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Three roses for shady walls

Those modern repeat-flowering climbers, which bloom insummer and autumn, are suitable for growing against a cool, shady wall or fence, or other supports in the shade, such as pergolas or pillars. To prune, cut back the old side shoots to one or two buds in early spring.

• ‘Aloha’ Large, coral-pink, double flowers freely produced. Grows to 2.4m/8ft.
• ‘Golden Showers‘ Highly popular variety with large, bright yellow flowers. About 2.4m/8ft.
• ‘The New Dawn‘ A popular variety with the palest pink well-shaped blooms. A moderately vigorous grower, attaining about 3m/l0ft.

Five repeat-flowering roses for growing up pillars or over pergolas

A succession of blooms during summer and autumn makesthese roses ideal for training on pergolas, pillars or, indeed, sunny walls and fences. They look particularly lovely when large-flowered clematis are allowed to intertwine. Prune as Roses for Shady Walls (above).

• ‘Altissimo’Large, single, velvety red flowers. Reaches a height of 4.5m/15ft.
• ‘Compassion’In shape the flowers resemble those of large- flowered bush roses. They are scented and salmon in colour, shaded with orange. 3m/l0ft.
• Parkdirektor Riggers’Single flowers in bright scarlet. Marvellous for training on a pillar — say, in a shrub border. About 2.4m/8ft.
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• ‘Pink Perpétue’A favourite, producing large clusters of bright pink flowers over a long period. 2.4m/8ft.
• ‘Schoolgirl’ Flowers shaped like those of large-flowered bush roses; well-scented and coppery apricot, flushed with pink. 3mll0ft.

Two roses for growing up trees

These very vigorous climbing roses will create a mass of flowers among the branches of large mature trees or highlighted by conifers.

• Rosa filipes `Kiftsgate’ Vigorous climber, capable of attaining 9ml30ft. Produces huge clusters of small white flowers in midsummer. Try it up a large, deep green conifer, such as Lawson cypress. Can actually outgrow smaller supports.
• Rosa longicuspisGrows to about 6m/20ft. Glossy, almost evergreen foliage and masses of small white flowers growing in trusses in early summer: if you can reach them, you’ll find they have a fruity scent.

Four roses for groundcover

Roses with a prostrate or arching habit of growth are ideal for covering banks or the ground among shrubs. No pruning is needed.

• ‘Grouse’ Prostrate, with a spread of 3mll0ft. Produces masses of single, fragrant, pale pink blooms in summer. Shiny foliage. Plant 1.2m/4ft apart each way.
• `Nozomi” Prostrate habit, repeat-flowering. Small single blooms in large clusters, palest pink. Plant about 60cm/2ft apart each way for effective cover.
• ‘Pheasant’ Prostrate habit with bold trusses of large flowers, deep rose pink and repeating. Plant 1.2m/4ft apart each way: it’s quite vigorous.
• ‘Red Bells’An arching habit of growth. Large clusters of double blooms in brilliant crimson-red. Flowering period mid- or late summer. Plant 90cm/3ft apart each way.

Six roses for the shrub or mixed border

Owing to their more natural-looking habit of growth, these:shrub roses make good companions for ornamental shrubs and hardy perennials. None of them needs regular pruning, and they are not too prone to diseases.

• ‘Chinatown’ Repeat-flowering shrub rose of vigorous habit, to 1.8ml6ft, bearing flushes of deep yellow blooms.
• ‘Fred Loads’Repeat-flowering shrub rose with large, single, vivid orange-vermilion flowers. About 2.4ml8ft. Deservedly very popular.
• Fruhlingsgold’ Summer-flowering shrub rose. To 2.4m/8ft. The huge, almost single blooms are creamy yellow and fragrant. Flowers early summer.
• Golden Wings’Repeat-flowering shrub rose, tall and vigorous, about 2.4ml8ft. Large, single, well-scented, light golden- yellow blooms set against pale green foliage. Each flower has a “boss” of amber stamens.
• Rosa moyesiiMarvellous dual-season shrub rose with brilliant red, single flowers in summer and large crops of bright, orange-red hips in autumn. Grows to about 2.4ml8ft.
• Rosa rubrifoliaSpecies shrub rose with lots of interest: purplish-grey leaves carried on dark red stems; single pink flowers, large crops of brown-red hips in the autumn. Grows to about 2.4ml8ft.

Four roses for cottage gardens

Cottage and other country gardens call for old-fashioned shrub roses. Some of the most popular are listed here. None of them needs regular pruning.

• ‘Mme Hardy’A damask rose (one of the truly great varieties), with highly fragrant, double, pure white blooms in summer. About 1.5m/5ft.
• ‘Mme Isaac Pereire’A bourbon rose, repeat-flowering, growing to about 1.8m/6ft. Large purplish-crimson flowers are richly fragrant. Can be trained on a pillar if desired.
• ‘Rosa Mundi’Very popular rose with bright crimson and white striped flowers in early and mid-summer. A bushy shrub, about 1.2m/4ft. Watch it for mildew.
• ‘William Lobb’A moss rose, characterized by mossy growths on the buds and stalks. Summer-flowenng, with flat crimson-purple blooms, very fragrant. Grows to 1.8m/6ft: it’s best to support the stems.

Two standard roses

These are like small trees with a straight stem (about90cm/3ft, or 1.5m/5ft in the case of weeping standards) and a head of branches at the top. They are useful for giving extra height in rose beds. The stems need to be permanently supported with a stout wooden stake. Many varieties are produced as standards by rose growers: here is just one shrub and one rambler. Many large-flowered and cluster-flowered varieties are also available as standards. Prune in the same way as bush roses, but cut all branches to the same length to form a perfectly symmetrical head.

• ‘Canary Bird‘ This shrub is often produced in standard form. Single bright yellow flowers in spring. Tolerates partial shade.
• ‘Dorothy Perkins’ One of several rambler roses that are often produced as weeping standards. In this form it has an umbrella-shaped head of long pendulous branches. The flowers are rose-pink.

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