PlantFiles Pictures: Climbing Rose 'Pele', 0 by SabraKhan

SabraKhan wrote:
'Pele' is my absolute favorite climbing rose! This thing grows more like a tree than a bush. The basal shoots become very thick after a few years. I was not pestered with blackspot or aphids, which attacked my other roses. The only pest that bothered it was the annual attack of the Japanese Beetles, which happens here every summer and no rose goes unscathed. Thank goodness they're only around for a couple of weeks!
I did not grow "Pele" as a climber on a trellis because I didn't have the room. I "pegged down" the long shoots horizontally instead of vertically and this resulted in producing very many side shoots to bloom as single long stem flowers.
You can, of course, grow 'Pele' normally as a climber vertically (if you have the room) and it will perform just as well, I'm sure.
The flowers are perfectly shaped, beautifully colored, extremely numerous, moderately fragrant and the foliage is healthy and disease resistant.
The only problem is to find 'Pele'. The one place I used to order it from is no longer around and I don't see it offered very much, at least in the U.S., even online. I think Hortico Roses in Canada carries it occasionally, though.
Good luck!