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Fourteen Favorites Among the Perennials: Climbing
Group II: Climbing Roses With such a wealth of climbing roses as there is at hand one feels that there is little excuse to-day for bare, unsightly fences. The hardy climbing roses are easy to grow, requiring little in the way of care and cultivation and giving bountifully of their beauty. It is unfortunate that some of the more common sorts such as the Crimson Rambler and Dorothy Perkins have been so overplanted and that some of the newer and superior varieties have not become more widely known. One should not miss the loveliness of Silver Moon, or of Christine Wright and Dr. Van Fleet.
Ten of the Best Climbing Roses A suggestion about choice is given below:-- Silver Moon, whose flowers are large, semidouble, white shading to deep cream with golden stamens; they are beautiful both when in bud and in bloom. It is a very vigorous grower with exceedingly good foliage.
Dr. Van Fleet, large, double, delicate flesh-pink blossoms. A thing of great beauty when in bloom. A strong, vigorous grower.
American Pillar, single flowers of brilliant cerise-pink. Dorothy Perkins, a rampant grower, producing a profusion of very double, bright pink flowers.
Tausendschon, the rose of a thousand blossoms. Soft shell-pink in color and semidouble.
Paul's Scarlet Climber, semidouble flowers of vivid scarlet; a vigorous grower and prolific bloomer.
Climbing American Beauty, flowers a rich crimson with unusually long stems. Loses its foliage rather early.
Excelsa, very double flowers of intense crimson.
Hiawatha, large clusters of single flowers of brilliant pinkish scarlet with white eye and large golden stamens.
Christine Wright, wild-rose pink in color, beautiful both in bud and in bloom. Within the past few years a new type of everblooming semiclimbing rose has been introduced and is destined to gain rapid popularity. The plants reach a height of five to eight feet and may be trained on fences, pillars, and trellises, or may be used as shrubs. Most of the varieties are single, a few being semidouble, and the flowers are produced either singly or in clusters throughout the season from June until frost.
Mrs. George C. Thomas, which received the American Rose Society's gold medal and the gold medal of the City of Portland in 1921, is one of the most attractive varieties. The flowers are semidouble, orange when in bud, opening to light salmon-pink, and are borne in profusion from June until October. Bloomfield Culmination is another delightful rose bearing bright rose-pink single flowers with lovely golden stamens. The plant is vigorous in growth and is lavish with its blossoms.
Bloomfield Dainty is effective both in bud and flower. The buds are orange-yellow opening into single blooms of clear canary-yellow, changing to deep cream. The bush is of vigorous growth and the foliage is dark and glossy, being particularly resistant to disease.
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