Re: Climbing Rose

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Climbing Rose
• From: E* <a*@superiway.net>
• Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 18:48:35 -0600 (MDT)

William Baffin is also fragrant and you can get it from Hardy Roses for the
North or from Corn Hill Nursery , Petitcodiac, NB Canada 
ph (506)  756-3635   fax (506) 756-1087

>   Rosa 'William Baffin'
>
>   This is the best climbing rose for cold climates.  William Baffin
>   is an Explorer series rose developed at the Ottawa Research Station,
>   Canada, USDA zone 3.  A truly excellent performer, extremely hardy,
>   it survives Canadian winters without covering, and can be left on
>   the trellis.  The flowers are borne in clusters with good-sized,
>   semi-double blossoms of a very bright clear pink and centers of bright
>   yellow stamens.  The blooms are well displayed against healthy,
>   bright green foliage, resistant to mildew and blackspot.  It gives
>   a long season of bloom, with the last blossoms caught in the hard
>   frosts of November.  They prefer full sun and well-drained soils.
>
>These are supposedly sources:
>
>   Lowes's Own Root Roses
>   6 Sheffield Road
>   Nashua, NH 03062
>   Catalog $2 
>
>   Hortico Inc.
>   RR 1 723 Robson Rd.
>   Waterdown, ON
>   Canada LOR 2H1
>   Catalog $3
>
>   Heirloom Old Garden Roses
>   24062 NE Riverside Dr.
>   St. Paul, OR 97137
>   Catalog $5 
>
>   The Antique Rose Emporium
>   Route 5, Box 143
>   Brenham, TX 77833
>   Catalog $5 
>
>Here's a URL that may help with design issues with perennials:
>
>   http://www.springvalleyroses.com/design.html
>
>It's been widely publicized over the past few years, so you won't be
>getting anything "new."  But it is also a tried-and-true rose...
>
>Chris
>
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           Ellen
(astrath@superiway.net)

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