Lady Banks' rose grows on an arbor at the Highpockety Ox restaurant in Boonville (Mendocino County). It is the yellow form, or Rosa banksiae 'Lutea,' whose tresses of fully double flowers cascade ...

Examine any list of drought-tolerant plants and you will search in vain for roses. ... The most familiar one-time annual bloomer is Lady Banks (Rosa banksiae), ...

Rosa banksiae, 'Alba Plena,' Zone 6-11, ... Plant yours in courtyards, on the lee sides of buildings, on fences or overhead structures. Keep it nicely pruned until the holidays, ...

The first on my list would be my Banksian rose.I don’t grow the usual yellow form, Rosa banksiae 'Lutea’, but the more unusual, more fragrant, white R. b. var. normalis.Anything but “normal ...

I first heard about Fortuniana rootstock a few years ago at a rose society meeting. The presenter, master rosarian Dona Martin, told us that rose plants grafted on Fortuniana rootstock grow larger … ...

Choose south-facing plants with care, says Alan Titchmarsh – or you’ll soon find they go to the wall. ... Rosa “Madame Gregoire Stachelin” and Rosa banksiae cultivars (all very large-growing).