Rambling Rose 'Ramblin' Red'

I have three of these. They grow along a rail fence that I never bothered to train them along. I grow them as a large sprawling hedge at ...Read Morewest side of a garden. In June covered in blooms. This guy has zero winter die back in my zone 5 garden. It gets no extra protection and laughs at winter. It thrives in sandy loam soil with no extra fertilization. I don't spray for disease or insects in my yard but this guy has never needed it anyways. Just a carefree rose. Canes are long and sprawling, being a climber, this is not a compact plant. Only maintenance needed it to prune out oldest canes every couple years.

Definitely, one of the best roses I grow here in cold zone 3 Canada. 'Ramblin Red' is not hardy above the snowline in my climate, though ...Read MoreI lay the canes down to the ground for winter and shovel snow over them. It has grown more like a large spreading shrub constantly in bloom during the growing season and also being very healthy ... really a very good quality rose!

I have had this plant through two winters, and any cane loss was due primarily to rabbit damage. The plant recovered well, and looked gre...Read Moreat despite a location that could be just a couple of hours sunnier. No disease problems worth mentioning.

The Rambling Red Climber was my first rose, and I waited six months before I was able to pick it up. I placed it in a place of honor in m...Read Morey front garden where she would have full sun all year and be able to show her gorgeous blooms. At first, she took off and did well and repeatedly bloomed. However, the honeymoom was short lived and by mid-summer I noticed that there was nothing I could do to keep her from the black-spot and a bit of rust. I used fungicide and all the recommended treatments, but nothing really seems to help. She still blooms like nothing is wrong- the sweetheart- but her leaves look ugly :( It upsets me b-c everyone talks about how disease resistant she is, but I have since purchased a New Dawn and a Cecile Brunner (who were both a little weak when I saved them from the horrible nursery I found them at- on discount) and these troopers have not only doubled in size, but have bloomed and are truly much more disease resistant than the Rambling Red... not to mention that their roses are the more traditional shape that I prefer. If my Rambling Reds don't look better in the spring, I may give them away and put in a Don Juan.