Climbing rose for cold north wall. ideas?
 

Try Pauls Himalayan Musk, I've grown it on every wall in my garden, it is a
huge rambler, amazingly beautiful sprays of shaded pinks, scented,small
roses,
Gea

"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message
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I have a garden gate over which I'd like to grow a rose on a trellis.
The wall/gate is north facing and gets sunlight early in the morning, but
nothing during the day of course.
The spot is also quite windy.
Winters here are quite cold, say like north England or Scotlandm, with
plenty of snow. The summers can be very warm.

Does anyone have any ideas for a rose that might feel at home here?
One with a scent would be nice but not vital. I'm a bit baffled by the
wealth of choice and don't really know where to start.


--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we
would
be so simple that we couldn't.

Climbing rose for cold north wall. ideas?
 

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:25:33 GMT, Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

The message
from Kay Easton contains these words:

Just one word of warning. Everyone is recommending vigorous ramblers,
but you want this over a gate. We've just had to remove Alistair Stella
Gray from an archway over a gate (N side of house, sun in summer but not
in winter) as it's far too vigorous.

Eek !! :-(

Janet

I suppose if it's a big rambler and it's in a not too ideal position it
might stunt it's growth a bit? I'll take a look anyway.
Summers here, although warm, are a bit shorter the in most of the UK, we
just got to see some grass on the lawn this week after the snow melted. A
couple of crocusses have popped up but that's it.


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Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.

Climbing rose for cold north wall. ideas?
 

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:15:27 GMT, Tim Challenger wrote:

Thanks everyone, I think a vigorous one might be just too much to handle. I
suppose I could keep cutting it back ;-)
I seem to be missing a few posts on my server, dammit. Maybe they'll come
through later.

--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.