Climbing Rose Compassion
The Climbing Rose Compassion still as popular as ever
The climbing Rose Compassion bears a profusion of salmon pink double blooms with just a hint of apricot. I have to say, the blooms are exquisitely shaped with a marvellous fragrance.
Flowering from July through till October, it is a climber worth considering. Our Compassion grows over a pergola, however in my experience the stems are very stiff and hard to manoeuvre, this repeat flowering Rose would best be planted against a sunny wall. The fading flowers turn brown and unsightly very quickly, nip them off to encourage the development of new buds, the glossy foliage is very attractive. Compassion is not disease resistant, expect to find spraying necessary perhaps once in the early part of Summer.
Bred by Harkness and having won many awards compassion is a Rose to recommend.
Height – 3mtrs
Hardiness – Fully hardy
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Other Roses in our Garden
Rose De Rescht
A Portland Damask Rose good repeat flowering and a fantastic fragrance.
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Climbing Rose Penny Lane
Penny Lane, a very good repeat flowering climber with fully double flowers of a honey shade developing to a soft pink.
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Felicia
The Hybrid Musk Rose Felicia with nodding blooms makes a most beautiful specimen, the fragrance is quite intense.
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Rosa Mundi
Rosa Mundi, a very old Rose dating back to before the 16th century. Crimson flowers striped white, very showy.
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Rambling Rose Seagull
The Rambling Rose Seagull with perhaps this rather off-putting name looks marvellous climbing through a Silver Birch in our garden. Flowers are semi double and creamy white, oh and by the way this rambler is also known as Rambling Rector.
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Hybrid Tea Remember Me
Remember Me. This is a very beautiful Rose from Cockers of Aberdeen. Parentage – Silver Jubilee x Alexander. All I can say is my photo does not do it justice.
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Floribunda Rose Rhapsody in Blue
This lovely Rose in our garden in the first year was absolutely smothered in blooms. It has deteriorated over the few years which we have had it and no longer deserves a place in our garden. However I really do suspect that it is just one of those things, and you could find that you have really good results with this one.
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Hybrid Tea Laura Anne
We have a raised bed in our front drive smothered with this lovely Hybrid Tea Rose. Unfortunately it would seem to no longer be available.
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Climbing Rose New Dawn
This climber at one time adorned an arch in our back garden. No longer with us now, I would consider finding another spot for this beautiful climbing Rose.
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Stunning roses. I just love their beauty and fragrance. I have many climber starters and hope they grow bigger this year. I also have many roses planted in memory of loved ones but none as stunning as yours. They do take time to care for and I have to go with those that don’t like the Knock Out varieties…may consider a few others from the ones shown here…
Yes Donna, Roses can be time consuming
Lovely, lovely roses Alistair! What a beautiful collection you have. Perfect post for Valentine’s Day. ;>)
Yes Edith, Rambling Rector is indeed very special.
Oh Alistair I would just love to nestle my nose into those blooms and such an appropriate subject for today. I have Rapsody in Blue and New Dawn in my garden though New Dawn has been struggling due to the neighbours tree now getting so big – I think I might need to invest in a rambler to go up it.
I think I now have a preference for ramblers Rosie
Hi Alistair ,
Thanks for the roses. If I was forced to pick a favourite it would be New Dawn.
My roses are in a sorry state – will probably need your advice in the summer.
b-a-g, thats you and Edith who have a preference for the one which I no longer have. I planted the new red variety of new dawn a few weeks ago, hope it does well,will always be pleased to help, I am not an expert, but have had many years experience.
I am so very happy to meet another rosarian from so very far away. I garden in California and love roses too. You are right, Compassion is one of the best climbers with plentiful foliage (which is not a given, at least here), and an abudance of blooms.
Your rose garden looks amazing, I wish I could visit in person.
Remember Me has very unusual color, and it is the only rose I am not familiar with in your post. I enjoyed seeing a new one very much.
Thanks for the visit Masha, and from so very far away.
You really have a wonderful collection of roses. I so loved the image of your circle garden. This really is a special place, a secret garden of color and bloom.
Donna, the round garden has had many faces in the past, I think I like it best as it is now.
Hi Alistair, you definitely have very beautiful rose varieties and your garden is envious. May i know how you maintain your garden without pests and diseases? I wonder if these garden enemies are not as virulent in the temperate zone than in our hot tropics.
Andrea, we do get pests and diseases, we try hard to plant disease resistant strains.
Gorgeous roses Alistair, I wish I could have them in my garden then I will have roses in vases to decorate every corner of my house!
p3, I guess its too hot in your part of the world for Roses?
hello Alistair, what a lovely post..I am rather fond of Compassion despite its failings, if it gets too sickly I have cut it down to the ground and it has regrown even stronger and healthier…for a pergola I would heartily recommend a Ghislaine de Feligonde…lovely photos…
Mike,yes Compassion does have its failings, thanks for the recommendation.
You have a delightful collection of roses.
Rhapsody in ….Purple. What an unusual color for a rose. You certainly have some gorgeous specimens.
Yes Carolyn, they are always trying to tell us that a purple rose is blue.
Roses certainly love your garden Alistair – as your garden view image shows. And I thought Aberdeen must be bleak and cold. Such an array of roses but personally have a passion for the untidier, petite flowered Ramblers. Rather think I love Laura Anne too so might just have to come and dig one out of your front garden if it’s no longer available!
Strangely enough Laura in Winter the City of Aberdeen is not that much colder than London is in the Winter. The countryside areas inland are indeed colder. However Aberdeen in Summer is decidedly cooler than London. In spite of this Aberdeen used to be called the City of Roses and has indeed won the Britain in bloom title more often than any other city in the UK.
You have some lovely roses Alistair. I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to roses, and planted my first climber (Mme Alfred Carriere) last year. Catching up with your post reminds me that I need to get my book out and prune it.
Thank you Janet, I see that you have a system in operation where people who comment on your posts get notification if you happen to reply, very interesting.
OMG your Roses are stunning! Heaven for me is a garden where Roses flourish, sadly mine don’t unless they’re in the polytunnel beds and then they start flowering as early as March.
I have one huge shrub Rose with perfect white flowers on it that looks amazing but alwaya manages to flower as we have torrential rain and then the flowers rot overnight. I’ve considered pulling it as it happens every single year but those few days of flowers are worth it lol.
I have compassion too, THE most amazing scent ever (closely followed by Nostalgia IMO) but it doesn’t fare well. It’s south/west facing and looked great the first year but seems to flounder now and it’s not even old.
Still I can wander round your virtual garden and look at your amazing Roses and flowers and believe that this year will be the year when they grow for me 🙂
Ah Linda, The post you were on was published several years ago when we lived in Aberdeen. Why we left such a place is down to my foolishness and not Myras. However we are now back in Scotland and have a lovely home, not a garden like we had in Aberdeen though. Make the most of your Roses, sounds like you do pretty well in such a Northerly situation. Are you just having a rest from your blogging activities?