Four Climbing Roses for the Beginning Gardener

Roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow. I believe that reputation is undeserved. Yes, there are a few roses that have very special needs, but most roses are easy to grow. They need pruning, but you can do a snip here and there every time you cut a flower. Other than that, you need only prune once a year. They might need spraying, but, your entire garden could use a good spraying with Neem which, by the way, does not harm the environment.

I could go on and on, but I won't. This article will simply cover four climbing roses that I believe are very easy to grow. These are roses which are good for the beginner. If you've wanted to grow roses, this is a great place to start.

You need to remember that roses aren't really climbers. What climbing roses do is throw off long canes which you then either tie off or weave through something for support. But the great thing about them is that they can play host to other climbers. Most rosarians will plant clematis in with their roses. Clematis are climbers, and they love to climb up the rose canes. They look lovely together.

The first rose you should consider is "Climbing Pinkie". Pinky is throws off really long canes. I was given this rose and didn't do my research about it. All I did was just throw her in a rather cramped spot. I wish I'd given it more thought because she deserved a better location. Mine has only been bloom once a year - in spring - because she doesn't get enough sun, but she's supposed to bloom more often than that.

Lesson on roses: Plant them in full sun.

If you want to see a really good picture of Climbing Pinkie, that is growing in full sun and has probably been there for many years, go to Antique Rose Emporium's web site. I think their picture shows the flower darker than it really is, but the amount of bloom you get is accurate as well as the description they give the rose.

Since they have a better picture of the shrub, I won't show mine. I will, instead, show a close up of Climbing Pinkie's bloom: