
Climbing Rose
- Botanical Name
- Rosa x hybrida
- Hardiness
- Zones 2 to 8
- Height
- 6 to 20 feet
- Width
- 3 to 6 feet
- Flowers
- Summer: once and repeat blooming; various flower colors including red, pink, salmon, yellow, and white
- Fruit
- Orange-red hips
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Grafted climbers should be planted with the graft union 2 inches below the soil surface. Plant non-grafted climbers at same level as in the nursery.
- Train and attach climbers to a support
- Prune after flowering
- Some cultivars may need winter protection
- Problems
- Black spot, mildew, rusts, cankers, virus
- Varieties
- William Baffin - large shrub rose that can be trained as a climber, low maintenance, repeating deep pink blooms, needs no winter protection
- New Dawn - disease resistant, survived unprotected in Zone 4, pink flowers
- Fourth of July - 10-14', red and white striped flowers, repeat bloomer
- Captain Samuel Holland - 6 feet, light red flowers, good disease resistance, slight fragrance
- Marie Victorin - 6 to 8 feet, double salmon pink flowers
- Henry Kelsey - 8 feet, double dark red flowers, slightly fragrant
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