@murasaki ... No, I don't see FEL as a ground cover rose at all, the canes are quite stiff but can be trained sideways and upwards but it does not drape in the same way as Lykkefund would.. which I think is what you want for ground cover as well.. but you can try and see if you want, it will grow over both sides of a fence but in my garden, it did not reach to the bottom to cover the ground.
Can you get Malvern Hills in Romania? It is hardy in zone 7.. I ask because it may be a better option for you. It will grow to 20 feet and repeats bloom well. Its long pliable canes ramble and will trail if not given support... it will grow both sides of fence and drape down, the foliage sweeps down when trained this way.
In my garden, this is about half the plant, the rest is not in picture.. I trained it just one side of fence as my neighbour is the other side.
thank you for taking the time to reply, i am very grateful!!! i am just making up my mind to finish the list of roses i would like to order (i have obsessed over them for quite a bit:) and you've helped me a lot! i will order from Lottum, Netherlands and they have all these roses.
so it will be either Lykkefund or Malvern Hills! i have read about it too but its lack of fragrance has not motivated me, though the fact that it repeats does (it's warm here until late in the year so perhaps repeat ramblers are a better option, but they are quite few). also, i am a bit afraid of David Austin roses because i ' ve read they don't do very well in hot and dry climate. but your photo is beyond gorgeous!
I will take a look at it again and then decide between these two... and next year i will hopefully have pics to show you!
oh, yes, this is exactly what i imagine! but i think it's not available here, i haven't seen it mentioned on any roses site i checked...
thank you again for guiding me through this long and fascinating process of learning, i have signed up on other forums as well but this one is the best... and the most generous members!
@Pete.8, wow, so gorgeous! hard to resist it! is it true that the scent is so intense that it travels through the garden? this has sparked my imagination as well...
It does have a nice orangey scent ,but not a strong scent. Some of the branches did travel best part of 20ft. It was a huge rose I think the options you're also considering with Marlorena's suggestions are lovely too. Good luck with whichever you choose
Billericay - Essex
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@Pete.8, interesting, some sites i've read even claimed FEL would be the most fragrant of all ramblers, incredibly intense scent. but it is very lovely indeed, i am considering it for another spot in the back garden, i don't want to give it up:)
For me it's a very pleasant light orangey smell in the vicinity of the plant, but I'd not say it was strong scent at all.
One of my favourite scents is that which comes from a briar rose after rain on a warm day - I think the scent comes from the leaves not the flowers. I even bought a yellow cultivated form of briar (climber/rambler - I'm not sure - I can't remember the name) that I have near the house just for the scented leaves. Happy rose growing!
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... No, I don't see FEL as a ground cover rose at all, the canes are quite stiff but can be trained sideways and upwards but it does not drape in the same way as Lykkefund would.. which I think is what you want for ground cover as well.. but you can try and see if you want, it will grow over both sides of a fence but in my garden, it did not reach to the bottom to cover the ground.
Can you get Malvern Hills in Romania? It is hardy in zone 7.. I ask because it may be a better option for you. It will grow to 20 feet and repeats bloom well. Its long pliable canes ramble and will trail if not given support... it will grow both sides of fence and drape down, the foliage sweeps down when trained this way.
In my garden, this is about half the plant, the rest is not in picture.. I trained it just one side of fence as my neighbour is the other side.
so it will be either Lykkefund or Malvern Hills! i have read about it too but its lack of fragrance has not motivated me, though the fact that it repeats does (it's warm here until late in the year so perhaps repeat ramblers are a better option, but they are quite few). also, i am a bit afraid of David Austin roses because i ' ve read they don't do very well in hot and dry climate. but your photo is beyond gorgeous!
I will take a look at it again and then decide between these two... and next year i will hopefully have pics to show you!
Can you get 'climbing Pinkie' from TCL or in Europe? I think this is something like what you want, isn't it?..
https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.47894
thank you again for guiding me through this long and fascinating process of learning, i have signed up on other forums as well but this one is the best... and the most generous members!
Some of the branches did travel best part of 20ft.
It was a huge rose
I think the options you're also considering with Marlorena's suggestions are lovely too.
Good luck with whichever you choose
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
but it is very lovely indeed, i am considering it for another spot in the back garden, i don't want to give it up:)
One of my favourite scents is that which comes from a briar rose after rain on a warm day - I think the scent comes from the leaves not the flowers.
I even bought a yellow cultivated form of briar (climber/rambler - I'm not sure - I can't remember the name) that I have near the house just for the scented leaves.
Happy rose growing!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
i will post my first blooms here, next year. though there won't be any for ramblers yet, from what i've read.