Old-fashioned roses easier to grow in some gardens
I grow roses but they have to be tough to make the cut in my garden. This means that I generally grow old garden roses, many of which are extremely fragrant. I leave those that require a regular spray program to look good and thrive for the serious rose growers. I have incorporated the roses I grow into my perennial garden. Climbers One that I added last spring is Rosa ‘Zephirine Drouhin.’ This old-fashioned climber dates to 1868 and is still popular today. The semi-double deep rose flowers are very fragrant and the thornless canes are easy to deal with if you train this rose up an arbor, trellis or column. The flowers peak in the spring and the fall and the canes will easily reach 15 feet to 20 feet high.
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