I would agree that Zepherin Drouhin would be just right. Mine is in a very dry position where it has flowered beautifully for years. Perfect colour, great scent and no thorns. I have never had problems with mildew and only a touch of black spot. Compassion is also beautiful but very rampant and very thorny.
There is a knack to growing roses in pots - the biggest pot you can manage, the best quality compost and regular feeding and watering. If you get those right you'll have a healthy rose.
Zephirine Drouin is fussy but thornless so worth trying and can be kept healthy if you do all the above and pick off and destroy any leaves affected by black spot. Gertrude Jekyll really does have vicious thorns so I would avoid it near a door.
Thank you everyone!!! I hadn't considered strawberry Hill but that looks promising too. I'm going to see what my local garden centres offer but if nothing compares I'll be on the David Austin website ordering. Thanks all pictures to follow x
One question obelixx.. .What is the best compost on your opinion? I've used standard stuff on my other roses and tomato feed... But I'm willing to give it the best chance possible! And I am rookie so advice gratefully recieved!
I would use John Innes no 3 which is loam based mixed with about 20% multi purpose compost which is more fibrous so will aid water retention. Roses are hungry so you could add a handful or two of blood, fish and bone to the mix.
Pick the biggest pot you can, minimum 60cms wide and high, and make sure it's on feet for drainage in winter. Position it before filling as it will be heavy. Using some microrhizal fungae scattered on the rose's roots will help it establish. You'll need to top dress with slow release fertiliser every spring and add tomato food to the water at least once a week during the growing season and up to the end of June/mid July depending on where you are. Later than that won't give new growth time to mature before the frosts come.
Gorgeous rose PF and lovely perfume but only one flush of flowers. I grew mine with clematis Betty Corning to take over flowering interest after the June blaze.
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Gorgeous rose, that 'Constance Spry'! Pity we can't get the perfume on the internet. Well, actually, if we could post perfume & scent, no doubt some people would post foul smells as well, so let's stay with text and---lovely---pics.
@Ffiongreenow Did you ever decide on a climbing pot-rose for your door? I had been thinking of this for some time, and your thread resparked my interest! I emailed David Austin, and the three pink ones that will grow in pots that they recommend have all been suggested above: Gertrude Jekyll (they didn't mention the thorns), Strawberry Hill and Mortimer Sackler. Plus a couple of orange ones, but, like you, I'd like a pink one. I think I'm going to order a couple of Strawberry Hills for planting in the autumn.
Hi hello, I've decided on Mortimer sackler as recommended here because it's fragrant but fewer thorns. I'm just trying to find the right pot now to have it in. Let me know how you go with your strawberry Hill... It was hard to choose between them but I plumped for a lighter pink. X
I hope you enjoy your rose. It has fine healthy foliage, quite large, and can be trained to grow quite upright if required to 8 or 10 feet, or trained across a support.. Best planted out of the strongest sun as it can scorch the blooms..
You're braver than me to grow it in a pot, so I hope you have quite a large container for this rose... best wishes...
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Zephirine Drouin is fussy but thornless so worth trying and can be kept healthy if you do all the above and pick off and destroy any leaves affected by black spot. Gertrude Jekyll really does have vicious thorns so I would avoid it near a door.
Have a look at this one - https://www.davidaustinroses.com/eu/strawberry-hill
which is pictured growing in a pot.
Others to consider - https://www.davidaustinroses.com/eu/mortimer-sackler-climbing-rose
and this repeat flowering rambler - https://www.davidaustinroses.com/eu/the-lady-of-the-lake-rambling-rose
I've used standard stuff on my other roses and tomato feed... But I'm willing to give it the best chance possible! And I am rookie so advice gratefully recieved!
Pick the biggest pot you can, minimum 60cms wide and high, and make sure it's on feet for drainage in winter. Position it before filling as it will be heavy. Using some microrhizal fungae scattered on the rose's roots will help it establish. You'll need to top dress with slow release fertiliser every spring and add tomato food to the water at least once a week during the growing season and up to the end of June/mid July depending on where you are. Later than that won't give new growth time to mature before the frosts come.
The RHS offers helpful advice here - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=278&cID=1913
Did you ever decide on a climbing pot-rose for your door? I had been thinking of this for some time, and your thread resparked my interest! I emailed David Austin, and the three pink ones that will grow in pots that they recommend have all been suggested above: Gertrude Jekyll (they didn't mention the thorns), Strawberry Hill and Mortimer Sackler. Plus a couple of orange ones, but, like you, I'd like a pink one. I think I'm going to order a couple of Strawberry Hills for planting in the autumn.
Let me know how you go with your strawberry Hill... It was hard to choose between them but I plumped for a lighter pink.
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Best planted out of the strongest sun as it can scorch the blooms..
You're braver than me to grow it in a pot, so I hope you have quite a large container for this rose... best wishes...