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R. setigera has trailing or climbing slender stems that grow up to 5 metres (15 ft) long. [4] The plant grows either as a vine or forms a sprawling thicket. [5] In open areas, the stems will arch downward after reaching a height of about 1 metre (3 ft), and where they touch the ground they will root.
Climbing roses are usually trained to a suitable support. [22] Roses are commonly propagated by grafting onto a rootstock, which provides sturdiness and vigour, or (especially with Old Garden Roses) they may be propagated from hardwood cuttings and allowed to develop their own roots. Most roses thrive in temperate climates.
David C. H. Austin (1926 – 2018) was an award-winning rose breeder, nursery owner and writer from Shropshire, England.He began breeding roses in the 1950s with the goal of creating new shrub rose varieties that would possess the best qualities of old-fashioned roses while incorporating the long flowering characteristics of hybrid tea roses and floribundas.
The dog rose is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from 1–5 metres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft), though it can scramble higher into the crowns of taller trees. Its multiple arching stems, [2] are covered with small, sharp, hooked prickles, which aid it in climbing.
'New Dawn' is a tall, large-flowered climbing rose, 10 to 20 ft (305–610 cm) in height with a 5 to 6 ft (152–182 cm) spread. Blooms are 3.5 in (8.9 cm) in diameter, with 26 to 40 petals. Flowers have a high-centered, cupped to flat bloom form, and are borne singly or in small clusters.
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The climbing sports normally grow 6 m tall and 3 m wide, but can reach a height of up to 10 m. Their flowers strongly resemble those of 'Cécile Brünner', and appear in a single flush in early summer with a few scattered later blooms. [2] The climber tolerates half shade and can develop some globose, orange hips. [3]
'Henry Kelsey' is a tall, climbing Hybrid Kordesii rose variety, 4 to 9 ft (1.2–2.7 m) in height, with a 5 ft (1.5 m) spread. It has a high-centered, semi-double cupped bloom form of medium-sized 3 in (76 mm), bright crimson petals with golden stamens. [1] The rose has a strong, fruity scent.