Rosa Blush Rambler - Climbing Rose

Rosa 'Blush Rambler' is a sarmentous rose that is overwhelmed by a particularly generous summer flowering in very pastel shades. Although it only blooms once, its countless small semi-double and fragrant roses engulf its vegetation in July. They are gathered in generous bouquets, as blushed with fresh pink, fading to blush pink and then to white. Its long almost inermous branches are adorned with a beautiful very light green foliage. A lovely rose, with echoes of the past, that tolerates partial shade and can be trained as a climber or grown as a large free-standing bush.

This large, almost thornless rose is an English creation by Cant, dating back to 1903. This wonderful hybrid of Rosa multiflora has 'Crimson Rambler' and 'The Garland' as its parents. It easily reaches a height of 4 to 5m with a spread of 2 to 3m (6ft 7in to 9ft 10in). Its long stems are almost inermous and covered with very finely cut foliage, so light green that it sometimes appears, mistakenly, to suffer from chlorosis. Its disease resistance is moderate. The flowers of this liana, blooming only once, form in July. They emerge on short shoots from the 2nd year, as buds of a bright pink hue. They open up into semi-double cups with a diameter of 4cm (1.6in), clustered in dense bouquets along the flexible stems. Coquettish, refined, and charming, they are surrounded by a sweet musky fragrance. Fresh pink, almost vivid upon opening, they quickly fade to pale pink, then turn white, surrounding a golden stamen heart. The small fruits that delight birds in the winter are actually fleshy false fruits called hips.

'Blush Rambler' is a rose with a "Belle Epoque" charm, fully bloomed and devilishly romantic. Like other lianas, it is incomparable for filling large spaces and giving a touch of abandonment, planted above slightly too strict flower beds. It is an ideal companion for dead trees that it will revive, uncertain fences, and hideous buildings or sheds to which it gives a crazy charm. Trained on an arch, near the terrace, it will create a poetic and fragrant passage. Since its flowering only lasts for a month, it can be paired with a large-flowered clematis whose summer flowering will take over until autumn. As it is easy to maintain a bushy habit, it can also be planted in a mixed hedge, together with viburnums, mock oranges, or lilacs.