@B3 .. those Eglantyne gave you are good do-ers, or choose anything from 5 to 6 foot height that takes your fancy... One of my largest free standing is 'The Ancient Mariner'.. 6 foot x 5 foot after 3 years and not stopping... it's currently full of buds and is a continuous blooming rose through summer and autumn... very healthy.. large pink scented flowers.. but your choice is huge...
..just to add, if you don't mind lots of thorns, then you might like 'The Lark Ascending' and 'Roseraie de l'Hay'.. both have exemplary health, no question... and flower all summer long...
The Lark Ascending is gorgeous, I saw it in David Austin's garden. Had to choose between that and Rosa Complicata but didn't know that the Lark was repeat flowering at the time or I would have chosen it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Love the lark ascending rose - and the music (earworm firmly established ) I think I might have had rdlh before but I put it in a bad place too shady and it died.
..this is 'The Lark Ascending'... about 8 foot tall and it grows very very quickly... 5 or 6 foot in the first year, sending up thick basal growth.... it flowers from top to bottom.. this is just the top... and all around.. the flowers remind me of waterlilies.. The colour from a distance really glows, like golden sunshine.. ...it gets zero disease, but has one drawback... it's very, very thorny... too much for me as I had it next to a path, but at the back of a border, if you're not getting too close, then not a problem.. Stunning in the right place..
@matt_fender love the hedge Matt... and the Solanum plant - lovely in the right place.... that's a bit of a monster, but I suppose you could always trim it back to let your beautiful hedge grow up there... wish I had room for a native hedge... but there are lots around me so I make do.... keep us informed how it goes.. thanks again..
@Eglantyne this is 'The Ancient Mariner' today... it does take time to get to this height and width, and mine is in a tight corner... but full of buds … You are right.. these types of roses often grow larger than stated .. depends if you prune or not... this is largely unpruned..
@Marlorena Hi there, M! My three new climbing roses are all growing nicely within their column frames... Can I just leave them to grown up until it's time to prune and train them in the Autumn...?
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@B3 .. those Eglantyne gave you are good do-ers, or choose anything from 5 to 6 foot height that takes your fancy...
One of my largest free standing is 'The Ancient Mariner'.. 6 foot x 5 foot after 3 years and not stopping... it's currently full of buds and is a continuous blooming rose through summer and autumn... very healthy.. large pink scented flowers.. but your choice is huge...
..just to add, if you don't mind lots of thorns, then you might like 'The Lark Ascending' and 'Roseraie de l'Hay'.. both have exemplary health, no question... and flower all summer long...
I happened to post some pictures of my new hedge on this thread earlier today (last pages of thread): https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1027245/dramatic-difference-in-wildflower-meadow-growth/p1
I think I might have had rdlh before but I put it in a bad place too shady and it died.
The colour from a distance really glows, like golden sunshine..
...it gets zero disease, but has one drawback... it's very, very thorny... too much for me as I had it next to a path, but at the back of a border, if you're not getting too close, then not a problem..
Stunning in the right place..
You are right.. these types of roses often grow larger than stated .. depends if you prune or not... this is largely unpruned..