Thread
:
Thornless roses
View Single Post
#
14
27-05-2010, 11:52 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham[_2_]
external usenet poster
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,520
Thornless roses
In article ,
says...
On Tue, 25 May 2010 11:08:29 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-05-25 08:06:20 +0100, Pam Moore said:
Does anyone know of a thornless rose, other than Zephirine Druouhin?
I cut back my ZD hard when I had my fence replaced recently and it
doesn't seem to be showing any new growth.Are there others which are
thornless? I'd like to put another rose further along the fence.
I don't grow anything with thorns, so no other roses, and now with
failing sight it's even more important to me to have one without
thorns but with scent.
Any ideas?
Pam in Bristol
The only others I can think of off the top of my head is Rosa banksiae
lutescens and R. b. lutea but they're not very scented, though do have
some perfume. They also flower on old wood so no heavy pruning is a
good thing. Had you considered a Clematis flammula which is
wonderfully scented and terribly pretty with its tiny white flowers?
It is a rose I want, but I'm afraid yellow does not have a place in my
very small garden, except for narcissi. I saw a Rosa banksiae trained
on an old house a few years ago, and it looked wonderful, but it's
not for me. (House near Marshfield, near Dyrham Park called Ridley's
Cheer, Mountain Bower! (Yellow Book) What an amazing name!
Pam in Bristol
Take a look at Rosa banksiae var banksiae its double white instead of
yellow completely thornless and evergreen
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Reply With Quote
Charlie Pridham[_2_]
View Public Profile
Find all posts by Charlie Pridham[_2_]