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Re: the best climbing rose

> Greetings:  I would like suggestions on the best climing rose people have
> had experience with; my garden is in NYS zone 5-ish; I would like the color
> to be either pink or apricot, and if possible it should be in bloom all
> season (like the Fairy); if it also had scent, I couldn't ask for more.

Hi Isabelle,

   There was a thread about this in late April; I'm including my response
from back then below.  If you'd like to see the responses from back then,
go to 

   http://www.mallorn.com/lists/perennials/search.cgi

and do a search for 'climbing AND rose'.  Anyone have anything new that 
they've come across to share?  Remember that this is zone 5, so 
things start getting tender rose-wise.

Chris

---- My earlier message, 30 April 1997 -------------------------------

> I have a perennial garden in Cda Zone 6 / USDA Zone 5, and am planning
> to install an arbor.  I have never been much into roses, but would like
> to try a climbing rose on the sunny side of the arbor. 
> 
> Can anyone recommend a climbing rose that they have had good experience
> with?  Would like one that does NOT need to be pruned and buried every
> winter (too lazy for that stuff) so I guess it will have to be something
> hardy.  Something that will blend in with other perennials (the usual
> stuff - evening primrose, lupin, bellflowers, sweet william, pyrethrum,
> etc.).  Would prefer a continuous pink bloom, not an insipid pink that
> fades out in the sun, but not something hot pink either.  White
> variegation on the bloom would be a nice touch.

Sounds like you're looking for Rosa 'William Baffin'.  From the Morton
Arboretum Member's Arbor Day Plant Sale Advance Order Form (sorry folks,
it's over and done with now, and you have to be a member):

   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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