Re: roses for hot dry climate

I have a wide range of roses from species roses through to David Austen roses and have never had one that did not thrive in the 'hot and dry'. Has any one? The ones I keep in pots get a bit of grey water but the rest seem to be thriving in clay that is dry down to at least three feet. What they are surviving on is a mystery to me. The rambler 'Wedding Day' is covering a fence about as long as a tennis court. Banksias do well here but frosts cut off the flowers about half the time.
 
Margaret Healey
Regional Victoria, Australia
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From: a*@hotmail.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: roses for hot dry climate

hello
can anyone advise me on choosing a rose for hot dry climate. I'm in south Portugal, where summers are very dry and temperatures can reach 40ºC very easily. Never had roses so I have no experience with them.
Thanx
Alex

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