Laura Ford Patio-Climber Rose Bushes

Laura Ford Patio-Climber Rose Bushes

'Laura Ford Patio-Climber' large, double flowers are lemon yellow with a variable pink tinge on the rims, fading to sorbet at the tips with age, and have a mild, fruit scent. Dark, glossy leaves. Compact "patio climber", upright and tidy to 2-3m.

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Features

• Patio Climber
• Colour: Lemon yellow
• Flower Shape: Double
• Fragrance: Mild, fruity
• Flower Period: Repeating June-September
• Leaves: Mid-green, glossy.
• Height x Spread: 3m x 2.5m.
• RHS Award of Garden Merit

Growing Laura Ford Roses

Good, well drained soil, a little sun, and something sturdy to grow it up is all you need. Roses thrive on clay as long as it's not too waterlogged in winter.

This variety is shade-tolerant, although full shade on a North-facing wall is probably too much.

History & Trivia

Bred by Christopher H. Warner and released in the late 80's, registration name CHEwarvel. It has also been sold as King Tut and Normandie. It won an Award of Garden Merit and a Certificate of Merit from the Royal National Rose Society, and a prize for best miniature rose at the 1999 Vancouver Rose Society Show.

The seed parent was Anna Ford (a miniature Harkness rose), and the pollen parent was derived from Elizabeth of Glamis crossed with a hybrid of Galway Bay and Sutter's Gold.