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If not, is there another tough rambler which could inhabit it?

There are plenty. Next door have a Rambling Rector which looks
spectacularly good on our side of the boundary :-)

Hmmm. Stiffkey (pronounced 'Stewkey') had a Rambling Rector, innit.

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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:18:50 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

I have often wanted to grow a Kiftsgate, but have never managed to allocate
space for it. However, Sacha's remark prompts me to mention that I have a
singularly ugly tree (crab apple? bla bla paucifolia?), about 15 ft
high by
10 ft wide. Is that suitable as a frame for a Kiftsgate?

If not, is there another tough rambler which could inhabit it?

Rusty?

I'd have to get down from my present tree, and I like it here.

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Franz Heymann wrote:
I have often wanted to grow a Kiftsgate, but have never managed to allocate
space for it. However, Sacha's remark prompts me to mention that I have a
singularly ugly tree (crab apple? bla bla paucifolia?), about 15 ft high by
10 ft wide. Is that suitable as a frame for a Kiftsgate?

If not, is there another tough rambler which could inhabit it?

Sanders White, Super Exelsa. I'm still watching Francis E Lester - that might
just do it, somewhat less vigorous than the other 2. You need the side of a 3
storey mansion for Kiftsgate.

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Sanders White, Super Exelsa. I'm still watching Francis E Lester -
that might
just do it, somewhat less vigorous than the other 2. You need the side
of a 3
storey mansion for Kiftsgate.

I had a Kiftsgate which ramped up one tree then effortlessly reached
over 4 or 5 metres (a mere season's growth *for each stem*) and covered
several others nearby. Frances Lester is much more restrained in growth
and flower IME. The flowers are very pretty (especially for cutting) but
the growth is a bit stiff and gawky to my eye; it's perhaps better
scrambling about a thick copse where the rose branches are concealed
from view. A favourite all-round star for growing up a tree, is Paul's
Himalayan musk, with small pale pink double flowers and long flowering
season.I first saw it grown up a spreading apple tree, and mine grew up
a tall silver birch; but it has such a light airy grace it doesn't
overwhelm the charms of the host. Wedding Day is a more modest size and
very pretty too.

I've never had any mildew or noticeable aphids on the big roses, they
are very tough and when grown up a tree need very little care.

Janet,

Janet Baraclough .. wrote:


I've never had any mildew or noticeable aphids on the big roses, they
are very tough and when grown up a tree need very little care.

Yes, that's something I've noticed. Our Bobbie James at home is scrambling
through trees in the sunny edge of a wood and is as clean as a whistle. Bobbie
James at the Hall is on an East wall with another wall blocking sun from the
South - a long way short of ideal I know but that gets crippled by mildew most
years and often blackspot as well (it's still needing to be restricted to keep
it on a wall around 20 metres long x 5 metres high) We have to take care to
stop it getting under the slates on the roof above. Francis E Lester is a bit
stiff and awkward, but those flowers are a delight.
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