You can create the aesthetics of a gazebo, arch or other structure with the help of climbing plants. Landscaping can also be done to hide the shortcomings of the structure. Climbing roses will serve for these purposes. The white color of these flowers is in harmony with any other plants.
Depending on the variety, the size and color of the plant differ. Among the variety of climbing roses, 6 varieties popular among gardeners stand out.
Iceberg Climbing
This variety blooms all season. It can reach a height of 4 and a half meters. The demand for such a rose is high thanks to:
- rapid growth;
- re-blooming;
- approximately 30 double milky flowers per brush.
It fully reveals its properties in fertile soil and in the sun, but also blooms in semi-shaded places. The height and beauty of Iceberg Climbing allows you to add greenery to your walls.
Ilse Krohn Superior
Bred in Germany, Ilse Krohn Superior is highly resistant to disease and frost. On the stem there are from 1 to 5 buds with a creamy tint inside, which gradually curl when opening.
Compared to other varieties, it does not suffer from heat and rain, which frees the gardener from unnecessary troubles. Distinctive features:
- strong persistent aroma;
- large buds (reach 15 centimeters in diameter);
- high immunity.
Ilse Krohn Superior has a drawback - large spikes. It blooms from June to October and grows up to 3 meters in height.
Guirlande d'Amour
Among other varieties, this one is the most atypical because of its buds. Small flowers with petals turned outward intertwine with each other and form bouquets throughout the bush.
An unusual frost-resistant variety, in comparison with the previous one, it is even more resistant to diseases, heat and rain.
Advantages:
- strong musky aroma with spicy notes:
- continuous flowering throughout the season;
- spreading and tall bush, growing up to 3 and a half meters.
Guirlande d'Amour is more picky about soil than other varieties, but otherwise has no drawbacks.
Mrs. Herbert Stevens (Mrs. Herbert Stevens)
The advantage of this variety is that it blooms until frost. Bred by Mrs. Herbert Stevens was in 1910 and is still in demand due to its advantages:
- blooms even on infertile soil;
- cyclical flowering all season;
- grows to more than 5 meters in length.
Average resistance to disease, frost and rain makes this variety one of the most popular.
Felicite et Perpetue
The multi-petaled buds of this variety offer an incredible variety of colors. Soft pink at the beginning, creamy in the middle and pure white at the end. The cluster of about 30 flowers contrasts beautifully with the dark green foliage.
The variety is highly resistant to diseases, but suffers from rain. It blooms profusely, but the dried flowers do not fall. Large thorns make it difficult to trim dried buds. The bush is dense and leafy, and the flowers have a bright and strong musky scent.
White American Beauty
Large buds of this variety with a diameter of 12 centimeters of a soft pink hue become pure white when blooming. Frost-resistant White American Beauty grows up to 2 meters.
It is susceptible to disease and suffers from rain, but blooms in semi-dark places and poor soil. The variety does not have a pronounced aroma and almost no thorns. It blooms profusely twice a year: in late spring and autumn. Between flowering periods it blooms single flowers.
The number of varieties of climbing roses is amazing. Even if you select only white ones, it will still be difficult to count. And among such variety it is difficult to choose the best one.
Each variety is different, from appearance to difficulty in growing. It is difficult to choose the best, but it is also impossible to choose the worst, because all white climbing roses always decorate the structure and are combined with other flowers thanks to their color.
Thank you for having such a “flower encyclopedia” at hand.
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