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Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 10:27
| Is there such a thing as a climbing rose, with no thorns, that blooms profusely all summer long? |
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- Posted by bill_ri_z6b (My Page) on Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 14:35
| Zephirine Drouhin comes to mind right away. An old variety but still a favorite for a lot of reasons, climber, virtually thornless and everblooming.
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 16:12
| Nothing blooms profusely all summer long. Hardy repeat bloomers bloom in disernable flushes. Tender repeat bloomers don't necessarily ever put on a really big show. Realistically, the best you can hope for is a big June flush, and sporadic flowers for the rest of the season. |
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| As Bill points out, Zephirine Drouhin is an old favorite (there are two of them arching over pathways here where people brush past). . .it is also remarkably shade tolerant! Two other "nearly thornless" climbers out there are "James Galway" and "Cecile Brunner" . . . Carl |
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- Posted by bostongardens z6 MA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 11:52
| They are wonderful! And, to add to what the others have said, they are fragrant. At least, ours are. ~ Hilda |
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| I dearly love Zepherine Drouhin and I have a bunch of them in part shade, but mad_gallica is exactly right about a big June flush and then sporadic blooms all season. Those sporadic blooms can continue into November. Claire |
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| You can always plant a climbing rose and a clematis together. If chosen carefully the clematis can bloom after the rose's main flush and extend the length of time that you have a major bloom happening. |
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