A vigorous bloomer, with a long flowering season, the magnificent two-toned ‘Handel’ climbing rose from Whartons Roses, produces masses of striking, subtly scented roses. One of the few climbers to have blooms in a mix of colours, the creamy white petals are edged with vibrant pink to create stunning garden displays.
Emerging from pink buds, the vibrancy of the flowers intensifies as the blooms mature. In addition to this, the flowers have a wonderful fragrance that is attractive to bees and other pollinators. The foliage has a wonderful glossy green appearance that is slightly tinged purple and highlights the beauty of the flowers. The healthy glossy appearance and wonderful hues of the foliage adds to the ornamental appeal of this rose, and adds subtle colour to garden displays before the flowers bloom.
A wonderful choice for growing across a range of garden structures, such as walls and fences, it also makes a magnificent flowering archway where you can enjoy the scent as well as the blooms as you walk through. The elegant blooms can also be used as a delightful cut flower to enjoy around the home.
The classic beauty of this rose makes it a wonderful choice for informal garden spaces such as cottage gardens, while its compact shape and growth, makes it a great option for enhancing smaller city and courtyard gardens.
This low-maintenance and reliable climbing rose is easy to grow, but to get the best blooms plant it with some soil improver or well-rotted manure, and add a sprinkling of Mycorrhizal Fungi to encourage strong root growth. Position your rose in a sunny spot, in moist but well-drained soil. You will then enjoy many years of magnificent floral displays.
Details
- Size: 4-Litre Pot
- Flower colour: Bi-colour – creamy-white and pink
- Year of introduction: 1956
- Rose Type: Climber
- Fragrance: Slightly scented
- Foliage colour: Green, tinged purple
- Bloom type: Semi-double
- Sunlight: Full sun
- Aspect: East, South or West facing
- Soil moisture: Moist but well drained
- Soil pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Flowering period (Repeat flowering): June, July, August, September, October, November
- Features: Perfect for growing along garden structures, excellent as a cut flower, subtly scented
- Plant height (3 years): up to 3.6m
- Plant width (3 years): up to 2.4m
- Measurements are approximate