Climbing Roses, popular climbing roses, photographs, descriptions, pruning climbing roses and growing guides. Climbing roses are a fantastic way to bring colour and charm to a bare wall, arch, fence or pergola. Climbing roses produce main canes and side shoots, the main canes are the backbone of a climbing rose, the side shoots produce the flowers. The secret to successful climbing roses is to train and prune to encourage side shoots.
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Climbing Roses in Australia
       






 

Climbing roses are popular in Australia for growing on walls, arbors, fences and trellis. Many well known rose breeders produce climbing roses including David Austin and Meilland. we bring you a guide to our best climbing roses and links to pruning climbing roses in Australia.

Climbing roses

are a fantastic way to bring colour and charm to a bare wall, arch, fence or pergola. Climbing roses produce main canes and side shoots, the main canes are the backbone of a climbing rose, the side shoots produce the flowers.

Pruning Climbing Roses



The secret to successful climbing roses is to train and prune to encourage side shoots.

Train the main canes of climbing roses to grow horizontally, across rather than straight up. This may mean a ladder effect, 'across and back'. It is best to tie or clip the canes to the support, rather than weave, this makes it easier to prune back dead canes

OUR TOP TEN CLIMBING ROSES for Australia

Any Top Ten Guide is a matter of taste, these are our top ten climbing roses. Available from the rose nurseries listed on our Australian rose nursery directory page

For our UK and US readers go to Roses for the UK or Roses for the USA for suppliers.

Pierre de Ronsard Climbing Rose
Named after the French Poet Pierre de Ronsard, this climbing rose is bred by Meilland a relatively small climber, but lots of flowers over a long period. Flowers are creamy white to pink, large and full (lots of petals). Pierre de Ronsard should be pruned back hard in the winter. Deadhead this rose and in the right climate you will have flowers for 8 - 9 months of the year. Pierre de Ronsard can stand a little shade, but thrives in full sun, mulch to keep the root run cool.

Graham Thomas Climbing Rose
Golden yellow flowers, this is a David Austin Rose. Graham Thomas is a repeat blooming, disease resistant rose. Lightly scented and a great climbing rose that copes well in the heat.

Abraham Darby
Another David Austin climbing rose that will grow to 3m as a climber. Large flowers, fragrant, grows 2-3m. Apricot Pink flowers. Disease resistant like most of the David Austin Roses and nice glossy foliage.

Sombreuil
An old fashioned climbing rose that will grow to 2m. Very large pure white flowers, fragrant, repeat blooming, vigorous grower.

Gold Bunny (Gold Badge)
(pictured right)

A Meilland Rose. This is a repeat bloomer, clear yellow flowers, dark green foliage. The substantial flowers seem to last well, its one of our favourite climbing roses and we think the best yellow climbing rose we have seen.
Gold Bunny Climbing Rose
Gold Bunyy (Gold Badge) is a prolific climbing Rose

Red Pierre climbing Rose
Yes its from the breeders of Pierre de Ronsard. Lots of deep red double cup flowers, repeat flowering and a great rose.

Iceberg Climbing Rose
(pictured right)

The great white flowers of the Iceberg in a climbing rose, if you after a white climber that repeat blooms and has lots of flowers, you are after a Climbing Iceberg Rose.

Iceberg Climbing Rose

Westerland Climber
A Kordes rose. Repeat blooming, fragrant apricot/gold flowers, dark green foliage grows to 3m

Celine Forestier
Cream to pale yellow, fragrant vigorous climber

Sutter'sGold
Long yellow buds and large blooms with a light fragrance.

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