I have a big beautiful rose bush on one side of my fence gate. I
dont' tend it but it just gets bigger.

I wanted to buy a yellow rose for the right side, from Miller
Nurseries. I've tried before in that part of my yard, bought locally,
and they just die. Lots of clay in the soil might be part of the
problme.

I live on the uphill side of Baltimore, on the border between zones 6
and 7, maybe on the 6 side.

Is yellow a fragile kind of rose? Golden Showers or Graham Thomas?

If I buy a climbing rose, will it over the years damage my unfinished
wooden picket fence?

Would it in your opinion clash with the free-standing rose bush on the
other side?

"Roses shoudl be mulched 6" in mild climates, up to 12 in severe
climates". I gues baltimroe is somewhere in between? I don't think
I've ever seen anything with say 8 inches of mulch. Am I just blind?

Thanks.

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