Rosa Botero Climbing - Climbing Rose

The 'Meiafonesar' BOTERO® Climbing Rose is a modern creation that wins over all lovers of beautiful flowers. Its continuous flowering blooms throughout the fine season, producing an abundance of densely double, fragrant, large red flowers that will charm you with their fruity hints reminiscent of red berries. This medium-sized Meilland Rose will easily find its place growing up a trellis near your fromt door. Its attractive satin-like, medium green foliage is highly disease-resistant, enabling  you to enjoy all its advantages without any concerns.

The term Rose, Rosa in Latin, denotes the flagship genus of the Rosaceae family, which owes its name to it. The Rosa genus is estimated to include approximately 40,000 horticultural varieties, as this beloved genus among developers has been the focus of intense work by growers for centuries. The Botero Rose thus stems from Meilland's research, one of our French pioneers in producing new varieties globally renowned through the success of the 'Madame Antoine Meilland' rose ('Peace' in English-speaking regions). This rose's name pays tribute to the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero (1932-2023), known for his rounded figures. Launched in 2012, this is the sarmentous form of the BOTERO® Meiafone shrub rose introduced to the market nearly 10 years earlier. Trained up a support, trellis, pergola, or other structure, this rose will reach between 2 and 2.5 m in height and spread. Its compound, medium green foliage with a slight olive hue has a satin-like surface and is highly resistant to common rose diseases. It thus forms a beautiful green backdrop to highlight the intense red flowering. From June onwards, the flowers bloom profusely, almost continuously until October, especially if you remove faded flowers as they appear. After the spring abundance, you will still have blooms in mid-summer, followed by another intense wave in late summer and autumn. The turbinate flower buds open into a multitude of petals, 80 to 100, forming a slightly ruffled centre at full maturity, reminiscent of some old roses. The flowers can then measure up to 13 or 14 cm in diameter, and this abundance is accompanied by a powerful fragrance akin to May roses, with hints of red berries evoking currants and blackcurrants. Delighting your senses, this splendid Rose will thrive in full sun, in most not-too-dry soil types, and you can create cut flower displays with its fragrant blooms.

The 'Meiafonesar' BOTERO® Rose can be described as having 'high seductive potential' as its fragrance can be addictive while no one will remain indifferent to its colours as well as the size of its flowers. Train it near your front door to welcome visitors in the most beautiful way and enjoy its generous fragrance. If you train it on a pergola, pair it with other climbers like Clematis, which complement roses perfectly. Extend the flowering season to the extreme by also planting a Jasminum nudiflorum, a Winter Jasmine, another sarmentous plant that can easily be trained and will offer its bright yellow star-shaped flowers between December and March, bringing joy when grey weather and low skies prevail.