Group/Class:  Rambler Rose

Description:

This nearly thornless variety produces large showy clusters of violet purple flowers striped with white; excellent for arbors, along walls or fences, or as a large free flowing specimen

Ornamental Features

Veilchenblau Rose features showy clusters of fragrant purple flowers with violet overtones, yellow eyes and white stripes at the ends of the branches from late spring to early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Veilchenblau Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This woody vine will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Veilchenblau Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Veilchenblau Rose will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. As a climbing rose, it can be leggy near the base and may be concealed by underplanting with lower-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence, trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it, or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This woody vine should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.