American Pillar

This rose's location in the garden is NE 9, NE 10, NE 011, SE 10,
SE 010, SE 013, SW 5, SW 06, NW 5, NW 06.
  • Classification:   Hybrid Wichurana (also known as a rambler), (grown as climber)
  • Flower Color:  pink blend
  • Flower Size:  2 inches
  • Flower Form:  single
  • Petal Count: 5 petals 
  • Fragrance:  none
  • Repeat Bloomer:  once blooming in spring
  • Foliage:  glossy, dark green, leathery foliage
  • Plant Height: up to 23 feet
  • Plant Width:  up to 10 feet
  • Growth Habit:  climbing
  • Disease Resistant:  susceptible to mildew
  • Hybridizer:  Dr. Walter Van Fleet
  • Registered:  1902
  • Parentage: ‘Rosa Wichuraiana’ × ‘Rosa Setigera’
  • ARS* Rating:  7.9 (a solid to very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • None
 
Notes:
  • In 1804, Napoleon’s Empress Josephine created a rose garden at Chateau de Malmaison which consisted of more than 200 varieties.  It was a compendium of every rose then known in the Western world.  After her death in 1814 the garden fell into ruins.  Attempts to restore the garden have met difficulties abating the original roses.  Today, instead of Empire-period gallicas, teas and other antique roses, modern hybrids like Queen Elizabeth and American Pillar greet visitors at the garden entrance. --- Brenner & Scanniello, (A Rose by Any Name, page 97).