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? White roses for slightly shaded front door

LesleyHLesleyH Posts: 126
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Hello everyone. Hope everyone is well x

can I please - yet again! - ask for your advice.

my front door is NE facing, slightly shady. I have three tubs of Belle du Jour along house by front door and want a roses (or roses) growing in the soil behind them. I was thinking white/cream/pale apricot, and was looking at Wilkerson Old Hall, Madame Alfred  Carriere or Aimee Vibert. Fragrance very important. Can anyone give advice, or recommend another rose? 

Here are my Belle de Jour roses. Only bought late spring and I just love them! Still flowering like mad and so many blooms! (Sorry about quality of images, did them on my iPad and I’m not very impressed with my efforts! ) (and I don’t know how to turn that image round. It’s upright on my iPad!)

thank you x


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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    How big is your wall? Madame Alfred Carriere is lovely, but huge, can get to over 7 metres.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LesleyHLesleyH Posts: 126
    Thank you for replying Busy-Lizzie. Ah, I am in a bungalow which isn’t so big. It wouldn’t be able to cope with such a large climber then. Thank you. WOH was the one I had as first choice x
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Have a look at David Austin’s climber ‘Claire Austin’
    https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/claire-austin-climbing-rose 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Iceberg doesn't mind a little shade. You can get it as a climber or a bush. No scent, though.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LesleyHLesleyH Posts: 126
    Thank you for replying, Dovefromabove and B3. Claire Austen is so beautiful, isn’t she? But I had heard that rain affects her blooms quite badly? If that isn’t so, I’m torn between her and WOH. Yes, Iceberg is a favourite of mine and thank you for suggesting it. But I really want Fragrance by the front door. It’s a shame because it’s a lovely rose and one I will find room for somewhere. Thank you x
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited November 2021
    Wollerton Old Hall is gorg. Best for scent.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I hadn't finished my earlier post as the phone went, then, sorry, I forgot to come back. I was going to say Wollerton Old Hall would be a better choice than Mme Alfred, not so tall and lovely perfumed flowers. I saw it growing in David Austin's Garden.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    edited November 2021
    I have WOH in a north facing partially shady spot, and I love it — the flowers are elegant and robust in the rain. The flowers do nod downwards somewhat, but it works for a climber. The scent is lovely, not a traditional rose scent, more like a spicy tea fragrance. The canes are very pliable and nearly thornless, and blackspot has never been a problem. Here’s an old photo from July:


    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • LesleyHLesleyH Posts: 126
    Fire, it is indeed! 
  • LesleyHLesleyH Posts: 126
    Busy-Lizzie, thanks for the end part! Yes, I agree and WOH it is. Thanks so much for your input x
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