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The Pilgrim Climbing Rose

5 Gallon
$149.90
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The Pilgrim Climbing Rose

Climber 'The Pilgrim‘

A fragrant, healthy English climber with perfect soft yellow rosettes.

$149.90
Container sizeSize guide 5 Gallon

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Description

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.

  • Perfectly Formed Yellow Rosettes: Produces medium-sized, very double, rosette-shaped flowers in a soft, luminous butter-yellow.

  • Strong, Classic English Fragrance: The blooms carry a rich and appealing fragrance with notes of tea rose and myrrh.

  • Excellent Repeat Flowering: Blooms reliably in flushes from late spring through fall, providing a long season of color and scent.

  • 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.

  • Good Disease Resistance & Shade Tolerance: Exhibits very good resistance to common diseases and can perform respectably in partial shade, though blooms best in sun.

Quick Facts

  • Features:Oval, glossy green leaves with fine serrations. Produces clusters of medium-sized, cup-shaped creamy white flowers with warm apricot undertones.
  • Mature Height: 12 ft (climbing)
  • Mature Width: 6 ft
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Light Needs: Full sun to partial shade
  • Key Advantages:Strong myrrh fragrance,Repeat flowering,Excellent disease resistance,Tolerates some shade
  • Landscape Uses:Archway covers,Trellis displays,Cottage gardens,Wall plantings
  • Special Care:Prune in late winter,Provide sturdy support,Water deeply weekly,Fertilize in spring and midsummer
  • Seasonal Interest:Flowers: Spring through fall,Foliage: Deciduous

Faqs

Q: Can it be grown as a shrub?
A: Yes, absolutely. 'The Pilgrim' is an excellent shrub rose. When sold as a climber, it is often a specially selected, more vigorous sport or is simply trained onto a support. Its natural growth is bushy and arching, making it versatile for either use.

Q: How does it compare to 'Graham Thomas'?
A: Both are superb yellow English roses. 'The Pilgrim' tends to have a slightly paler, softer yellow color, a more perfectly rosette-shaped bloom, and a more upright, less sprawling habit. 'Graham Thomas' is often a richer, egg-yolk yellow with a slightly more cupped form and can be more vigorous as a climber.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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