My sister lives in southern New Hampshire and
has a friend who wants to plant a rose with
these characteristics:
-against a concrete wall with the full sun from 10:30
to about 3:30. It gets hot.
-survive NH winters

I as yet have no idea about color preference,
height, or anything else, just that the friend wants
to try a rose, and I think she's interested in
expanding eventually. So here's our chance to
get someone hooked on roses!

Thanks for any suggestions that I can pass
along. (As you can see from my location, I'm
in no position to advise on a rose for NH.)

Gail
San Antonio TX Zone 8

Gail Futoran wrote:

My sister lives in southern New Hampshire and
has a friend who wants to plant a rose with
these characteristics:
-against a concrete wall with the full sun from 10:30
to about 3:30. It gets hot.
-survive NH winters

Well, Gail, since you have had no bites, I'll go ahead and state the
obvious. How about one of the Buck or Explorer roses well known for
surviving tough winters?

Also, this site:

http://community.webshots.com/album/17302325lVBOmIpHIu

suggests that many of the hybrid teas and other modern roses may be grown
there. Don't know about winter protection, but you sure could contact the
owner and ask.

Good luck.

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author.]

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My sister lives in southern New Hampshire and
has a friend who wants to plant a rose with
these characteristics:
-against a concrete wall with the full sun from 10:30
to about 3:30. It gets hot.
-survive NH winters

I as yet have no idea about color preference,
height, or anything else, just that the friend wants
to try a rose, and I think she's interested in
expanding eventually. So here's our chance to
get someone hooked on roses!

Thanks for any suggestions that I can pass
along. (As you can see from my location, I'm
in no position to advise on a rose for NH.)

Gail
San Antonio TX Zone 8

Hi Gail -- I just moved to West Virginia from Massachusetts, about 10 miles
south of Nashua, NH.

I am quite the novice when it comes to roses, as you'll see when I tell this
story.

Much like your sister, I wanted to plant "a rose". Not knowing a bloody thing
about roses, I went to the Agway a few miles away and came home with John
Cabot, an Explorer rose. I picked it because the description of it said "does
well in harsh climates", or words to that effect.

We took Mr. Cabot home and planted him in front of a white picket fence. The
first year (1998) he got a reasonable amount of sunshine -- I'd say close to
what you mentioned above, or a bit more. By the time summer rolled around, the
original 6" bare canes had grown at least a foot and had produced a couple of
roses.

THEN disaster struck. Some "neighbors" took a WEED WHACKER to him and chopped
him off about 2" above the ground! You don't want to know what we said about
that!

Not knowing if the rose could be saved or not, we moved him to a different
location, this time inside the fence rather than in front of it. We crossed
our fingers and hoped.

The following spring it looked like he'd survive his ordeal. We kept him fed
with simple Miracle Grow for roses (folks, remember that was my first and only
rose, so if there are better products out there I sure don't know what they
are!) and he did quite well, growing to at least 4 to 5 feet and producing
quite a few blooms.

In 2000, we set up a small trellis for him...and it became quite clear that he
was outgrowing it, and fast! We installed a bigger trellis and kept feeding
him Miracle Grow, and he produced two quite nice crops of blooms that year. We
pruned him back quite a bit.

By 2001, John had grown...REALLY grown. He was now at least 8' tall and
literally growing like a weed. The original center canes were at least 12'
tall and drooping over quite nicely. He was producing mass quantities of
fragrant small blooms. At one point in the summer, it seemed like he grew
several FEET overnight!

In 2002 John was pretty darned big. The center canes were at least 14+ feet
long. The blossoms were great!

Last fall we moved to West Virginia (zone 6, just like where J.C. was planted)
but, of course, were unable to bring him with us.

I have another John Cabot coming any time now out of Maine, to replace the one
that I had to leave behind.

Based on my quite limited experience, I would recommend John Cabot in her area
of NH. If you'd be interested in a picture or two I could email them to you,
as I don't have a web site to display them.

--

Kim

"We have done so much with so little for so long that now we can do anything
with nothing." -- Dave Marcis

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[snip]
Hi Gail -- I just moved to West Virginia from
Massachusetts, about 10 miles
south of Nashua, NH.

I am quite the novice when it comes to roses, as you'll
see when I tell this
story.

Much like your sister, I wanted to plant "a rose". Not
knowing a bloody thing
about roses, I went to the Agway a few miles away and came
home with John
Cabot, an Explorer rose. I picked it because the
description of it said "does
well in harsh climates", or words to that effect.

[snip]
By 2001, John had grown...REALLY grown. He was now at
least 8' tall and
literally growing like a weed. The original center canes
were at least 12'
tall and drooping over quite nicely. He was producing
mass quantities of
fragrant small blooms. At one point in the summer, it
seemed like he grew
several FEET overnight!

In 2002 John was pretty darned big. The center canes were
at least 14+ feet
long. The blossoms were great!

Last fall we moved to West Virginia (zone 6, just like
where J.C. was planted)
but, of course, were unable to bring him with us.

I have another John Cabot coming any time now out of
Maine, to replace the one
that I had to leave behind.

Based on my quite limited experience, I would recommend
John Cabot in her area
of NH. If you'd be interested in a picture or two I could
email them to you,
as I don't have a web site to display them.

--

Kim

"We have done so much with so little for so long that now
we can do anything
with nothing." -- Dave Marcis

Hi Kim -

Thanks for a great (& useful) rose story.
I'll pass it along to my sister so she can
advise her friend.

I was able to find a photo online & will give my
sister the link. If you're not familiar with HelpMeFind,
it's a great site to find roses.
www.helpmefind.com

Best of luck in your home.

Gail

darned big. The center canes were at least 14+ feet
long. The blossoms were great!

Last fall we moved to West Virginia (zone 6, just like where J.C. was
planted)
but, of course, were unable to bring him with us.

I think I saw this rose headed south on I 95. He must miss that miracle
grow....

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says...

darned big. The center canes were at least 14+ feet
long. The blossoms were great!

Last fall we moved to West Virginia (zone 6, just like where J.C. was
planted)
but, of course, were unable to bring him with us.

I think I saw this rose headed south on I 95. He must miss that miracle
grow....

You think he's on the hunt of me?

--

Kim

"We have done so much with so little for so long that now we can do anything
with nothing." -- Dave Marcis