8 climbing roses with white flowers

The rose 'Madame Alfred Carrière', an exceptional rose

It is no coincidence that the rose ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’ is named after the editor-in-chief of the famous Horticultural Review. Repeat flowering, floriferous, and vigorous, it produces a multitude of large double flowers in cream-white, with hints of pink and a rosy heart. It grows up to 3.5 metres tall and covers a wall or arch with its flexible, lightly thorny stems and dark green, glossy foliage. The stems are initially red before turning green. Beginning with the appearance of pointed pink buds and continuing with roses featuring numerous crumpled petals, the flowering lasts from May-June until the first frosts. The roses have a diameter of 10 cm and are grouped in corymbs of 5 to 7 flowers. Fragrant, they exude fruity scents. This hybrid of Noisette rose is a French creation dating back to 1879. The rose ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’ adapts well to poor soils and shaded exposures, as well as to cold. It has received numerous awards and belongs to the “Old Rose Hall of Fame”, a selection of 10 historic old roses made by the World Federation of Rose Societies.

Rose ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’

The rose 'Guirlande d'amour', cascades of roses

The climbing rose ‘Guirlande d’amour’ offers a myriad of bouquets of white roses with yellow centres, emitting a light musky fragrance. This climbing rose is repeat flowering and blooms in June-July and then again from September to November. The roses are small but literally cover the bush from bottom to top, climbing up to 3.50 metres in height. The ‘Guirlande d’amour’ rose is very resilient and has received the ADR label, ensuring its good health and exceptional qualities. After flowering, it is adorned with small red fruits known as hips, which are appreciated by birds. It adds a natural and romantic touch to your garden when trained over an arch or pergola.

Rose ‘Guirlande d’Amour’

The rose 'Aimée Vibert', a subtle musk fragrance

The rambling rose ‘Aimée Vibert’ stands out with its stunning bouquets of round, double, pompon-shaped flowers in pure white. It offers a generous first flowering in June-July, followed by a more reserved second bloom in autumn. The flowers emit a light musk fragrance. Its long, flexible, and lightly thorny stems reach a height of 4 metres. With its medium green foliage and magenta-pink buds opening into white roses, it enhances garden hedges with its both natural and elegant habit. This horticultural hybrid is derived from a Noisette rose and was created in 1828. Low-maintenance, it adapts to even sandy soils and is easy to grow. Trained on an arch or pergola, it adds a romantic touch to your garden. Pair it with a clematis to add a splash of colour.

Rambling rose ‘Aimée Vibert’

The rose 'White New Dawn', a scent of old roses

The climbing rose ‘White New Dawn’ produces beautiful bouquets of snow-white roses from June to October. The flowers, measuring 8 cm in diameter, are adorned with around twenty to thirty petals. Initially crumpled in appearance, they later display a slight curve reminiscent of modern roses. They are also fragrant, emitting notes of old rose. The rose bush grows up to a height of 3 to 4 metres, is vigorous and low-maintenance. It thrives in all types of soil and even in shaded conditions. It elegantly adorns trellises and arbors and pairs wonderfully with its relative, the tender pink ‘New Dawn’ rose. To encourage continued flowering, remove faded blooms as they occur. This Scottish cultivar dates back to 1949.

Rose ‘White New Dawn’

The climbing rose 'Opalia', a superb flowering

With its pure white roses opening to a heart of yellow stamens, the climbing Décorosier rose ‘Opalia’ offers a superb and long flowering period, from May to October. It grows up to a height of 2.5 metres. Its semi-double flowers, measuring 6 cm, bloom against a medium green foliage, remaining unaffected by diseases. Very resilient, it has indeed received 8 gold medals and 6 ADR labels, attesting to its excellent growing qualities. A rose that is easy to grow in addition to being stunning!

Rose ‘Opalia’

The rose 'Fée des neiges', a dazzling whiteness

The climbing rose ‘Iceberg’ is a variant of the exceptional white rose ‘Iceberg’. It grows up to 4 metres high and is very floriferous like its parent. From June to October, it produces 5 cm flowers of brilliant pure white. Thanks to this colour reminiscent of fresh snow, it brightens up a wall, a gate, or a pergola for several months of the year, with its multitude of semi-double roses.

Rose ‘Iceberg’

Rose 'Alaska', a romantic rose

Climbing up to 2 metres in height, the ‘Alaska’ rose is adorned with numerous bouquets of large double flowers in a creamy white colour, slightly pink at the edges of the outer petals. It blooms from June to October on lush green foliage and is easy to grow. It can be trained as a bush or used to dress trellises, fences, and walls. Derived from floribunda roses, it was created by the German rose breeder Kordes. This small climbing rose is easy-going and adds a romantic touch to the garden. To play with colours, you can pair it with a blue Prince Charles clematis, or with a pink or mauve lilac.

‘Alaska’ rose

The rose 'Schneewalzer', with turbinate and fragrant roses

Reaching up to 2.5 metres, the climbing rose ‘Schneewalzer’ captivates with its long flowering period, lasting from May to October. Its flowers, in addition to being fragrant, display a cream-white colour brightened by a salmon-hued centre. With a diameter of 5 cm, they present a lovely turbinate shape. Vigorous, the climbing rose ‘Schneewalzer’ is perfect for adorning your arbors or walls with its sweetly scented blooms. Planted in sunlight, it adds much charm and light to the garden.

Rose ‘Schneewalzer’

For further reading

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