any particular variety of rose

xyz123

hi

am interested in getting (preferably fragranced) rose plant for corner in our driveway. preferably non red/whtie/pink colour.

are there any particular varieties to get and where to get them. looked on david austin roses and containered plants were £26.50 each :shocked:

the area is north facing so does get some sun but not a lot. are there varieties better suited for north facing plants.

ta

lostinrates

xyz123 wrote: »

hi

am interested in getting (preferably fragranced) rose plant for corner in our driveway. preferably non red/whtie/pink colour.

are there any particular varieties to get and where to get them. looked on david austin roses and containered plants were £26.50 each :shocked:

the area is north facing so does get some sun but not a lot. are there varieties better suited for north facing plants.

ta

Yes. Some roses do much better north facing, others will not cope.

Price is a factor, but also consider that you might want things like repeat flowering, (rather than a single though glorious flush) and disease resistance when making your choice. Definitely use the David austine search facility and the Peter Beales classic roses one, (that is an excellent search site for roses) focusing on north facing position then looking at other preferences with that search limiter.

Then...it's up to your from where you buy it. I have found Peter Beales roses to be excellent. They are cheaper bought in the autumn winter season as bare roots, which is also when they are most successfully planted.

xyz123

sorry as a newbie what do you mean by repeat flowering? does it mean flowers once per season or it means flower once only! ta

lostinrates

xyz123 wrote: »

sorry as a newbie what do you mean by repeat flowering? does it mean flowers once per season or it means flower once only! ta

Ok.:D

Roses break down in to different types. One of the broadest ways to divide them is by how they flower.

Summer flowerers/ once flowerers or repeaters.

Sumer/once flowers flower in profusion...but for a few weeks in the summer. They are glorious, the kind of roses people stop at. (Lots of them are out now and breath taking) (My husbands favourite north facing rose is such a rose, its called Madame Gregoire Stacheline)

Repeaters might have a slightly less abundant covering of blooms, but they flower throughout all of the summer season.

Depending on the size area you might even choose to have one of each growing together......(but then I am a rose fanatic.)

Fwiw, you mention its a garage wall, and the only place I am wary of planting roses is by paths and drives and doors etc. I have damaged too many clothes (never mind skin that gets caught) .

xyz123

lostinrates wrote: »

Ok.:D

Roses break down in to different types. One of the broadest ways to divide them is by how they flower.

Summer flowerers/ once flowerers or repeaters.

Sumer/once flowers flower in profusion...but for a few weeks in the summer. They are glorious, the kind of roses people stop at. (Lots of them are out now and breath taking) (My husbands favourite north facing rose is such a rose, its called Madame Gregoire Stacheline)

Repeaters might have a slightly less abundant covering of blooms, but they flower throughout all of the summer season.

Depending on the size area you might even choose to have one of each growing together......(but then I am a rose fanatic.)

Fwiw, you mention its a garage wall, and the only place I am wary of planting roses is by paths and drives and doors etc. I have damaged too many clothes (never mind skin that gets caught) .

thanks. The corner i am thinking about in driveway is a corner near main window by the shared wall. so it is definately not in the way of daily walk!

as you seem to know a lot about roses, i hope you dont mind me asking couple of things.

I used the search facilities on classic roses website but when i inputted north facing wall and scented / very scented rose with some colour, all that come up are climbers. I personally am not too keen on climbers and was hoping to get something whcih is sort of on their own. but may not have a choice!. do climbers climb very high and do i need to put anything on the wall to help these "climb"? really appreciate your help.

RAS

My favourite is Mme Aldred Carriere but some people say it is not for north facing walls

Check this list http://www.britishroses.co.uk/acatalog/climbers_for_north_facing_walls.html

Anything under 3m should be OK if you put some supports up.

lostinrates

xyz123 wrote: »

thanks. The corner i am thinking about in driveway is a corner near main window by the shared wall. so it is definately not in the way of daily walk!

as you seem to know a lot about roses, i hope you dont mind me asking couple of things.

I used the search facilities on classic roses website but when i inputted north facing wall and scented / very scented rose with some colour, all that come up are climbers. I personally am not too keen on climbers and was hoping to get something whcih is sort of on their own. but may not have a choice!. do climbers climb very high and do i need to put anything on the wall to help these "climb"? really appreciate your help.

Climbers climb to different heights. Anything from about six feet from a small climber to many, many times that for a vigorous rambling one:eek:

If you don't want a climber that's absolutely fine. Instead of searching for a 'north wall' (wall implies climbing) you need to look for a shade tolerant one. . (I think the search term on classic roses there is ' in shady locations')

I don't know 'a lot', just how much I don't know, IYSWIM!

I've just posted a picture of some from my red and pink rose garden on another thread

xyz123

lostinrates wrote: »

climbers climb to different heights. Anything from about six feet from a small climber to many, many times that for a vigorous rambling one:eek:

If you don't want a climber that's absolutely fine. Instead of searching for a 'north wall' (wall implies climbing) you need to look for a shade tolerant one. . (i think the search term on classic roses there is ' in shady locations')

i don't know 'a lot', just how much i don't know, iyswim!

I've just posted a picture of some from my red and pink rose garden on another thread

wow........

lostinrates

xyz123 wrote: »

wow........

Gosh, thank you. They are all climbers, and grow into each other. Some are repeaters, some are once flowering. If I had a wall, and a space in front, personally, I'd be growing one on the wall and then one( or more ) in front to get the gardening version of that. Not always mixed colours like that. I have a garden of whites and a garden of shades of palest apricot through to quite bright gold.

Layering colour and flowering times means the view changes and its always exciting as things evolve through the season.

xyz123

one more silly question. Can someone please tell me what type plant is in the photo below. i dont mean variety but is this a Bush / Vintage Bush / Scrub etc?

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b576/lat321/IMAG0314_zpsb58591d9.jpg

lostinrates

xyz123 wrote: »

one more silly question. Can someone please tell me what type plant is in the photo below. i dont mean variety but is this a Bush / Vintage Bush / Scrub etc?

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b576/lat321/IMAG0314_zpsb58591d9.jpg

It's a shrub of some sort. Tea rose? If you post a picture on the Peter Beales forum some one might even be able to Id the actual variety for you.