I've got a 4' chain link fence around the front yard. Would those
roses completely conceal it?

Thanks.

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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:21:36 -0500 (EST), "Shiva"
wrote:

|Janet wrote:
|
| hi all- pardon the intrusion, but would
| like your opinion. I have a large garden
| and have recently put up a chainlink fence which pretty much cut it in
| half. (Thanks
| to a moment of weakness at the animal
| shelter. I had to take the giant dog that
| nobody else wanted.) I have been looking into climbing roses and think
| that 'Zephrine Drouin" wpuld be a good choice.
|
|
|First, bless you for adopting the horse! Hope he brings lots
|of joy.
|
|Second, I don't grow ZD, but have heard great things
|about it. I just don't like pink.
|
|Third, I grow the red climbing hybrid tea Don Juan along
|with Sombrueil (or Colonial White, long story) together
|on a chain link fence and I love them. S. is white with
|a very faint blush center. DJ has a slight rosy
|fragrance and perfect ht blooms that look great in a
|vase. It stays true red without bluing, too. And it
|stays in bloom here in Zone 7b. BUT it isn't thornless.
|Mightn't you want some thorns to keep the horse at bay?
|