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The first climbing rose of the Explorer series, the vigorous growth makes it ideal for use as a climber. Its fragrant blooms appear in great abundance early in summer and continue until frost in a gamut of shades from orchid-pink to fuchsia-red, all complemented by lustrous soft green foliage. The lovely flowers are followed by attractive hips of orange. This is a wonderful, repeat blooming fully double rose, petal count is 40.
Type: Hardy
Color: Orchid-pink to fuchsia-red
Fragrance: Moderately Fragrant
Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10
Size: 8' - 9' x 4'
Rebloom: Repeat Blooming
Bloom Type: Full
Year: 1978
SKU: HR112 GALLON
I planted two of these roses on either side of the arbor in June of 2020. June of 2025 and they have completely filled in the arbor across the top and are covered in blooms. (They do get some high shade for several hours of the day; I live in northern IL.) The bees love these roses and it has a lovely fragrance on warm afternoons. I just absolutely love these roses and I'm so glad I planted them. They do have a lot of thorns. The first flush is the best; it will continue to push flowers throughout the summer. They've been subject to a couple of polar vortexes and I have not had to cut out any dead canes.
Planted in spring 24, and it bloomed all summer, even during the heat! Of my explorer roses from HR, this one has the strongest fragrance. (My others are John Davis and William Baffin.)
I received these and they were very healthy and packaged very well. I planted them about a month ago in zone 5b and they have already doubled in size and look very healthy. I am so excited and can't wait for them to grow up my trellis and bloom.
Very vigorous and healthy growth in my zone 5 Denver garden. No winter dieback, giant climber canes. A real winner for cold climates; I'm collecting more of the Explorer series roses!
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