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Climber. An outstanding, fragrant, rambling or climbing rose that will make it's way over anything with its strong vigorous growth. Pale, pretty and pink in colour with masses of petals creating a sumptuous old fashioned effect. Tolerates some shade and shows good disease resistance. 1992.

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Climber, Azubis is a vigorous, shrub with thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves with ovate, toothed, dark green leaflets and clusters of large, strongly fragrant, fully double, high-centered, mauve to lavender flowers smother the bush with many repeats from summer into autumn. Deciduous.

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Austin Climber. Apricot-yellow buds open to a large showly cupped, many petalled rosette. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. Strong, honey, myrrh fragrance. A vigorous climber with mid-green foliage.

The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd.

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aka Buff Beauty

Hybrid Musk. A well known and well loved little climber with fully double blooms varying from buff-yellow to soft apricot. Really pretty in full flower. Recurrent with a good strong scent. Could be used as a tall bush or small climber. 1939.

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aka The Sweetheart Rose

China. A perfect little button-hole rose, simply charming. Almost always in flower with small perfect pink blooms that open from long pointed buds. Fragrance is light, sweet and spicy. Relatively few thorns and healthy foliage. This climbing sport is quite vigorous and will tolerate some shade. 1894.

Summer flowering

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Climber. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Lovely pink climbing or pillar rose with large, semi-double, fragrant blooms. The blooms are set off well with the dark green foliage. Vigorous and hardy. PVR 1998.

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Austin. Described by David Austin as "their finest white rose to date" and appropriately named after his daughter Claire. Buds of pale lemon open to large white blooms with petals arranged in concentric circles. The plentiful blooms are very fragrant. Excellent disease resistance. 2011.

Claire Austin is also an established nursery woman growing perennials. Her book "Irises- A Gardeners Encyclopedia" is a "must have" for any Iris grower.

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aka Constance Spry

Climber. One of the first introductions in what are now known as English roses. Old fashioned cupped and full blooms in clear bright pink. Only flowers in early summer however the flowers are very long lasting. Delicious fragrance. Healthy and vigorous. Award of Garden Merit. 1960. Deciduous

Summer flowering from the old wood. Dead head flowers when spent.

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Climber Hybrid Tea . The climbing version of my favourite old hybrid tea and often described as one of the loveliest roses ever bred. Bright rose pink, single flowers with prominent dark pink stamens. Sweetly scented. Strong growth habit and healthy foliage. Repeats well. 1925.

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Climber, Miniature."Oh Danny Boy the pipes are calling" and they're saying just what a beautiful climbing rose this is. Large double blooms of vivid red with orange tones that put on a real show from summer to autumn. Nice fragrance too, vigorous and generally well behaved. McGredy 1969.