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My approach is similar to yours Buford, but how something was produced has no bearing on whether it's infected. Start with an infected rose, root it, bud it to VI root stock and you still have an infected rose until it is appropriately heat treated. Own root means nothing, other than the lack of suckers and the potential for it to return from the roots should something destroy the above ground growth.
I'd say "probably not" since many climbers don't bloom much (or at all) until they've put out their big climbing canes. However, there are some vigorous "shrub roses" which can put out some long canes and can be trained to climb, such as many David Austin roses. In that case, you don't necessarily need a trellis if you keep it pruned to shrub-shape.
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~Christopher
Such sweet pictures, Jacqueline. Yesterday, my husband came inside and wanted me to see something. A baby deer was lying in the area right by the door to our chicken coop run. It was shady there and it was resting. They are darling. I have such mixed feeling about them. I love them, but dislike it when they eat everything we work hard to take care of in our yard. I just have to be more diligent about spraying.
Howdy Neighbor, I had Charisma and I liked it, but it died in the polar vortex. Ken's suggestions are great, he is an expert. I think going with a darker color rose to compliment the rest of the roses is a good idea. Munstead Wood is great, I have it on Dr. Huey, still in a pot. The color was very intense the first flush, but with this heat we have had the second flush was a bit lighter. I also love Playboy (another one I had that unfortunately was blown over by a storm and didn't survive, but I fully intend to get another one). It's a 'single' but the color can be intense.
K&M Roses and Cool Roses sell roses grafted on fortuniana. I have my first fortuniana grafted roses this year, so far they are doing well and seem to like this heat! They are the only ones still blooming like crazy. The real test will be this first winter, if they survive. They will require some winter protection at least the first year or two.
Thanks Kippy and mustbnuts. I've been playing with drought tolerant versions of English gardens, a little like some of the things Marlorena has been posting, only water restriction friendly. Have found some drought tolerant, low care plants I'm enchanted with. In particular, angelonias, dwarf gauras, a manfreda, and even some agaves. We'll be showing off a new floral ribbon created with some of these plants. Deadheading roses is bad enough. I refuse to deadhead anything in the floral ribbon. "Take care of yourself or die" is my attitude right now.
But, look -- If you have 1-2 small touches of powdery mildew, it's not practical or necessary to drench the entire garden in chemical controls. Wipe it off, and see what happens.
If you find that only 1-2 roses are troubled by this fungal problem, consider replacing those roses with roses that don't mildew.
I know there are other good lavenders, but I would definitely agree that Love Song is a great choice. I planted several new to me varieties this spring, but haven't had them long enough to have an opinion yet. Love Song puts on a beautiful display of lovely blooms and has good repeat.
2015 spring I planted Out of Rosenheim and Veranda Ruby. Rosenheim has a nice old world blossom however not a good plant. The stalks are not strong enough to hold the blossoms and this plant needs constant staking. The Ruby has small but prolific floribunda style blossoms groupings. PROBLEM...is that only about half of the buds make it to full bloom....the rest are falling off! I have looked and looked for the cause of this and am stumped. This is the first year so they get one more for good measure!!
Zone 9 - Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island
I have 'Grande Amore' in my rose garden for several years as well as 'Mandarin Ice' both lovely and disease resistant. Picture is of a 'Grande Amore' bud. I don't have a recent photo of 'Mandarin Ice'.