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Good Repeat Blooming Climbers

18 years ago

Hopefully the bloodthirsty and non-repeating climbing bushes will be gone this weekend, but I have a large chunk of 6' wooden privacy fence that will be bare.

I need something sturdy because frankly I'm a lazy gardener and have a lot else to do. I don't have time to baby roses. I need to plant them and have them grow.

I am looking specifically for climbers.

I want roses that are disease resistant.

Repeat bloom, hopefully heavily.

Have a scent (it's not a rose if it doesn't smell.)

Have double flowers at the very least.

I am currently looking hard at Dream Weaver, the sprays of pink blooms look very tempting. I like the idea of cutting a whole bouquet at once.

I'm also looking at Maid of Kent which looks a lot like Dream Weaver.

Peach Silk looks lovely. I'm not married to pink, but really don't want red here.

I also can't decide whether to buy two bushes the same or to try to different ones. They will be next to a Golden Showers.

It will be interesting to see what you folks suggest. I've spent the last 2 hours researching climbers and there seem to be tons of them, but not a lot of info on any particular one.

Comments (19)

  • 18 years ago

    I'm having good luck training Dublin Bay to grow up a privacy fence. Great blooms, nice color and the foliage is pretty much bulletproof.

  • 18 years ago

    Dublin Bay is really nice, I agree, but you don't want red. I am in zone 9, though and can't recommend specifically for your zone.
    My best repeater, and fastest initial grower, is Pearly Gates. It has large pink flowers that fade to very pale pink but the form remains good for a very long time. I can't smell well, but it is reported to be scented. It is always in bloom here. It repeats better than any of my other climbers--Joseph's Coat, Westerland, Buff Beauty (which is really nice but still newish here),and Dublin Bay. Actually, it always has blooms in large clusters.
    Dream Weaver was initially in too much shade and has been moved twice since. I really can't speak to its repeat or how it does in cold winter climates. It has an amazing spring flush.
    Good luck in choosing!
    Kathy

  • 18 years ago

    Check out Compassion. Or, Morgengruss. But Compasson is a real winner and I seem to recall that is hardy in zone 6.

  • 18 years ago

    Viking Queen--large pink double blooms and fragrant. My 2-year old VQ has been disease-resistant so far. It is a lovely climber.

    Kate

  • 18 years ago

    Wow, thanks for the responses. I haven't heard of any of these roses. I'm not surprised, there are a LOT of climbers out there! The more I look the more confused I get. No wonder folks have so many roses. It's hard to make choices.

  • 18 years ago

    Compassion is one of the climbers I am trying this year, based on recommendations from this site, that it is fragrant, disease resistant (ADR rose) and repeats.

    Others I am also trying this year (for similar reasons):
    Sombreuil
    Autumn Sunset
    Darlow's Enigma (doesn't meet your double flower requirement, but is bulletproof)
    Aloha (older pink version)
    Westerland

    Ones I intend to try next year:
    Laguna (Kordes-ADR)
    Moonlight (Kordes)

  • 18 years ago

    If you like peach you might like The Impressionist... available from Heirloom

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  • 18 years ago

    Oooh I love the Impressionist! And Compassion is now on my list of favorites. Wowie, that's a stunner!

    I've also found there is a climbing Angel Face, one of my favorite roses. So many roses, so little space...

    I'm also finding if a nursery has one they don't have the others. Sigh... I found a place www.directgardening.com that has Angel Face for only $4.95. That can't be right - not for a good sturdy rose. And www.kellynurseries.com has it for only $6.95. Nice prices but maybe too nice.

  • 18 years ago

    'Awakening' the lovely pink blooming sport of 'White New Dawn'.

  • 18 years ago

    I love my Viking Queen and Compassion----Both are healthy in my no-spray neglected garden.
    Viking Queen
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    Compassion
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    Florence

  • 18 years ago

    You might want to consider disease resistance as well. My experience with cl.Angel Face was that it was a black spot magnet and it didn't survive in my no spray garden. If you are willing to spray fungicides, then it won't be a problem. There are many great roses suggested here: New Dawn or Awakening, Viking Queen, Autumn Sunset, Penny Lane (a lovely rose), Westerland, Ginger Syllabub are all fairly disease resistant without spray and nicely scented as well and good repeat bloomers. The new Kordes climbers are also supposed to be very disease rsistant and I am trying some this year.

  • 18 years ago

    Ooh, pretty -- thanks for the pictures. Now I have some new ones to look over. I adore Angel Face, she's my favorite rose, but I lost two bushes here already so maybe this isn't the best location for her.

    New Dawn worries me because I planted two that were "supposed" to be New Dawn but were not and turned into flesh eating monsters that I just spent the weekend shovel pruning.

    I will go and research the others. I know I looked at them this weekend, but they are all starting to blend together in my head.

    I could put in one more if I found one that is shade tolerant. It will get just a bit less sun than the others, so it's not like deep or even medium shade. Unfortunately mine don't get early morning sun as I live on the west side of a small mountain.

    I found that will take some shade are
    Lavander Lassie
    Zephirine Drouhin
    Cecile Brunner

    Thanks for all the help. I appreciate it.

  • 18 years ago

    Well, but New Dawn is a flesh eating monster! :-)

    One of the crosses one bears in regards to growin that rose is dealing with its vigor and its thorns. If you like an "antique rose" look and you liked the color of New Dawn's flowers, you might want to look into Awakening. It's a New Dawn sport that definitely reblooms once it's settled in (that can take a few years), but has something like twice as many petals as New Dawn and Dr. Van Fleet do (New Dawn is a repeat blooming sport of Dr. Van Fleet, which looks just like New Dawn, but only blooms once a year).

  • 18 years ago

    Kellynurseries is an affiliate of Directgardening.com. Thye also affiliates with a few companies thta I would not order from. Warning sign that neither of them is listed at gardenwatchdog.

    I would stick to a reputable rose nursery. My Compassion came from Pickering and it was a great plant and healthy.
    http://www.pickeringnurseries.com/web_store_07.cgi?&variety=climber

    If you like the look of the Impressionist, check out the new apricot colored Aloha by Kordes. I don't know if Palatine still has it and if they still ship but I would check out these two vendors in Canada. Not only because they are my favorite vendors, LOL, but because their use the rootstock that is probably the best in your zone.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Palatine roses

  • 18 years ago

    Crepuscule is a good repeat bloomer for me as is my Aloha [pink] - its an older one and always in bloom, but it forms more of a tall shrub than a climber, but maybe thats just the way I have it pruned. New for me this year are Dublin Bay, have heard very good things about, and I love my Pearly Gates. Parade is another good one, Allister Stella Gray, Royal Sunset and I love Peach Silk and Kiss of Desire.

  • 18 years ago

    Oooh more possibilities. I got back a sizeable tax refund and am trying to be responsible. My old abused Shih tzu from a puppy mill has to have an eye removed because of untreated glaucoma and that's going to be over a thousand! Her "good eye" cost us $250 the other because her daughter was playing with mom and poked her in it (she arrived here pregnant at 13! :( ) Hubby is still out of work...sigh. Gardening for me is therapy and I've bought quite a few roses this year. My depression pretty much killed a lot of them over the last couple of years...double sigh...

    I want to put at least one climber at the end of the deck so I can enjoy them close up. I'd love one that is VERY fragrant, gets at least 12' tall as our deck is raised and blooms all summer and is really bushy, color is not a concern as it will be all by its little self. I'm going to do some more research.

    Thank you so much for all the input. I just love coming here because of the willingness...no...eagerness to help out if asked.

    Peace,
    Jane and the Gang

  • 18 years ago

    Jane, a lot of people here seem to like Darlow's Enigma for a situation like you're describing. Put the name into the search function here and you'll find lots of references to it for you to evaluate.

  • 18 years ago

    i agree completely with some of the others on here- if you can find one, go with Viking Queen on its own roots. i've had mine for 4 years and it is by far the healthiest in my garden of almost 40 roses. it has thrived on three yaers of neglect until i actually learned how to take care of it. it takes a couple of years to establish but it is virtually the perfect rose. it has it all.when mine is in full bloom it belongs in a magazine. BTW- i don't even have to spray it while all of my others get sprayed.

  • 18 years ago

    I am not sure Crepuscule is a good recommendation for zone 6.