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Roses to Dress Up a Pergola or Bare Wall
rose vine
Doorway covered with pink rose flowers. Darrell Gulin/Getty Images
Roses are pruned into shrubs and trees or grown in containers--any way to savor their beauty and heavenly scent. While some enthusiasts love a manicured rose garden, others favor the freedom and vigorous growth habit and appearance of climbing roses.
Beautiful Climbers
Climbers can be trained to climb up and over gazebos, trellises, and arbors, softening the appearance of an otherwise-plain wood or metal structure. Privacy at home means more to us than ever before. In trying times, home is a...
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Alitissimo
red altissimo rose
Red 'Altissimo' climbing rose. Flickr member F.D. Richards
Altissimo
Type: Floribunda
Size and Form: Clusters of small buds open to stunning single flowers that are velvety bright red with central clusters of showy yellow stamens. Leaves are glossy and contribute to the rose's brilliance.
Color: Red
Scent: Mild, clove fragrance
USDA zones 5 to 10
Height: 7’ to 20’ (215 to 455 cm) Width: 5 to 8’ (245 cm)
Train Altissimo as a small climbing rose or pillar climber. Also can be shaped into a tall shrub.
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American Beauty
american beauty rose
Hybrid Tea Rose 'Miss All American Beauty'; Bush Pasture Park Rose Garden, Salem, Oregon. Bush Pasture Park Rose Garden, Salem, Oregon
American Beauty
Type: Hybrid Wichurana
Size: large
Color: deep pink
Scent: strong
USDA zones: 5b to 9b
Height: 12’ to 15’ (365 to 455 cm)
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Cécile Brunner
cecile bruner rose
Cecile Bruner climbing rose. T.Kiya from Japan/Wiki Commons
Cécile Brunner
Type: Tea
Color: Light pink
USDA zones: 6 to 10
Size: Lovely, small blooms
Height: 20 to 25 feet (610 to 915 cm) Width: 10 to 20 feet; (305 to 610 cm)
Scent: sweet, spicy, tea-like.
Cécile Brunner is a rampant climbing rose that can reach 20 feet, forming a thicket of growth.
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Dublin Bay
floribunda rose dublin bay
Floribunda climbing rose, 'Dublin Bay'. Huhu/Wiki Commons
Dublin Bay
Type: Floribunda
Size: Medium to Large
Color: Red
Scent: Mild, fruity
USDA zones: 6b to 9b
Height: 8 to 12 feet (245 to 365 cm). Width: up to 5 feet (150 cm)
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Fourth of July
rose fourth of july
Climbing rose, 'Fourth of July'. Captain Tucker/Wiki Commons
Fourth of July
Size and Form: Large, semi-double cluster flowers
USDA zones 6a through 9b
Color: Red blend with stripes
Scent: Fresh-cut apple and sweet rose
Size: 12 to 14 feet high
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Iceberg
iceberg climbing roses
White 'Iceberg' climbing roses. T.Kiya/Getty Images
Iceberg
Type: Floribunda
Size and Form: Full, ruffled blossoms on a rampant, far-reaching climber. In proportion to its extra-large flowers.
Color: White; white blend
Scent: Mild to none
Bloom size: Semi-double to double; medium to large
USDA zones: 4b to 9b
Height: 8 to 15 feet
Many groups and rosarians hail Iceberg as the finest climbing rose, without question. Iceberg grows vigorously up to about 15 feet, with profuse flowering and repeat blooms
repeat blooms
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Peace
peace rose
Peace climbing rose. KJRSeattle/Wiki Commons
Peace
Type: Hybrid tea
Color: Yellow and pink blend
Size and Form: Full, ruffled blossoms on a rampant, far-reaching climber. In proportion to its extra-large flowers
Scent: Fruity
USDA: 6b through 9b
Height: 6’ to 20’ (185 to 610 cm)
Peace roses have canes that can reach 20 feet or more. This climber works really well on a fence or large wall.
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Royal Sunset
royal sunset rose
'Royal Sunset' climbing rose. Flickr member Ryan Somma
Royal Sunset
Type: Hybrid Tea
Size: Shapely, large blooms
Color: Apricot; apricot blend; orange blend
Scent: Fruity
USDA zones: 6 to 10
Height: up to 8 feet (245 to 455 cm) spread: 5-6 feet
Royal Sunset features dark, bronzy-green, glossy leaves on a stiff cane that climbs and spreads to 10 feet.
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Souvenir de la Malmaison
souvenir de la malmaison rose
'Souvenir de la Malmaison' rose. Flickr member Wang kun hung
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Type: Bourbon
Color: Light pink
Scent: Tea fragrance
USDA zones 5b to 10b
Height: 10 to 20 feet (305 to 610cm) Width: up to 8 feet (245 cm).
Souvenir de la Malmaison is an extremely vigorous climbing rose. Canes can grow to 15 feet or more and will bear a healthy crop of full-petaled roses in the spring.
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Westerland
westerland rose
Apricot-colored climbing rose, 'Westerland'. Flickr member Anne Arnould
Westerland
Type: Shrub
Color: Apricot; apricot blend
Scent: Strong rose, spice
Size: Large semi-double to double bloom
USDA zones 5b through 9b
Height: 4’11” to 12’ (150 to 365cm) Width: 4’ (120cm)
