RAMBLER

I can't imagine a rose garden without rambling roses.  I have Rambling Rector climbing to the top and cascading out of an arbutus tree.  Felicite et Perpetue begins in the shade and scrambles out to bask in half sun over some rhodos and yews  Seagull runs up a trellis to decorate the back of the house.  Ayrshire Queen rambles lazily along the ground at the base of a stand of very tall Douglas Firs.  The rest do similar duties. Most are once bloomers, with a great blaze of glory.  I find all can thrive with their lower sections shaded as long as the sun can find their budded branches.  The one I planted in almost full shade, Ayrshire Queen, still blooms and is healthy, although the blooms are fewer and later than would be otherwise.  So be creative when choosing a site for these rambler/scramblers.

ADELAIDE D'ORLEANS  Lush clusters of shapely blooms, semi-double with wide petals.  Larger blooms and more fragrant than most white ramblers.  A most graceful habit, with very pliable canes.  Would look great draping on a trellis or pergola, or trailing out of a tree.  Health is EX

ALBERTINE  A vigorous, thorny, glossy leaved, floriferous rose.  Shapely buds and  and full, relaxed blooms.  Rather stiff canes  that won't adapt to a delicate arbor or trellis, but does look great scrambling along a wall or fence, or tied to an arch or pillar.  Among the most fragrant of ramblers.  Health is EX

ALEXANDER GIRAULT  Double blooms with interesting mushy centers.   It's a good choice for draping down a slope or over rocks.  Very long blooming, up to 6 weeks.  Health is EX

AMAGLIA  A creamy white sport of Kiftsgate, so it's a big one.  Vigorous, as is its parent, and a great tree climber.  Flowers are cup shaped and give a lusher look to its appearance when in full bloom.  Health is EX

               

 

 

AMERICAN PILLAR  A rambler that has retained its popularity for a century.  Vibrant single blooms on a vigorous plant with large glossy leaves.  It readily climbs or covers just about anything.  Can tend to mildew, so I grow it in the background where it's leaves are less visible.  Health is OK

AYRSHIRE QUEEN  Very shade tolerant.  It readily scrambles along the ground or climbs over whatever gets in its way.  Exquisite little pink buds that grow into a very fragrant semi-double bloom.  Health is EX

 

CRIMSON RAMBLER  So named because it was so obviously not what the label said, and so far defies identification.  Bright showy cluster of pink doubles, with glossy foliage and pliable canes.  A late and fairly long bloomer.  Health is EX

FELICITE ET PERPETUE  A great fence or wall coverer.  Blooms a bit later than most and has clusters of flattened perfect rosettes.  Great glossy bright foliage and unlike most ramblers, is best left with letting many canes grow, instead of limiting the number.  Health is VG

FRANCOIS JURANVILLE  Unusual asymmetrical elegant blooms, dark green foliage, and dense with pliable canes.  Health is EX

 

MERMAID  Mermaid is a dazzler with it's big bright single palest yellow blooms.  It's evidently a bit flighty in this climate, but it seems to be doing okay so far.  Wonderful prominent stamens make for a dramatic bloom.  Blooms are doled out over the summer.  Health is VG

GHISLAINE DE FELIGONDE  An exquisite small rambler with pliable canes that looks grand spilling out of a 4-5 foot high cage.  If you look carefully at the photo, you will notice that the buds flush apricot, open to peach, and then fade to cream.  All that color in one dynamite rose plant!  Unusual for a rambler, but I have it in bloom almost continuously.  Health is EX

 

MME. ALFRED CARRIERE  A big vigorous plant to over 15 feet.  Deservedly popular for its lush, loose fully double blooms of blush/white.  Produces blooms throughout the season with two major flushes.  Very fragrant.  Be careful in siting this rose as it is bare for the first 6-8 ft.  Health is VG

 

RAMBLING RECTOR  Isn't this a great name for a rose?  It makes me wonder what the story was behind its naming.  A grand old rambler to well over 50 feet.  As with many of the oldest ramblers, it has masses of apple blossom-like clusters of white blooms.  Makes a superb tree scrambler.  Health is EX

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RENE ANDRE  The semi-double blooms of pink/yellow open flat on this vigorous rambler to over 15 feet.  Blooming is recurrent.  The bloom color morphs as it ages.  Health is VG

RUSHING STREAM  Basically a groundcover rose as it cascades gracefully over whatever terrain it is planted on.  Good sloping down a hillside to a pond.  It has clusters of small white blooms that appear for most of the summer.  Health is VG

 

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SEAGULL  Clusters of apple blossom type blooms.  A more refined version of Rambling Rector in size, leaf and bloom; thus more suited to an in-your-face siting.  Lovely prominent yellow stames in the clear white singles.  Very floriferous; covered with blooms for 4 weeks in summer.  Health is EX

 

 

SANDER'S WHITE  Abundant clusters of pure white doubles, cascades well.  Bright foliage and stamens.  Health is VG

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