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Handel

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Bred in Ireland, Handel is a strikingly beautiful, well formed, bi-color rose with double, 4" blooms and 20+ petals. The blooms are pure white edged with bright, strawberry-red. Blossoms are carried in profusion throughout the season on a vigorous, upright Climber with a light fragrance of clove.
- Type: Climbing Roses
- Color: White edged strawberry red
- Fragrance: Very Fragrant
- Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10
- Size: 9' - 10' x 6'
- Rebloom: Continual Blooming
- Bloom Type: Double
- Year: 1965
- Breeder Code: MACha
- SKU: LC653 GALLON

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Handel

Hardiness Zone: 7

Fast growing HUGE canes large flowers

I've had this in the ground for 5 months and it has grown so fast it's shocking. I have 130 roses and ive rarely had one grow so well. Its over 6 feet tall, dark green leathery leaves and so healthy. The new basal canes are the thickest ive ever seen. She flowers almost continously for me. Record high temps in the triple digits didnt even phase her. I debated even buying this rose for months, boy, am i glad I did. Highly recommend. Cant wait to see what she does next spring.

Lovely

I’m so happy with this lovely rose. She arrived in great condition, put out new leaves immediately, and in just four weeks she’s produced three blooms! I have planted her in a roomy container in the corner of our garden and will train her to climb along our white picket fence. I’ve already purchased two more roses from Heirloom Roses (Seafoam) for another area of the garden.

Beautiful and hardy

I planted this in a spot where other roses have had a hard time getting started, fairly shaded until it gets a little height. This rose is the easiest to take care of and every bit as beautiful as the photos. I got blooms almost right away in warm weather NM. More pink than red edges. Extremely thorny.

FAST grower

I purchased this rose as a housewarming gift for a friend of mine when she bought her first home. We prepped the hole about 2 months before we planted the rose. We are talking about Oklahoma clay here...the planting site held water like a bowl for days. So, we dug a 2'x2' hole, added some mulch and compost to it, watered it in and I told her to throw vegetable and fruit scraps in it until the rose arrived.
She followed directions, Handel arrived healthy and beautiful (per the usual for all Heirloom roses I have purchased) and we planted it in the ground in June of 2020, added some fish fertilizer and a nice layer of cedar mulch.
LET ME TELL YOU: this thing took off like no other rose I have ever seen! We could barely keep up with training the new canes and this thing was every bit of 6 foot tall before a year was up (possibly taller, but we didn't measure)!
This year (2021) the blooms have been plentiful and absolutely gorgeous. The color is stunning! I cannot say enough good things about Handel.
I want one for myself now...just need to figure out where in the world I am going to plant a third climbing rose (haha)!