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'Paul's Scarlet Climber' rose Reviews & Comments
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Very large numerous thorns... not almost thornless.
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Interesting Simon. Despite the 1936 reference which says "no thorns", I fancy I can see thorns at the base of the plant in the 1934 photo (with the gate) from The Rose Annual, UK.
I wonder if the plant has thornless growth up top where the flowers are, or perhaps sheds its older thorns.
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Patricia, I would say that's a strong possibility. Mine has been in the ground only 12 months and has in the lst 6 months put out a 9ft cane. The thorns around the base are very large and strong. The thorns around the top of the cane are 70% smaller at least (just big enough and sharp enough to rip the flesh...from experience...). Maybe as the years go on the tip thorns will become non-existent. Mine will be trained horizonatally along a railing so it will never form those really long pillar-style canes as seen in the specimen in Quest for the Rose, pg 135.
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25 FEB 04 by
Unregistered Guest
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Question,
How did Paul's Scarlet come into being and how did a Garden Club come to have it's name. Comment: my Garden Club is Paul's Scarlet Garden Club, and we have no
record of how we got our name.
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There is a rose called Paul's Scarlet Climber that was bred in 1916 by a man named Paul . It became extremely popular because back in the early 1900s there wasn't any rose like it. Although it only had one bloom period, this climber was just covered with large red flowers. I don't know how the garden club was named, but it is a good one for a club.
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25 FEB 04 by
Anonymous-797
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When I was a child, my mother had a Paul Scarlet rose bush. We lived in Detroit at the time, which would be Zone 5. Your information says Zone 6. Will Zone 5 work?
Thank you.
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Zone 5 is one of those iffy zones. If you get a warm winter then no problems but if the winter is really nasty then some roses will die. Because your grew it in zone 5 then it will be okay in zone 5. Just make sure you mound up some compost or soil to about 12 inches all around the base of the rose so it will have some protection in case you get a really bad winter.
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