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'Climbing Chrysler Imperial'

8 years ago

Oh, nothing to say about 'Climbing Chrysler Imperial' other than it--with its fragrance--has always been my standard for a red rose. I came home this evening to find this blossom open, and that area of the yard redolent with its perfume.

Just as I got out my camera, we started getting some drops of rain (!), so the pic was taken in haste. My only message is: Hurrah for 'Climbing Chrysler Imperial'!

Comments (3)

dublinbay z6 (KS)
8 years ago
Beautiful rose--and beautiful pic!

Kate
odinthor thanked dublinbay z6 (KS)
Verdi Guy
8 years ago
Gorgeous! The bush form is my favorite red rose. It's perfume and repeat cannot be bested. Plus it loves hot weather and gets plenty of it here in Central Florida. I have never seen the climbing form. How does it perform for you?
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I agree Diane. It is a pretty amazing rose bush to survive on so much neglect and absolutely no supplemental water for so long (my hubby's parents used to care for it, but fell ill for many years and it wasn't a priority), to handle a crazy transplant in the heat of summer here, and still be putting out huge blooms just a few months later! I think it will end up being just fine. The idea of RMV doesn't really bother me too much. Its funny abut my nails. I do them myself while I'm reading or listening to a video lecture. It's a gel that cures by UV light and lasts about 2 weeks. I usually just stick with the same few colors... burgundy, red or lavender. And I wear latex or vinyl gloves in the garden, usually under other thicker gloves like gauntlet gloves. I like to have pretty nails and pretty flowers. :-)
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odinthor
Original Author
8 years ago
Since 'Climbing Chrysler Imperial' was pretty ubiquitous at nurseries from the late 1950s into the early 1980s, I was shocked when I tried to get my hands on one in the later 1980s, and found it impossible. At length, quite some time later, Vintage Gardens came to my rescue and offered one or two or three specimens, of which I quickly swooped in on one. My present one is still a young specimen, just getting its feet on the ground and figuring out what life is all about, so isn't really a good indicator of anything yet. The previous ones I had experience with, back in the 1960s and 1970s, formed sturdy, stiff, handsome specimens, studded with these wonderful blossoms evenly set all over the plant, each flower like all the others. As an experiment, I'm growing this current one as a free-standing bush, like a tall HP. In the past, I've likened the display of the unfurling blooms at the Spring flush to the "Kingdom of the Shades" sequence in the ballet La Bayadere; and I'm sticking with that comparison: It's just numbingly beautiful.

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