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Orange climbing rose recommendations wanted

5 years ago

Looking for some type of VERY LARGE climbing orange rose. Must be able to withstand fair amount of direct sun,reblooming, and extremely blackspot resistant. Quantity of blooms for me is more important than bloom size. If I must choose. Zone 6. Thanks.

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Deborah MN zone 4

5 years ago

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I grow Westerland, Autumn Sunset and Buff Beauty in zone six. W and AS are stiff limbed climbers and BB is a hybrid musk that can be trained as a climber. Only AS gets much over six feet for me. All three are hardy and healthy. I don’t think I have ever seen any disease on BB. Photos follow that may give you some idea of color.

Buff Beauty

Westerland

Autumn Sunset. The pink is Mel’s Heritage.

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jc_7a_MiddleTN
5 years ago
I don't know anything about them, but have noticed them being mentioned recently:

Westerland

Polka

The Lark Ascending

Joseph's Coat (maybe?)

The Impressionist
Rosylady (PNW zone 8)
5 years ago
Polka is an absolute heat and sun loving monster! The blooms are absolutely gorgeous and keep coming all season long. Very healthy too. I planted a grafted rose last spring and it threw out 10 plus HUGE canes.

Mel's Heritage is not exactly orange...more dark apricot. The blooms are smaller, but very pretty. I have it planted in a bed with Polka. It is an incredibly vigorous rose. Loves the heat, loves the sun. I planted a band last spring and it put out 12 or so huge canes and bloomed in flushes all summer. Absolutely no disease. Very beautiful red stems and dark green glossy foliage.

The Impressionist is a stunning rose. But, it blackspots, and has not been as vigorous for me.
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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
5 years ago
Among the roses listed so far, only Polka, Westerland, and The Lark Ascending would be hardy in zone 5 and likely to climb to their potential in zone 6. Only Westerland is what I'd call an orange rose - Polka is apricot and The Lark Ascending is a glowing apricot-yellow mix. Others you might consider are Tangerine Skies (I can't yet vouch for hardiness but it's a likely candidate) - the color is a good fit. Odds of having an orange climber get LARGE in zone 6 (i.e. above 8' or so) are a bit iffy, particularly in a repeat bloomer, since that color tends to be relatively infrequent in hardy roses in my experience. You might want to consider something more on the red or scarlet side if that suits your spot.

Cynthia
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
5 years ago
Above All is a beautiful orange climber - deep rich orange. Looks fabulous with yellow. They are young, but I already really like Tangerine Skies.

Judith
oldrosarian
5 years ago
Salita a Korde's climber, is an eyeball searing bright orange. LOADS of vigour and many blooms. Should do well in your area. No BS ever..Can't find a photo. Probably broke the camera.
oursteelers 8B PNW
5 years ago
I love Westerland, beautiful and fragrant.
Rosylady (PNW zone 8)
5 years ago
Wow, that picture of Autumn Sunset next to Mel's Heritage shows that Mel's is a lot more pink than orange:)

Westerland is a stunning rose!
the_bustopher z6 MO
5 years ago
Here are a couple of orange climbers that I have. The first one is the aforementioned Salita.

As you can see, it is capable of putting out some nice sprays, but most of the time the blooms are singles. They do have a bright orange color. Another one I have is one called Bright Fire. It can look like this.

It has flowers that can be exhibition hybrid tea in flavor, but it can throw sprays as well. It is also quite a bright orange. Both of these roses do repeat bloom in my garden, but not heavily. With the way our weather patterns are here, I figure I am lucky if they bloom at all.
philipatx
5 years ago
I don't grow it, but I've heard great things about Tangerine Skies. It's a newer Kordes and is supposed to be quite disease resistant. (The old NewFlora site gave it *very* high marks for resistance last year.) It is not a searingly vibrant orange, but a little more subdued than e.g. Salita.
erasmus_gw
5 years ago
I want to try Salita.
nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
5 years ago
Ah yes, forgot about Salita! I have that one and it has consistently survived my winters but it is only knee high at best and doesn't climb. The orange is indeed lovely and eye popping and it would probably be a respectable sized bush in zone 6, but not a climber in zone 5 and certainly not a large one.

Cynthia

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