Sissinghurst Castle - Part Seven
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» BettyPine - Thanks for the on-going tour
You've got a wonderful series with these gardens. I've got a lot of space to fill and because I have such large garden areas to design it's nice to see gardening on a grand scale for ideas. I espcially like the arbor that is in this picture in this article. It's nice and wide. I'm going to make one like it. Do you know what's growing on this particular arbor? I would guess a climbing rose, but which one?-- posted by BettyPine
» Kirk_Johnson - Re: Thanks for the on-going tour
In response to message posted by BettyPine:In his book "Gardening at Sissinghurst", copyright 1995, Tony Lord said that those arches were originally planted with Rosa wichuraiana, but they produced few flowers and visitors would get hooked on the thorns, so they replaced them with Solanum jasminoides 'Album', but it was killed in hard winters. At the time that the book was written, clematis was being tried, but was not thriving. The metal arches get hot during the summer and cold during the winter; many plants dislike metal arches.
-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
» BettyPine - Re: Re: Thanks for the on-going tour
In response to message posted by Kirk_Johnson:Thanks for the answer on the arches. I think roses would be wonderful and I think I'll plant a couple climbing roses. I already have a Zephrine Drouhin and a Cecil Brunner in the back. I like pink roses, so something climbing and light pink. I'm also am looking for someplace to plant a climbing Iceberg rose in the back.
-- posted by BettyPine
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