sorry I have been so long saying thank you all for your interest. I have
been playing with my 10 week old grandaughter for a few days, a very
important job I am sure that some of you will agree :-)
I have however taken on board all the information about Rambling Rector and
am in the process of finding a suitable home for one. I did think about up
and over the summerhouse but maybe a dead tree would be better.

kate
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Yesterday I met a Rambling Rector rose and was bowled over by the
fantastic
perfume. I have searched local garden centre`s but it would seem that I
will
have to buy mail order. Can anyone recommend a reliable supplier or are
they
all pretty good. I am told that the rose is very vigorous and I will have
to
think carefully as to where I plant it, is this so or can it be
controlled
by pruning. Thanks for reading.

kate

You can take it almost to the ground each year after flowering, it will
then
make loads of new stems which it flower on the next year, or you can leave
it unpruned and anything in between, be warned though I have this and its
big, stems more than two years old and the loppers wont cope and its a
saw!
Its not as tall as Kiftsgate but just as vigorous.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea