![]() ![]() The foliage is mid green to begin and as it matures it will darken. No other modern rose can equal it for fragrance and vigorous performance. It will reach a height of 16 to 20 feet and just continues to bloom in flush after flush from spring through summer and into autumn. It was first bred in 1868 and has increased in popularity ever since. ![]() so many ways of displaying your fragrant climbers and ramblers.Ī very fragrant old Bourbon Rose Climber. And then there are Rose Arbors, Pergolas, Archways, Trellises, Pillar Roses. Many plants lend themselves to this technique. Fascinating! My Father always had espaliered roses on a fence, and other espaliered shrubs as well. If you want to try to grow some of these fragrant climbing roses very closely against a wall, you can do it by learning how to 'Espalier'. It is also suited to the Australian climate, especially in the Temperate Zone. On top of its other amazing qualities, it is also highly disease resistant, making it just about perfect. It can be trained to climb just about anywhere - even against a wall.ĭavid Austin used the fragrant climber Aloha and the Floribunda Rose Yellow Cushion to create this amazing English Climbing Rose. It is a repeat bloomer through spring and into summer. This wonderful fragrant climbing rose will grow from 8 to 10 feet in height with showy mid green foliage. The heavy blooms have a delightful drooping or nodding effect. The beautiful old fashioned cup-shaped rosettes on Abraham Darby are 4 to 5 inches across, with up to 70 or more petals in apricot, yellow, cream and pink tones, with a superb fruity fragrance. A truly beautiful addition to any garden which requires a fragrant climbing rose. It is one of his most famous and most fragrant English Roses. The Fragrant Climbing Rose Abraham Darby.Ī David Austin Rose, Abraham Darby is named after the man who built the very first iron bridge which is near Austin's Rose Nurseries in the UK. Bear in mind that you will have to train your climbing roses to some degree, so its best to choose a rose with flexible canes, especially if you are going to braid it (see Zepherine Droughin below for how to do that). But there are definitely some which must be mentioned here. Fragrant Climbing English Roses (David Austin) are in a class of their own and will come later. Some of these Fragrant Climbing Roses will be by David Austin, of course, but only a few. They are not in any particular order, they are just beautiful, popular and fragrant. There you will find the following roses which are also available as climbers (guaranteed to be highly fragrant):īut the Fragrant Climbing Roses on this page are the real climbers, those which will cover your archway, your pergola, your arbor, a pillar, a trellis, in fact your whole house. This page continues on from the Fragrant Rosespage where you will find the most fragrant roses which have won the John Gamble Fragrance Award. They are the ones which have been tried and trusted over many years by rose lovers worldwide. They are not all award winners they don't have to be. ![]() These fragrant climbing roses are the most popular of all. Fragrant Climbing Roses On A Country Cottage. ![]()
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