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Re: Roses in Shade -Reply -Reply

To begin with I am zone 6b/7a, Pacific
Northwest (east of Portland, Oregon).  While
we normally have fairly mild winters and
summers, in the "pocket" I live in we get some
really nasty cold, drying winds for weeks at
times (Columbia Gorge area) with wretched ice
storms occasionally, etc.  Hopefully my
experiences will be beneficial to others, even in
colder climates.

I live on a 70 x 100 city lot.  The roses I have
been able to grow in shade, with their particular
unique conditions are as follows:

Voodoo, Golden Showers, Handel (teas) Buff
Beauty, Cornelia, Moonlight (musks) and Souv.
du Dr. Jamin (I believe a perpetual) all within
5-10 ' of 25' foot trees, under the tree canopy,
sun sneaks in early morn. and late afternoon
under the canopy for a couple of hours a day in
the summer.  Dr. Jamin particularly must have
some shade to keep its rich color.

Zephrine Droughan, Darlow's Enigma, Mdm.
Gregoire Stachelin, north walls of the house, so
literally no direct sunlight, 1 year old each, but
growing very well and bloomed even last year. 
You must plant them outside the drip line of
the eves for as much natural water as possible.

Summer Wine, Wenlock, Sharifa Asma,
Penelope, Awakening, all in an east bed,
outside the drip line of a huge fir, but blocked
from all but some end of the day sun by the fir
and huge rhododendrons 10' away.

Ghislane de Feligonde gets a little morning, a
little late day sun.

Lyda Rose gets some filtered east light, and
then a couple hours of south sun, shade after
that.

There are many more that are said to tolerate
shady conditions, and the ones recommended
by HOGR for that have proven to be so for me.
 
They do grow more slowly to maturity in these
conditions (some of them), but they all flower
well for me and I have no problems with any of
them except Zeph, who is notorious for
powdery mildew.  I live with it.  She is grown
by an acquaintance of mine with climatis
'Ernest Markham' in stunning perfection!
>>> jlsylves <jlsylves@indiana.edu> 03/03/98
10:46am >>>


On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, SUSAN SAXTON wrote:
>  If you want the names of roses I have
> successfully grown in shade, please contact
me
> directly.
> 
I'd like to hear which roses you grow
successfully in shade, and would
also like to hear how well they have bloomed.
Others may be interested
also. Please let us know what zone you are in.
Judy Sylvester zone 5
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