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I'll update you on my climbers--
New Dawn grew huge and had a cane almost over the arbor until winter hit. I had to only prune back the winter kill and now it's covered in leaves and new canes. It's my best grower.
The 4th of July is not doing well--as of today I see no green anywhere and I'm worried it got RRD. Our nursery guru says to wait and see but I'm about to rip it out.
Joseph's coat is leafing out nicely and has new shoots.
My Abraham Darby (was its own root) is really growing like a weed and I hope it just continues.
Dani, I grow Eden, Jasmina and Renae. They are all wonderful, but Eden is picky about conditions as far as repeat goes. Renae throws a lot of new canes, but she's easy enough to keep in bounds even here, as long as you plan on pruning. She has the best repeat for me, and she's totally thornless! I have her on a shed now, but I think she'd be great for an arbor as long as you are prepared to prune hard if necessary. She has lax canes, so you have to train her as she grows, too.
Jasmina is pretty thorny! Little thorns, but thorny. Love her, though :)
You are looking for hybrid teas with "exhibition form". There are many. Start with the lists at Roseshow.com, which give the top winners. You can research photos of the roses at helpmefind.com, and also, the Santa Clarita Rose Society has lovely photos in the linked article.
I don't remember where you live, so care may be an issue. Also, many varieties are only available via mail order.
Some potentials off of the top of my head: Crystalline, Hot Princess, Vererans' Honor, Randy Scott, Touch of Class (plant not always full, but Sara_Ann just posted a photo of a very nice one that her sister grows), Kardinal, Folklore, Rina Hugo, Gemini, Signature, St. Patrick, Cajun Moon, Moonstone (won Queen of Show at the ARS National Convention last weekend), Mavrik, Affirm, Louise Estes, Let Freedom Ring. Mister Lincoln can have good form.
Have a great time! I'm sure it'll be gorgeous :)
Most of my roses are still buds -- so many buds! I can't wait. Some roses had to be cut all the way back, so it's nice to see so many doing well after the awful winter.
Blooming for a while now: Purezza and Pompon de Paris, Cl.
Just started but already looking nice: Lavender Dream, Natchitoches Noisette, Parade, Georgetown HP, High Society, Pat Austin, and a pink poly whose name I can never remember :D Oh, and Renae started!
I even have a tulip magnolia 'Jane' who is still blooming right beside Parade, and it's so pretty. Parade almost caught the lilac bloom this year, too! She didn't mind the winter one bit.
to dublinbay: I'm convinced my problem was frost. My roses are now looking pretty good for this time of the year. The rose shown is not Double Delight. The name I have down for it is Spicy Fragrant, but I'm a little worried that this name is incorrect. I keep a table with all of my roses listed, with name and year acquired, so I don't have any reason to doubt this name, but I can't find anything about it on the internet!! Thanks for your help, David
If you want to hold off on watering, then I would not deadhead them. Deadheading sends a signal to the plant to start the reblooming process. You will want to make sure they stay hydrated for the best blooms. I'm so lucky to never have to worry about water here in S.C. Its a tough decision to not encourage new blooming as thats certainly why we planted and babied these plants!
Hi Linda, traditionally ramblers are more lax, their canes are more flexible, more easily trained, most often with smaller individual flowers in clusters. Climbers have tended to have stiffer canes and most often with larger individual flowers. Climate, maturity, condition of the plant, growing conditions can often make one type resemble another until conditions improve or the plant settles in. Kim
It really is awful. Mine are the type that might not run around above ground, but they do use mole tunnels. I have both moles and voles, and so the tunneling is extensive. If you see holes in the ground that are like a quarter in diameter, those are the vole holes.
I use 1/2 inch-spaced hardware cloth and cut it with straight-tipped "tin snip" metal cutters that look a bit like scissors. I'm really fast and good at making the baskets now :) It works wonderfully. I've seen holes where they tried to go in from below and couldn't do it, or where they changed their mind if they went in the top. When they hit the metal, they change course either way.
I did have to dig up all of my established roses when the voles found the roses. I was losing too many, so fast!
There is a bait that does not cause the same damage to dogs, etc, but it would hurt squirrels and smaller rodents that ate it. I bought some once but was still too afraid to use it. I just have so much wildlife here that I didn't risk it. The baskets work the best anyway, so that's how I handle it now. And I encourage the snakes that the neighbors had practically killed off. That'll help :D :D
Congrats, Charleney!
Yes, I would love to see a photo too. Wow! 62 years old. Almost as old as "moi". lol