Climbing RosesRose Bushes that are Climbers
Best Climbing Roses for fences, trellis, arbors and pergolas. Easy to grow if you know how to care for them. Scroll down to view the top climbers for all climates. Climbing rose bushes can add so much to your rose garden! They give height to an otherwise flat garden. Beautiful flowers, arching over arbors can be especially romantic! They add the finishing touch to your garden. You are limited only by your imagination. If you don't have space for climbers, You could put them in the center of the garden. Simply add some type of support for them to grow on ( A strip of lattice, a pole, a pillar, etc)
Grow some on your fence or wall!
F.J. Grootendorst Can be trained to grow on a fence. Aren't the red blooms stunning against the white fence? The Crimson colored blooms, appear in clusters of small flowers with frilled petals. The flowers look like carnations. They have no scent. This upright, and bushy Rugosa grows to 5 feet tall.
It has three sports: Pink Grootendorst, White Grootendorst, and a darker crimson Grootendorst Supreme.
When choosing a climbing rose for a fence, think- contrast- white roses on a white fence, although very beautiful, would not stand out.
Small Pink blooms in absolute profusion on a compact, spreading plant, looks equally attractive on a fence!
Wonderful hardy bush! Blooms appear a bit later than most roses, but worth the waite!
Roses are not really climbers at all. The
long canes of the roses do not have true tendrils to hold on to structures as other climbing vines do.
Climbing roses must be trained and secured to its supports.
Super Dorothy, happily growing with purple
This Rambler has clusters of beautiful small, double, pink blooms that are produced in clouds! This climbing rose bush is Disease resistant. It can grow to 12 feet. The fragrance is that of a green apple scent It is hardy zones 5-9
( I always take the kids out to the garden when it's in full bloom, for some perfect Kodak moments!)
I have two of these planted on my Pergola.
New Dawn
A double-flowered blush pink with bright yellow stamens that is free flowering and sweetly fragrant. It reblooms persistently deep into the fall. Also very disease resistant, especially to black spot, the bane of many Roses here. This is a very soft, sweet, romantic type rose. A great Rose in every respect. Grows 12-18 feet. Hardiness Zone: 5-8 S / 5-10 W
I have two of these, and they do very well for me, in my zone 5 planting zone. They produce an abundance of silvery, pink blooms.
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Produces big clusters of flowers all season. In warmer climates, this rose can spread rapidly to reach 10 feet high and wide. The arching canes are covered with large clusters of blooms that are reminiscent of hydrangea blooms. Blooms have a delicate fragrance, and glossy green foliage. Repeat bloom is not as spectacular as the first spring flush. Creamy white colored flowers. Hardy zones 4-10
Grows 6-12 feet
Plant your climber about 8 inches away from the structure in which it will grow on. Make sure the canes lean in, toward the structure that it will grow on. I like to put a temporary support in until it gets growing. A short stick or other suitable material that you can drive into the ground beside the plant will do. Tie a piece of heavy string/rope to the stake, and then fasten it partly up the structure. Loosly tie any long canes to it, and keep loosely tieing them as they grow.
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plant your Climbers
These roses are very vigorous,and branching. Can grow 15-20 ft. depending on your area. Good all-season bloom, but blooms on second year wood only.
make tieing up your climbing roses a snap!
Climbing Blaze
Beautiful red flowers
It is considered one of the most popular climbing roses of all time, one of the top climbing roses. It is a consistent performer, very hardy in all climates. Tall and vigorous, it can grow 12-14 ft.
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Climbing Eden 'Eden' is also known as 'Pierre de Ronsard', but by whatever name, no one walks by this Climbing Rose without exclaiming at its beauty. The perfectly formed blooms are a luscious creamy white with a faint green edge and a soft watermelon center. They are simply irresistible. Foliage is dark green and is rarely bothered by disease.
One of the finest red climbers grown throughout the world. Covered with beautiful, fragrant, velvety red semi double blooms. Blooms from spring till frost in my area. Grows 9-12'. The large,fully double flowers perform well in all climates. Can be slow to climb in the first season, but take off in the second year. Excellent repeat flowering. Dark green, disease resistant foliage Hardy zones 4-10 This is one of MY favorites!
Very hardy, most beautiful Canadian Rose. Old fashioned blooms of a rich candy pink color, with golden centers. Outstanding, disease free rose! Grows 10-12'.John Davis Rose, Rosa 'John Davis', is backed by glossy leathery foliage. The trailing red canes of this Explorer Series rose are equally spectacular whether trellised or allowed to roam. Carried in clusters of up to seventeen, each 3 1/2" blossom opens its outer petals nearly flat, to frame the clear pink center, before opening fully to the scent of spice. Own root. When this rose is in peak full bloom in late June, it is literally smothered in flowers. John Davis repeats throughout the summer until frost. It is very winter hardy with no winter cane dieback. It also has very few thorns, has healthy foliage, and highly resistant to blackspot and mildew.
MMe Alfred Carrie're One of the most fragrant climbing roses. Bears clusters of large, pale pearl pink flowers that age to cream. Wonderful climber that grows from 10-16'. Joesphs Coat Rose
large trusses of medium sized semi double blooms are cherry red, orange, and yellow, blended with gold. The plant is a profussion of everchanging colors. Can be grown as a free standing shrub, pillar, or climber. Very vigorous. Grows 8-12'.
Climbing Iceberg Beautiful climber, covers itself with clouds of white semi double blooms.Very reliable. grows 8-10".(Mine starts out with a soft pink colored bud, fading to white as the bloom matures.) Perrinal Blue
Photo courtsey: Bernhard Mehring Mauve and Mauve/blend large-flowered climber/rambler. Small-semi-double flowers appear in large clusters in a cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Grows to a height of 8 feet. Med.glossy, green foliage hardy zones 6b& warmer Lovely pillar rose as the picture shows!
Sombreuil
Clusters of creamy white, double ruffled flowers shine in the dark and are drenched with tea rose perfume. Remarkably easy to train on pillars and trellises, or to let wander along a picket fence. This large flowered climber, is vigorous, and upright, growing 6 to 12 feet. Foliage is medium green and semi-glossy. It is an excellent white climber that has a great combination of Hybrid Tea and Old garden roses look. The very double petals (60&) are flat, quilled, quarted and very lovely! Flowers come in sprays. Superb mixed with
different types of flowers for companions.
They make wonderful cut flowers. Blooms cut at the half open stage will last at least a week in the vase. If you cut them when they are fully open however, they will only last a few days.
This Hybrid Tea Climber is hardy in zones 7-10
Dream Weaver
Bred from floribunda and shrub rose parents for superior disease resistance and bloom production, this sturdy, energetic climber unfurls frilly bouquets on every branch. Deep coral buds contrast with rich pink flowers in a non-stop color tapestry lasting the entire summer. Adapts well to training on pillars. For the best effect, train canes in a spiral formation around the structure. Long-lasting blooms have a rosette form. Blooms repeat relatively fast, so the plant is rarely without color. Canes can grow 10-12 feet tall. If trained on a pillar, the height would be around 8 feet. Hardy zones 5-10
Dramatic, crimson flowers with velvety, ruffled petals and an intoxicating damask scent are a standout in the garden, like a flamenco dancer on stage. The blossoms are set on long stems, just perfect for cutting! The fragrant blooms cover the plant all summer. Warm night temperatures produce best color. Foliage is a glossy dark green. Canes can grow as much as 12-14 feet. For the best effect, plant bushes 6 feet apart along a fence or wall. Flowers repeat fast. Don Juan can suffer from frost damage during bad winters, but still recover fairly fast. Hardy zone 5-10
Scent From AboveDrenched in a licorice scent and a color that stays true. One of the most abundantly blooming, non-fading yellow climbing roses ever!Height: 8 ft - 10 ft Dark Green foliage. Wonderful Licorice fragrance Yellow/ gold colored blooms
has a fragrance which fills the air with each large bloom. It prospers in alkaline soil, pollution, and shade. It's also a beautiful rose, opening large, sweetly fragrant, deep rose flowers (on nearly thornless stems) throughout the season. It takes a couple of years after planting for these climbing roses to really be showy, but be patient, and give it time, it's well worth the waite!
Zephirine Drouhin roses are perfect for covering a wall or climbing over an arch. The coppery-purple new growth is a vivid contrast. (see mine pictured here .) Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler
This Rambler (Hybrid Musk) was hybridized in 1916. It is a very vigorous, upright, and bushy rose that will grow 20 feet or more.
It is lovely planted beside a tree, because its growth habit of growing tall, allows it to intertwine with the branches. When in bloom, it is a sight to behold! It produces clusters of small lilac-pink flowers that are surrounded by small, light green foliage. It has a moderate fragrance. The hanging branches covered in rose blooms appear very delicate, and romantic. Mine grows up a small apple tree in my garden. It has actually reached the top of the tree. I plan on planting more around more of the small trees in the garden, because I just love how they look! Give these climbing roses plenty of room to grow.
American Pillar
A once-blooming old Rambler that is very fast growing!
The carmine pink flowers have a white eye with bright yellow stamens. A most attractive climber. It can grow to 20 feet, so give it plenty of room to climb. If you have a fence, and have decided to grow climbing roses on it rose on it, this rose is georgous sprawled along the fence. It forms a living color of pink that lasts a long time. I recently saw one planted along a driveway on a split rail fence.(actually there were more than one, they lined the driveway.) Beautiful! They make great cut flowers, and as a nice bonus, red hips in the fall
Read more about The American Pillar Rose.... America Climbing Rose
A large flowered climber with Coral/Pink blooms. A wonderful climber that is quite hardy!
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