Rosa Dublin Bay – Climbing Rose

A deservedly popular rose bred in New Zealand by McGredy’s of Portadown, Rosa Dublin Bay is a compact, reliable, repeat-flowering, climbing floribunda rose, ideal for training up a pillar or a modestly-sized wall. The large, divided leaves are healthy and a good, glossy green. The shapely, medium-sized, fully double, rich red flowers are borne in clusters, and repeat, but like those of many floribundas they have little fragrance. Ideal as a climber for the smaller garden, climbing rose Dublin Bay can also be grown untrained, but with some support, as a shrub rose in larger gardens. Healthy, and tolerant of poorer soils, it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Site: Tolerates exposure
Soil: Any well-drained soil, preferably moist and humus-rich
Position: Full sun
Season of interest: Mid-summer to autumn
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height: 8’ (2.5m) Spread: 5’ (1.5m)