They look good Nollie, not like your usual over trimmed stumps. And they turned up! Hope they do well for you. I'm glad too that Zesty has a useable name, I will watch with interest as I would love to have another gold rose.
Golden Zest is certainly easier on the tongue, Tack, no idea how I missed that! Unfortunately it’s the poorest of the bunch by far, a tiny, wimpy thing with dead ends. I hope it survives.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Papi Jo Yes you can grow it as a large shrub, freestanding. I've grown it various ways. Here it is first season inside a 2m, narrow, obelisk. ...
Thanks for the detailed, illustrated reply, @Marlorena. Much appreciated. I'm still pondering what to do. I will probably stick with the "small tree" route, either with or without a sophisticated support.
I presume you have trees and / or large shrubs in your garden? Have you considered growing it through one of these? I think it would be suited to the purpose, providing a suitable hole can be dug near the trunk.. I once grew a similar climbing rose through a Magnolia, for instance, to good effect. Large apple trees make good supports.. large deciduous shrubs too. Ready made support structures.
..very much indicative of 'Climbing Iceberg'.. the foliage and lack of thorns point to it, besides the huge clusters of pure white blooms. It's a cluster flowered floribunda in both shrub form, and climbing form.
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..very much indicative of 'Climbing Iceberg'.. the foliage and lack of thorns point to it, besides the huge clusters of pure white blooms. It's a cluster flowered floribunda in both shrub form, and climbing form.