Climbing red rose

Hi

I'm looking to buy a David Austin red climbing rose but can't make up my mind as to which one.

Does anyone have any favourites that they can reccomend to me?

Thanks
Stingo

 

My favourite climbing rose is Zephirine Drouhin because it is thornless, gloriously scented and blooms all summer if you deadhead regularly. But i think it is more pink than red.

Darlie

 

I would call Zephrine Drouin more pink than red. I am also not a fan od David Austen roses though I do love old roses, and I do grow Zepherine.

One of my favourit red roses (and I can't spell this) is Dance du feu, it is a romantic rich red and easy also repeat flowers well.

 

yes you're right, always have been a bit colour blind. danse du feu lovely. my granny had a lovely red climber but i cant remember the name, might have been ena harkness, is that red or am i doing it again.

 

I've never grown roses before and just presumed that David Austin ones were good.

Any reason why you don't like them Waco and is Dance du feu a climber?

 

darlie
Ena Harkness is red and is one I have been debating about.
Where would I get Dance du feu from any garden centre?

 

Just found danse du feu and it's lovely.
And to think I was blinkered by just looking at the D. Austin ones :D

 

I am not saying that David Austen roses are not good, I love them in the catalogue, but I have just never found them to live up to their expectation, this could be very different for other people with different conditions.

The lady down the road has a fantastic red rose growing out of concrete, when I asked her what is was she said Danse du Feu, so I coppied her. Ena Harkness is a good old favourite too.

Its not a bad thing to look at what other people have done in your area and copy - but don't get too boaring!

Not sure where you would buy one - getting a bit late for bare rooted stuff, try garden centre or nursery.

 

heres a link to rhs plant finder.shows you where your nearest sthttp://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder2.asp?crit=danse%20and%20du%20and%20feu&Genus=Rosaockist is.hope it helps.

 

sorry try that again.http://www.rhs.org.uk/

 

I grow David Austin roses, but I also grow others - the latter outweigh the former. Like all things, some David Austin roses are good, some are not so good.

All the DA ones I grow are quite vigorous - some perhaps more than I would wish - too much sappy green growth for the flowers. Of my roses - the ones I like best are not DA - roses like Queen Elizabeth, Grandpa Dickson and Rosa de la Hay.

 

The prob I find with the DA ones is that because they have so many layers of petals, they hold a lot of water, and this can weigh down the heads. They look good, but I do find this a prob.

 

Fran, you hit the nail on the head - "of the ones I like best are not DA" - yes I agree, I have DA roses, but they are not the ones I like best and non of the roses you mentioned will clime.

I just bought 2 more de la Hay - superp for my rough area bordering field.

 

It is lovely shrub rose. Mine was a present from a friend a good few years ago grown from a cutting. Oh the fragrance

 

I have planted mine in my millenium zone (my ex fruitcage we dug up to make sun bathing area) I battel with field as you know an have 3 rugosa roses, but Martin wanted more so I said only if we could have de la hay and we got them for �£2.50 each last week. glad you said about scent because this is our big sitting area and I have very keen sense of smell - great antisipation!