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Originally Posted by Charles Perry
Chris Hunkeler wrote:
Is it possible that a climber can sometimes revert to a non-climbing form?
... Dublin Bay is still only at about the same height as my
non-climbing roses, four feet.
How is your weather? Around here in MN z4a, people grow Dublin
Bay as a shrub or short pillar. It dies back most winters to the
snow line or lower and is slow to regrow long canes. Still is
regarded as a nice red.
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Just to follow up, I planted Dublin Bay about five years ago and it is finally starting to shoot up taller spikes and almost reaching the top of the pergola. I kept it because of the beautiful red blooms and at first I said to myself that I would rip it out and plant something else but as iceberg became massive I didn't really need more roses on top.
For an older photos of the pergola (about two years ago) you can check out
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=3.4553
I live in California so the weather not killing the rose to the snow line as mentioned. I live in the foggy San Francisco Bay Area and Dublin Bay is very disease resistant.
Anyway, thanks everyone for your comments. I just wanted to follow up and let everyone know that it is worth being patient with Dublin Bay.
Cheers,
Chris