaded but still bloomed. I moved it last spring to what turned out to be another shaded spot, where it is blooming now despite competition from morning glories and a cobea vine. My plant is grafted, probably onto R. laxa, but I imagine a plant on multiflora would do as well. In my yard, NDM has everything I like in a rose except fragrance. I don't understand why it fell out of commerce in North America.

I have been ordering from Palatine for several years. I am as impressed as you by their excellent plants.

Thanks , pretty petals. I will call Linda and ask her if it can be grown as a bush. Appreciate your efforts on this beautiful rose.

I soooooo hope we get enuf folks to call them and ask for Linda and stress how much we want Peach Silk.

Off topic, but according to the trusted experts on this forum, the iron trellis has encouraged a spider bite infestation that almost killed it! Forgot my water prophylaxis this year.

This is where the new rose will be going, now that the nandina infestation and about 100 asiatic lilies have been removed (hopefully we got them all).

seil/annt: I think that may rule out the Jeanne Lajoie; keeping it tamed to a reasonable size looks like it'll require more time and energy than I have right now.

hoovb: The outer ring of that bed is Iris germanica 'New Dawn' so I'd like something that's not the same color. Lunar Mist is pretty though... Might recommend it to my mother, who collects yellow roses.

michaelg: I may take another look at the Aloha, since the color is similar to the Colette; I like repeat bloomers, and I'll need a focal point once the iris fade at the end of their season.

Thanks to everyone that commented.

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Ok who has the link to the poop fight I'd like to read that? lol
By the way great thread Sara Ann! :-)

It was awhile ago. The discussion was about when to put manure in the soil and the effect on plants. Two people disagreed and it got ugly.

This year, our society had some controversy with the title of our Fall Rose Show. It was originally to be Christmas in Roseland, but that had to be changed because it might 'offend' some people.

Stunningly beautiful bloom. Ahhh...really love it!! Hehe yes picking a favorite color is tuff. :o)

thank you dove_song! It really is. I don't think I can pick just one! Or even two! :o)

Susanne27,

Thank you for the information. I'm wondering whether translation of Canadian zone listings is required in general?

You will see that I'm listed as zone 9 here in Florida, but I also garden in zone 4. So understanding such subtleties is very valuable in terms of evaluating hardiness reports.

Thank you for the explanation and for clarifying your zone listing to what is commonly understood here.

Thank you very much.

Beautiful photo BTW.

Susanne,

I love Distant Drums with purple, nice combo you have there.

Is yours grafted or own root?

True-blue--what a lovely picture of your blooming rose. So glad it all worked out for you. Enjoy your roses!

Kate

Got it Kim!

Thanks Kate. Here is another bloom, from a warm and dry bud, less saturated :-)

Susanne, I love the the colour combination of pink and yellow on a rose. Really warms my heart. Thanks so much for sharing this one!! :)

Very pretty! :o)