"Whilst posting this I want to ask you about the rose Marechal Niel that I think you recommended previously. I have the name written in some notes I made when compiling a list of perfumed roses. To recap - a yellow flowered climber? rambler? with good perfume and a healthy grower? I am also looking to plant one deep pink perfumed climber and am leaning towards Mme Isaac Pereire, is there any other that you would recommend above that?" Umbrian.
Carole. In my garden Marechal Niel has a magnificent spring flush when it is pure yellow.
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Afterwards, it has blooms continuously throughout the summer and autumn, with a good sized flush in August when the outer petals are flushed with pink.
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It has a sweet perfume, is completely healthy and is flexible, making it very easy to train.
I grew Mme Isaac Pereire in England and loved it to bits, although it wasn't without it's problems.
It usually had blackspot, although not usually too badly. It wasn't the most graceful shrub, a little angular and awkward. But when it flowered I would have forgiven any fault.
I have been looking for a photo of it in my old garden in Cornwall, but can only find this one where you can just make out a few blooms of Mme Isaac Pereire on the near left of the photo.
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