Plant Database
The Pilgrim Climbing Rose
Climber ‘The Pilgrim’
The Pilgrim Climbing Rose is an exquisite English climbing rose, revered for its perfectly formed, soft yellow blooms and delightful fragrance. Its flowers are a luminous light yellow, often paler at the edges, forming neat, shallowly cupped rosettes packed with numerous petals. They emit a strong, classic English rose fragrance—a captivating blend of tea and myrrh. A healthy and reliable repeat bloomer with a more upright, shrubby habit than some ramblers, it is perfectly suited for training on pillars, obelisks, or against walls where its charming flowers and scent can be enjoyed up close.
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Perfectly Formed Yellow Rosettes: Produces medium-sized, very double, rosette-shaped flowers in a soft, luminous butter-yellow.
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Strong, Classic English Fragrance: The blooms carry a rich and appealing fragrance with notes of tea rose and myrrh.
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Excellent Repeat Flowering: Blooms reliably in flushes from late spring through fall, providing a long season of color and scent.
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Upright, Shrubby Climbing Habit: Grows with a more bushy, upright habit (to 10 ft.), making it ideal for narrower spaces, pillars, or as a large, graceful shrub.
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Good Disease Resistance & Shade Tolerance: Exhibits very good resistance to common diseases and can perform respectably in partial shade, though blooms best in sun.