If you are a romantic, you need a climbing rose in your life. It doesn’t matter how dewy your eyes are; sooner or later, you’ll want to grow a climbing rose. Reading a Jane Austen book or watching a new Regency romance just makes you want something exciting and bright. A trip to Europe in the spring, especially to Paris, makes you want to cover something in your life in roses even more. To sum up, climbing roses are the stuff of dreams, and every gardener does what they do because they love it.
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Climbing roses are one of the most beautiful and romantic ways to decorate the front of your house. Their lush blooms and sweet fragrance can transform even the drabbest façade into a fairytale cottage.
In this article, we’ll look at 10 gorgeous climbing rose varieties that are perfect for growing on the front of your home. We’ll cover their key features, blooming seasons, care tips, and advice for siting them.
Read on to find your new favorite rose to enhance your home’s curb appeal!
Why Grow Climbing Roses On Your House?
Climbing roses offer some great benefits when grown against the front of a house
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Abundant blooms – Many repeat-flower from spring to fall for maximum impact.
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Fragrance – Most have beautifully scented flowers to perfume your garden
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Versatility – Grow against walls, fences, pergolas, or over doorways and windows.
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Low maintenance – Modern shrub roses need less care than old ramblers,
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Curb appeal – Climbing roses give homes true stand-out factor.
10 Stunning Climbing Roses For The Front Of Your House
1. ‘Eden’
This gorgeous rose has lightly fragrant, cupped blooms in a unique blend of yellow, pink and cream. It flowers freely from early summer right through to the first frosts. ‘Eden’ has dark green, semi-glossy foliage and looks beautiful grown against a brick or painted wall.
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2. ‘Crown Princess Margareta’
With its large, elegant, gently scented apricot-orange blooms, this is one of the most regal climbing roses. It has excellent disease resistance and flowers repeatedly from early summer onwards. The blooms develop warm yellow tones later in the season.![Crown Princess Margareta Climbing Rose][]
3. ‘Snow Goose’
A pure white climbing rose that will look stunning against a brick or painted house. The medium-sized, cupped blooms are produced in clusters and have a light fragrance. It has dark green foliage and excellent disease resistance.![Snow Goose Climbing Rose][]
4. ‘Lady of Shallot’
With large, chalice-shaped blooms in a mix of yellows and oranges, this rose makes a bold statement. It has a powerful, fruity scent and dark green foliage. ‘Lady of Shallot’ blooms throughout the summer and fall.![Lady of Shallot Climbing Rose][]
5. ‘New Dawn’
A prolific bloomer with clusters of lightly fragrant, pale pink flowers from early summer to frost. This versatile rose grows up to 10 feet and can be trained as a climber or left to form an arching shrub.![New Dawn Climbing Rose][]
6. ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’
Cherish this rose for its intensely fragrant, semi-double blooms of bright cerise-pink that fade to light pink. It has light green foliage and blooms from spring to autumn. ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’ thrives in shade.![Zéphirine Drouhin Climbing Rose][]
7. ‘William Baffin’
This hardy, repeat-blooming climber has clusters of medium-sized, deep pink flowers from summer to fall. It has a light apple fragrance and glossy, disease-resistant foliage. ‘William Baffin’ can grow up to 10 feet tall.![William Baffin Climbing Rose][]
8. ‘Madame Grégoire Staechlin’
Also known as ‘Spanish Beauty’, this elegant rose has large, fragrant flowers of creamy-white, flushed with pink. It blooms freely from early summer right through fall. The lush, deep green foliage provides a lovely backdrop.![Madame Grégoire Staechlin Climbing Rose][]
9. ‘Dortmund’
With its sumptuous, fully double red blooms and intense fragrance, this is a real show-stopper. It repeats flowers generously from early summer to fall. Grow against a neutral wall to let the blooms pop.![Dortmund Climbing Rose][]
10. ‘Gertrude Jekyll’
This English rose has large,cupped flowers in shades of pink and apricot. It has a lovely myrrh fragrance and blooms repeatedly from early summer. The bushy growth habit works well against walls or fences. ![Gertrude Jekyll Climbing Rose][]
Where To Position Climbing Roses On Your Home
- South and west-facing walls receive the most sun – ideal forrepeat-flowering varieties.
- East-facing walls offer morning sun – suited to roses that bloom in early summer.
- North-facing sites work well for roses that like partial shade.
- Grow over doorways, windows and arches for impact.
- Use trellises to train roses up walls if no direct support.
How To Plant And Care For Climbing Roses
- Prepare the soil well by digging in compost or manure. Roses thrive in fertile, humus-rich soil.
- Plant climbers 3-4 feet away from the wall to allow air circulation and prevent mildew.
- Water newly planted roses well until established then deep water once a week in summer.
- Apply a balanced fertilizer in early spring and again after first flowering.
- Prune established climbers in winter, cutting out dead, diseased or crossing stems.
- Tie in new shoots as needed and prune lightly after flowering to encourage reblooming.
Add Support Structures To Show Off Your Climbing Roses
You may need to add some extra structures to help train and display climbing roses to their full potential:
- Trellises – Flat or diagonal trellises secured to walls give roses something to climb up.
- Obelisks – Place obelisks nearby for roses to weave through.
- Arches – Create a focal point over pathways and entries.
- Pergolas – An ideal way to enjoy fragrant roses overhead.
- Railings – Use along porches, balconies and decking.
Climbing Roses Bring Timeless Beauty To Your Home
With their elegant flowers, heavenly scent and ability to transform bare walls, climbing roses are one of the most rewarding plants you can grow. Choose varieties with repeat-blooming tendencies to maximize floral displays. Site them in sunny positions against walls or fences for best results. With just a little care, climbing
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CLIMBING ROSES VS. RAMBLING ROSES
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So, exactly what do we mean by a climber? It’s not so cut and dried. There are climbing roses and there are ramblers. In the rose arena, ramblers are the loose cannons. They are vigorous verging on overly athletic, they can easily and quickly get out of control, they tend to send out lax growth, and they generally produce quantities of small flowers. Michael Marriott—one of the world’s most renown rosarians, retired front man for David Austin Roses, and the author of the recently published Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses (DK, 2022)—warns that a rambler often develops into more rose than most gardeners can handle. Ramblers are upwardly mobile athletes. In other words: Be careful what you wish for in a vining rose, because ramblers can overshoot your goals by a longshot. Of course, it depends on where the rambler is being grown: Warmer regions such as California will give ramblers the opportunity to really take off. But unless you have a very sturdy and large support, most ramblers are going to overreach their wall, fence, or whatever in a blink. Michael suggests a sturdy tree as being the most realistic support for typical ramblers.
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On the other hand, climbing roses produce larger but fewer flowers, and they mind their manners. They’re still energetic. In general, though, a climbing rose is more likely to stay within the right ratio to cover a wall without going too far. Michael Marriott says that choosing between a rambler and a climbing rose can be very difficult in the real world. It’s like asking, “How high do you really want to climb with a ladder?” Pruning ramblers and climbers might not be as strict as pruning shrub roses, but you should still remove dead flowers and canes or whips. You need access to your plant. Therefore, for most of us, climbers are the way to go.
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Another strong factor is reblooming. Ramblers tend to throw one massive party and then call it quits. There are some exceptions. Michael Marriott talked about “Lady of the Lake,” a rambler that blooms over and over again and has semi-double tissue pink flowers that were brought to the world by David Austin Roses. Open Arms, which is blush pink and has semi-double, repeating flowers, is another favorite of Marriott’s. It is called a miniature rambler. ‘Snow Goose’ is a white, repeat-flowering 6-8 foot-tall rambler. Mary Delany is 12 feet tall and is somewhere between a rambler and a climber. It has darker blush pink double flowers that bloom again and again. One of the best things about Mary Delany is that it almost never gets thorns, which can be important for a big rose. But Michael says that thorns help climbers hook onto their crutch, get a foothold, and stay up instead of falling. “Harness those thorns,” he urges gardeners. As for ‘Zephirine Drouhin’—famed for being a climber and completely thornless—Michael suggests you steer clear. “Zephirine is particularly susceptible to disease and, unfortunately, those disease issues will spread spores to neighboring roses. ” His advice? “Shovel prune it. ” In other words, bury ‘Zephirine’ and move onward.
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By and large, Michael Marriott thinks you should check out some of the newest climbing roses, especially if you want to use the latest research to make a stronger, more trouble-free rose. He says, “Fantastic progress has been made in the last 15-20 years,” even though “New Dawn” used to be a mainstay. Newer roses are more free-flowering and much healthier. ” His recommendations for climbers?.
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- ‘Golden Gate’ is a free-flowering glowing yellow.
- “The Generous Gardener” blooms over and over again with beautiful double pink flowers that smell like old roses and musk.
- “Night Owl” is a climber that has almost no thorns and lots of single purple-magenta flowers.
- William Radler made “Highwire Flyer,” a disease-resistant lipstick pink repeater. Radler also bred the Knock Out® family of roses.
- Depending on the climate and how you prune it, “Lady of Shalott” is somewhere between a shrub and a climber. It has lots of full, peach-colored flowers that smell wonderful.
Monrovia has also entered the climbing rose market with the release of two new players in their Heavenly Ascent® series: a red flowering rose and a pink flowering rose. Specifically playing to a romantic audience, their 8-foot-tall compact climbers are geared toward the average pergola or archway. “They are beautiful but not overpowering,” explains Georgia Clay, New Plants Manager at Monrovia. The series’ goal is for plants to be strong, have a lot of petals, need little care, bloom again, smell good, resist disease, and be hardy to Zone 5. It’s a lengthy wish list, but they are expecting to introduce other roses that check all the boxes.
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Climber care can be baffling for a beginner. Michael Marriott has some sage advice based on experience. “Climbers need to be tied in and trimmed based on how high you want them to grow on a wall.” ” But he cautions against rushing in with the pruning shears. “Don’t reduce the length of the main stem unless necessary. ” For a truly luscious look, encourage side shoots by fanning the main stems out. He also has a sadder but wiser pruning tip for mature climbing roses: “Wiggle a stem before cutting; you might be surprised by the mass of branches above.” ” As for deadheading spent flowers, “Don’t be too hasty,” Michael warns. Many climbers produce lovely rose hips. His “best hips” award for a climber goes to ‘The Generous Gardener. ’ “The hips are orangey-red and they last through winter. You can cut them for holiday decorations. ”.
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You should give your rose the tools it needs to make those masses of flowers that you can cut or leave in place. Michael Marriott suggests going the easy route and applying a rose fertilizer configured specifically for the plant. He suggests two applications of fertilizer, spring and midsummer, applied according to the instructions on the fertilizer label. And he warns sternly against too much of a good thing. “You can do more harm than good if you don’t follow the directions. ” As far as insect issues, Michael urges going organic. “Let nature do the work. Beneficial insects and birds will battle it out with less desirable bugs. ”.
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WHY CHOOSE A CLIMBING ROSE?
Why are climbing roses so compelling? Volume alone might have something to do with it. Most climbing roses make a beautiful mass of flowers if they are planted in a sunny spot with rich soil that drains well. Arguably, any rose produces wow-worthy blossoms—the genus wasn’t crowned “queen of flowers” for nothing. Roses are all beautiful, no matter if they have single flowers, half-double flowers, or a nest of delicately curved petals. Multiply that splendor by several hundred little miracles and you’ve got something to sigh over. Now, lift the whole shebang aloft. Send it climbing up a wall, let it climb your fence, watch it climb up to the eaves, or train it on a trellis that you can walk through, and you’ll have a show that will make you swoon. In short, climbing roses create a marvelous mass that is not often possible with other vines.
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How to train climbing roses to encourage many more flowers
FAQ
Can you plant climbing roses against a house?
Are roses good for front yard?
What should you not plant next to roses?
What are the best climbing plants for the front of the House?
If you want one of the best climbing plants for the front of the house in terms of how many blooms you get a rambling rose should be top of your list. ‘A climber grown on the wall of your house will often be the earliest garden rose to flower due to the additional warmth the wall provides,’ say the experts at David Austin Roses.
What is a climbing rose?
A climbing rose is a type of rose that can transform any home with its colorful blooms. It is often the earliest garden rose to flower when grown on a wall due to the additional warmth the wall provides.
Which is the best Rose for the front of a house?
A climbing rose is an excellent choice for brightening up the front of a house with its colorful blooms. A climber grown on the wall of your house will often be the earliest garden rose to flower due to the additional warmth the wall provides.
Can climbing roses be planted on a house wall?
Training climbing roses on a house wall is easy and the result is always beautiful. They also form a lovely backdrop for other planting such as flowerbeds or containers. Roses work whatever the landscaping style of your front yard, whether traditional or contemporary. 2. Clematis
Can a rose climb a wall or fence?
By training a fabulous, fragrant climbing or rambling rose up a wall or fence, you can convert a dull, even unsightly area into one of the most stunning features in your garden. There are a number of ways of supporting your rose as it ‘climbs’ the wall or fence, we recommend setting up straining wires or using a trellis.
Should you grow roses on the wall of Your House?
Growing a rose on the wall of a house can be beneficial. A climber grown on the wall of your house will often be the earliest garden rose to flower due to the additional warmth the wall provides. The beauty and fragrance of the rose’s blooms can be enjoyed at close quarters.