Blaze Climbing Rose is a long-season climbing deciduous shrub with glossy dark green foliage that can also be used as a groundcover. Lightly fragrant clusters of semi-double pink-scarlet flowers bloom through summer with another heavy bloom in early fall. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils. Type: Shrub Height: 12' - 14' Spread: 3’ - 4' Spacing: 4' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: Red Season of Interest: Summer, Fall MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall. Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Trellises, Walls, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Catmint, Lilac, Coneflower IMAGE: Anna reg, Rosa Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, (2) Rob Duval, Rose 'Blaze', CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Anna reg, Rosa Blaze shrub, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT * As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
