Rosa 'Sourire d'Orchidée' - Climbing Rose

The Golden 'Sourire d'Orchidée Rose is a modern hybrid variety born in the 80s, but it is often offered with old and botanical roses as it possesses their charm and grace. Both vigorous and romantic with its almost single small flowers of great delicacy, it can form a large bush or be trained to climb according to each gardener's desires and the space available. Its flowering, which repeats well in autumn, is always generous: despite the climatic conditions, it blooms for 4 to 5 months with beautiful clusters of pale pink and pearly wild roses, becoming almost white when fully mature. It is also sturdy, healthy, and easy to grow in all our regions. Its fresh scent of apple and wild rose is ideal for a natural and scented garden!

The climbing rose 'Golden 'Sourire d'Orchidée' is a French creation by Paul Croix, dating back to 1985. It is part of the complex family of modern clustered-flowered hybrids. It is a powerful climbing rose with rapid growth, reaching an average height of 3.50m (11ft) if trellised. If left to grow freely, it forms a bush of about 1.80m (6ft) in all directions. Its habit is upright but flexible, ample, without stiffness. The flowering starts in June, continues throughout the summer, slows down in September, and then starts again in October, only ending with the first frost. Clusters of pale salmon-pink buds open into many small corollas, 3-4cm (1-2in) in size, single to semi-double, gathered in trailing clusters. These small wild roses are tinted with fresh and tender pink when they bloom but quickly turn white. They display a beautiful heart of yellow stamens. Their flowers not only have the shape of wild roses but also possess a light and very gentle fragrance, fresh and fruity, captivating in hot weather. They also have excellent endurance, both in hot and humid conditions. The bush has abundant, deciduous foliage, finely divided into leaflets, with a fresh apple green colour and delicately shiny. It remains healthy and perfectly enhances the shell-like hue of the flowers.

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'Golden Orchid Smile' is a sturdy and refined rose, naturally generous and easy to grow. If left to grow freely, it forms a precious and highly ornamental bush at the back of a border. It is easy to train on a pole, a small arbour, a slightly shaded wall, or a column. Like other large roses, such as Iceberg, R.californica Plena, R.moyesii Geranium, or Palais Royal, with which it pairs well, it is incomparable for giving a slightly abandoned look to overly strict borders. It is an ideal companion for an old fruit tree, a pillar, and the sheds to which it adds a charming touch. Trained on an arch near the terrace, it will create a poetic and fragrant passage. It is easy to maintain a bushy habit, but it can also be planted in a mixed hedge alongside viburnums, mock oranges, hibiscus, or lilacs. In an English or romantic garden, a carpet of Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' or 'Magic Summer', backed by a small bed of 'The Fairy' roses (pink or white), will form a delightful setting at its base.