Rosa moschata Trier - Climbing Rose

The 'Trier' Rose is a cultivar dating back to 1904, originally the source of many hybrids known as musk roses or 'Pemberton hybrids'. This small climber has given rise to excellent varieties such as Cornelia or Felicia, born in the early 19th century or, more recently, Ballerina. With its highly recurrent and stunning flowering in autumn, this vigorous rose offers delightful bouquets of tiny, almost single flowers, cream-white with a yellow centre and a lovely musky fragrance. They adorn a bush with a flexible and natural habit, endowed with healthy dark green foliage. This climbing rose is easy to grow in all our regions. It is also beautiful in a large shrub bed or a flowering hedge.

The 'Trier' Rose, introduced to the market in 1904 by the German rose breeder Lambert, is likely a mutation that occurred through self-pollination of the 'Aglaia' cultivar. The latter is a hybrid of R.multiflora, with the Noisette rose 'Rêve d'Or' as its parent. The 'Trier' rose has a broad and bushy habit when allowed to grow freely, reaching an average of 1.60m (5ft) in all directions under these conditions. Its curved habit will enable it to be trained on a small support such as a pillar or horizontally stretched cords. In this case, it will climb to 2.50m (8ft) in height. The flexible stems of this sarmentous rose are thorny and bear deciduous foliage, small, slender, and divided into small dark green leaflets. Its flowering is long and continuous, particularly abundant in June-July and October-November. Grouped in large, light panicles, the buds display a soft pink colour. They open into almost single, bicoloured flowers, 3cm (1in) wide. They consist of 6-8 regular, cream-white petals arranged in an open cup, revealing a golden yellow stamen heart. Left to its own devices, it forms lovely orange fruits (rose hips). This rose's disease resistance is excellent, as is its ability to withstand severe frosts of -20 °C (- 4°F).

The 'Trier' rose, robust and vigorous, adapts to all soils that are not too dry and all climates, allowing it to be grown without reservation from north to south of our country, even at medium altitudes. It integrates perfectly into a landscape hedge, enhancing the foliage of dogwoods and viburnums. Due to its very natural habit, it can be trained as a shrub and combined with all kinds of flowering or foliage shrubs. Its flowering will lighten that of other double-flowered roses, such as the English rose 'Spirit of Freedom', or old varieties like centifolia, Variegata di Bologna, and many others. Large-flowered clematis (Lucky Charm, Sucess Bleu de Loire, Star of India) particularly complement its simple little roses.

If you have enough space, English, Old, or Shrub Roses are magnificent planted in groups of three plants. They will grow together to form 'one' opulent shrub that will flower even more generously.