Rosa Bridge of Stars - Climbing Rose

Bridge of Stars™ climbing rose stands out with its semi-double flowers in a clear purplish violet, an unusual colour among roses. Their white centres reveal fine pale yellow stamens. Borne in clusters and lightly fragrant, they keep appearing throughout much of the summer and until the first frosts. Its upright, branched and particularly compact habit is perfect for flowering a small trellis, pillar or large container on the terrace.

This rose belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous climbing shrub, whose foliage falls in autumn and regrows in spring. It is a hybrid raised by Pheno Geno Roses, a breeding company based in the Netherlands and Serbia, presented in 2025 at the IPM Essen trade fair. It bears the varietal code 'Bozclim013n' and belongs to the Bridges of Love® collection, which brings together compact climbing roses. 'Bridge of Stars' produces upright, thorny stems which do not climb by themselves: they must be tied to a support. The plant reaches 1.10 to 1.30 m in height and has a spread of 80 to 90 cm, proportions similar to those of a tall shrub rose. Without support, it forms more of an upright bush. Training the stems at an angle encourages branching and the formation of flowering shoots. The leaves of this variety are fairly large and leathery. They are composed of toothed leaflets in a dull medium green. The ovoid buds open into flat-cupped flowers measuring 5 to 7 cm, with ten to twenty petals. The rather vivid violet corollas, tinged with magenta or purple depending on the light, become paler towards the centre until white and reveal cream-yellow stamens visited by pollinating insects. The flowers are borne in clusters of three to five. Their delicate fragrance has a fruity note. An abundant first flush of flowers appears in June. Further flowers are then produced until the frosts, provided the plant does not lack water. This rose is hardy down to -23 °C in well-drained soil. Its resistance to powdery mildew and black spot is moderate to good.

This small climbing rose fits easily on a narrow trellis, a low fence or an obelisk, or against the pillar of a pergola. It can also be trained as a shrub in a bed. It combines particularly well with the small blue clematis 'Blue Pirouette' or white clematis 'Huldine', Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue' or Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo', as well as the ground-cover hardy geranium Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart' which will flower around its base.