Altissimo®

This rose's location in the garden is SW 8, NW 9.

• Classification:  Climber (large-flowered)
• Flower Color:  medium red
• Flower Size: 5 inches
• Flower Form:  single row of petals, solitary or in small clusters
• Petal Count: 4-8
• Fragrance:  mild, clove
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  dark green
• Plant Height:  7-15 feet
• Plant Width: 8 feet
• Growth Habit:  tall, vigorous
• Disease Resistant:  yes
• Hybridizer:  G. Delbard (France)
• Registered:  1966
• Parentage:  “Tenor” x seedling
• ARS* Rating:  8.4 (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• 1993 Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society Show (Great Britain)

 
Notes:

• This rose can also be grown as a large, bushy shrub.  It is more tolerant of shade than most roses.  It is a consistent winner in the climbing rose class of rose shows.  Synonyms include ‘Alta’, ‘Climbing Altissimo’, and ‘Sublimely Single’.

 

• “Delbard Nursery was founded by and named after George Delbard, who was breeding fruit trees more than seventy years ago, at his family farm in the area of Malicorne, Allier in central France. Later on, he added roses, dahlias, and other flowers to his breeding work. This business is continued and expanded by his grandson Arnaud Delbard, who is working close with the Institut national de la recherche agronomique which is a French governmental organization, as well as with other international collaboration for global selective breeding. --- (Wikipedia, “Delbard”), retrieved March 2021.