Group/Class:  English Rose

Description:

A stunning climbing rose presenting full, large yellow and orange blooms that are spectacular to behold; can be trained on trellises or over walls for dramatic effect; excellent for border walls and walkways

Ornamental Features

Pinata Climbing Rose features showy lightly-scented orange flowers with lemon yellow streaks along the branches from late spring to late fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. The fruits are showy red hips displayed from early to late fall.

Landscape Attributes

Pinata Climbing Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance woody vine that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Spiny

Pinata Climbing Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Pinata Climbing Rose will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. As a climbing rose, it can be leggy near the base and may be concealed by underplanting with lower-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence, trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it, or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This woody vine should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.