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Pink Climbing Roses for Doorway

FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 535
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Hi! I'd really like to grow a climbing rose over my doorway. I'd like it to be brightly coloured (pink ideally) and fragrant. It will have to grow in a large pot though.

Any suggestions and pics gratefully received!

I was thinking Gloriana / Starlight Express or Surpassing Beauty but have never seen these roses in life!

Thanks everyone!
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  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 7,435
    This is ''Surpassing Beauty'' or the Woolverstone Church Rose as it's also known.. it's true identity is unknown, but probably a hybrid perpetual rose from the late 19th Century.   Let me say that, I don't recommend it for your purpose.  It's really something of a specialist/collectors rose, and I don't mean to sound snobbish here.  The scent is one of the best there is though, but you want something else for your porch. One of the others of your choice would be better...

    East Anglia, England
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 21,006
    Compassion is a lovely pink, scented rose, good for climbing up a wall. Make sure the pot is big and you will have to feed and water the rose more often than a rose in the ground.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 7,710
    edited June 2018
    If you want a highly scented, bright pink rose which withstands less than ideal conditions (mine is in a bone dry, shady woodland border) I recommend Gertrude Jekyll which can be trained as a short climber.

    So it’s one to go up the side of the door and remain well behaved - rather than one to completely frame a door. 



    PS - that’s not my rose. (I wish😜) - I suspect this is at the David Austin gardens - but it shows what can be done with this rose and TLC.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 21,006
    Gertrude Jekyll is gorgeous, I have 3, smells wonderful, but she is very prickly so I didn't choose her for a doorway.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 10,815
    What about Zephrine Douhrin (?) Beautiful scent bright pink and no thorns.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 7,710
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    Gertrude Jekyll is gorgeous, I have 3, smells wonderful, but she is very prickly so I didn't choose her for a doorway.
    Fair point BL 😊
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,719
    I agree with you Lizzie 27, they are beautiful,and smell divine,I had one growing over an Arch a few houses ago!
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 535
    Hi guys,

    Thank you for all your amazing replies!

    That's perfect advice about surpassing beauty... I am definitely not a specialist.

    :) 

    I have a compassion rose in the back I recently bought but it hasn't bloomed yet so that's a possibility...

    The only thing that deters me from ZD is the tales of mildew and black spot. Any experience on this front? If this is exaggerated I'll go for this one! 

    Otherwise my visitors can be spiked by GJ whilst enjoying her lovely scent!!!

    X
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 3,745
    Just planted this one in my garden: Shrub Rose 'Sourire d'Orchidee'. Have seen it growing nicely over an arch in my village. Not so sure about growing it in a pot, though.

    You are invited to a virtual visit of my garden (in English or in French).
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 535
    What a beautiful rose! I've never heard of that one x
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