"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:35:43 GMT, in rec.gardens.roses Charles Perry
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Darren Garrison wrote:

I'm looking for roses that get BIG.

Where are you located? Climate makes a big difference. If you
are in the northern part of the US, Rugosas and some of their
Hybrids are suitable for hedges.

Zone 7b, the Piedmont reigon of South Carolina bordering Georga. They
would be in full sun in clay
soil. Old roses have grown there for decades in the past-- one of the
types the previous
generations call "seven sisters" (so who knows what the actual type is).
Those roses grew pretty
tall until a few years back a MASSIVE infestation of scale insects took
out the roses and a large
shrub. The area has been empty ever since.

Check out some of the Noisettes, most of which, like
Madame Alfred Carriere, will grow fairly quickly over
15 feet and bloom throughout the growing season.
MAC has white blooms. A number of Noisettes are
yellow: I grow Reve d'Or as well. Champney's
Pink Cluster is a vigorous pink that makes a nice hedge.
You should look up the Noisette history; there's a
definite South Carolina connection!

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8