Rosa 'Alibaba'PBR (ClHT)
rose 'Alibaba'
A repeat-flowering, climbing rose to 2.5m high with toothed and glossy, dark green foliage. Clusters of double, ruffled flowers in shades of apricot-pink with a strong, fruity fragrance are borne from summer into early autumn
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Size
Ultimate height
2.5–4 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
1.5–2.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Orange Pink | Green | ||
| Autumn | Orange Pink | Green | ||
| Winter |
Position
- Full sun
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered Hardiness
H6Botanical details
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Climbing
- Potentially harmful
- Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
- Genus
Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red or purple fruits in some varieties.
- Name status
Accepted
- Horticultural Group
- Climbing roses are vigorous shrubs with thorny stems and large, solitary or clustered, often fragrant, usually remontant flowers
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow on an arbour, arch, fence, obelisk, pergola or trellis, or as a barrier plant within a hedge, in full sun and in well-drained, moderately fertile, humus-rich soil; for more advice, see rose cultivation
Propagation
Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer or T-budding
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Cottage and informal garden
- Flower borders and beds
- Hedging and screens
- Wall side borders
- Cut flowers
Pruning
Pruning group 17 (climbing roses)
Pests
May be susceptible to brown scale, rose aphids, rose leafhopper, scale insects, caterpillars, rose leaf-rolling sawfly, large rose sawfly, rose slug sawfly or slugworm, scurfy rose scale, leaf-cutting bees, rabbits and deer
Diseases
May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust, replant disease, rose dieback, and rose powdery mildews. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling and sometimes honey fungus
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