Roses for posts & rope swags
Petals and Lace
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Hi, we're putting in some posts with rope swags, what roses would you suggest we plant? Would like fragrant roses and long or repeat flowering
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Petals and Lace
Posts: 2
Petals and Lace
Posts: 2
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For swags you need the more flexible stems of ramblers which are usually not repeat flowerers. I have Malvern Hills from David Austin which is one of the rare repeaters and they also reckon Snow Goose is good - https://www.davidaustinroses.com/english/Advanced.asp?PageId=2058
This one by Peter Beales looks good and would contrast well with the other two - http://www.classicroses.co.uk/products/roses/rambling-rosie/
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
there are lots of climbers (repeat flowering v single flowering ramblers). Peter Beales' web site is great because you can filter by all manner of requirements from colour and fragrance to thornyness. Go for thornless if possible unless you want to get ripped to pieces when you prune.