I've just ordered another one, when I said ''no more !''..
@DSrose Let us know how you get on with TCL.. it's a shame they're not sending Austins..
@BlueBirder That's quite a width of fence.. would you like 2 perhaps? I might try something like a red repeat rambler 'Rambling Rosie' with 'The Generous Gardener'.. planted 8 feet apart.. that way you get those clusters on one, but a nice scented climber as well to go with it.. just a thought.. we've no idea how much gardening your mum can manage..
@DSrose it’s worth a try. I ordered roses from TCL in late november, delivered early January, including 2 Austins, Lady Emma Hamilton and Crown Princess Margarita, and I received both with my order. So you never know.
Nice reticulatas @Mr. Vine Eye I like the look of Clairette. I received a couple of packs of Katharine Hodgson as a gift once, they flowered the first year then disappeared the next!
@BlueBirder which way does your mum’s fence face (does it need to be shade tolerant) and does she have any colour preference for her ramblers? Despite the 20ft length I still wouldn’t want a really big rambler that could bring down the fence so two smaller, well-behaved and ideally thornless ramblers/climbers sounds like a good plan. That way, if once-flowering, it’s simply a matter of annual pruning to tidy up after flowering and a bit of tying in rather than constantly battling a rampant monster! Obviously if she goes for a repeat flowerer easy access for regular deadheading is needed.
@DSrose it seems to be total luck of the draw whether the packer at TCL clocks whether DAs are included in any UK order, strictly speaking it’s still banned, but they aren’t very strict! They can usually send standards up to 1m stem size abroad, but they couldn’t send me one taller as it would’ve meant exceeding their maximum box length for freight - so no large weeping roses, for example.
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Let us know how you get on with TCL.. it's a shame they're not sending Austins..
@BlueBirder
That's quite a width of fence.. would you like 2 perhaps?
I might try something like a red repeat rambler 'Rambling Rosie' with 'The Generous Gardener'.. planted 8 feet apart.. that way you get those clusters on one, but a nice scented climber as well to go with it.. just a thought.. we've no idea how much gardening your mum can manage..
But look more like this:
Looks like it could be “Pauline”
@BlueBirder which way does your mum’s fence face (does it need to be shade tolerant) and does she have any colour preference for her ramblers? Despite the 20ft length I still wouldn’t want a really big rambler that could bring down the fence so two smaller, well-behaved and ideally thornless ramblers/climbers sounds like a good plan. That way, if once-flowering, it’s simply a matter of annual pruning to tidy up after flowering and a bit of tying in rather than constantly battling a rampant monster! Obviously if she goes for a repeat flowerer easy access for regular deadheading is needed.
@DSrose it seems to be total luck of the draw whether the packer at TCL clocks whether DAs are included in any UK order, strictly speaking it’s still banned, but they aren’t very strict! They can usually send standards up to 1m stem size abroad, but they couldn’t send me one taller as it would’ve meant exceeding their maximum box length for freight - so no large weeping roses, for example.