Fragrant climbing rose in Container

Rosa ‘Souvenir du Docteur Jamain’

I've been doing some experiments with my balcony garden to see how far I can grow with limited space. One long time going lab project is growing climbing roses. ‘Souvenir du Docteur Jamain’ has been with me for 3 years, and I have mixed feeling for it.

Rosa ‘Souvenir du Docteur Jamain’

The original reason I chose it is because I want something which like a bit shady place to balance the space. The south facing side was crowded with too many plants already, and the shady corner has been left empty.  When I surfed online for the potential candidate, the combination between the classic deep red flowers and long flowering period was definition something i like.

I've put it in 3 different places each year.

Year 2011

The first place was near the west facing wall, so it can climb up the balcony edge, which get the powdery mildew very quickly, and I have to cut it almost back to root. After all, it survived.

Year 2012

The second place was the south facing fence to make it part of my flowering fence union, it was getting better, but the sun will quickly dry out the tender flowers. It has also slightly powdery mildew issue, but can be fixed easily by cutting the affected leaves.

Year 2013

After the first two unsuccessful tempts, i move it inside the balcony, which still have good circulated wind (thanks to England's windy weather), and not too much direct sun shine. It seems like the new place, and has been keeping flowering for weeks so far.

The plan for next year

First thing is to upgrade the pot size as I know the bigger the happier. Second is choose a better compost, not sure which one to choose, but it is has been in my garden budget for next year’s plan.