Overview

Introduce timeless beauty and intoxicating fragrance to your garden with the Don Juan climbing rose. This robust and well-rooted live plant is renowned for its velvety, dark red blossoms and strong, sweet perfume, making it a favorite among rose enthusiasts. As a climbing variety, it’s perfect for adorning trellises, arbors, fences, or walls, creating a stunning vertical display. Shipped as a bare root plant, it is ready for immediate planting upon arrival, ensuring a healthy start for your new rose bush. The Don Juan climbing rose is known for its vigorous growth and long blooming period, providing continuous color and scent throughout the growing season.

The ‘Don Juan’ cultivar is celebrated for its classic hybrid tea-like flower form, offering large, exquisitely shaped blooms that are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors. This resilient plant thrives outdoors, transforming any space into a romantic haven. Its ability to produce abundant, fragrant flowers repeatedly makes it an excellent choice for gardeners seeking both visual appeal and a delightful sensory experience. Plant this climbing rose live plant and watch your garden come alive with vibrant color and a captivating aroma.

Key Benefits

The Don Juan climbing rose offers numerous advantages that enhance any garden setting, combining aesthetic appeal with ease of growth.

• Stunning Visual Impact: Produces large, deep red, velvety blooms that create a dramatic focal point in any garden. The rich color adds a touch of classic elegance to your outdoor spaces.
• Intoxicating Fragrance: Known for its strong, sweet, and classic rose fragrance, providing a delightful sensory experience that can perfume an entire area of your garden.
• Vigorous Climber: An excellent choice for vertical gardening, ideal for training on trellises, pergolas, fences, or walls, maximizing space and adding height to your landscape design.
• Long Blooming Period: This variety is a long bloomer, meaning it produces flowers repeatedly from spring through fall, ensuring continuous color and fragrance for an extended season.
• Well-Rooted & Ready to Plant: Shipped as a bare root plant, it arrives well-rooted and prepared for planting, allowing for a smooth transition into your garden with minimal fuss.
• Versatile Outdoor Plant: Thrives in various outdoor settings, from formal rose gardens to cottage-style landscapes, making it a versatile addition for many garden themes.
• Low Maintenance for its Beauty: Despite its luxurious appearance, the Don Juan climbing rose is relatively easy to care for once established, requiring standard rose care practices.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

To ensure your Don Juan climbing rose thrives and produces abundant blooms, proper care is essential. This rose prefers a location with full sun exposure, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Adequate sunlight is crucial for vigorous growth and prolific flowering. While it can tolerate some partial shade, too little sun will result in fewer, less vibrant blooms and weaker growth. Ensure good air circulation around the plant to prevent fungal diseases, which is particularly important for a dense climber.

Watering should be consistent, especially during dry periods and its first growing season. The soil should be kept moderately moist but never waterlogged. Deep watering at the base of the plant is more effective than frequent shallow watering, encouraging deeper root growth. Sandy soil is ideal for this rose, as it provides excellent drainage, preventing root rot. Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter to improve drainage and aeration. A slightly acidic to neutral soil pH (6.0-7.0) is preferred for optimal nutrient uptake.

Fertilize your fragrant rose plant regularly during the growing season with a balanced rose fertilizer, following the product’s instructions. Begin fertilizing in early spring as new growth emerges and continue monthly until late summer. Pruning is vital for maintaining shape, encouraging new growth, and maximizing blooms. In late winter or early spring, remove any dead, damaged, or weak canes. Train new canes horizontally to encourage more flowering laterals. Protect your rose in colder climates by mulching heavily around the base in late fall. This outdoor rose plant is generally hardy in USDA zones 5-9.

Size & Details

This offering includes one Don Juan climbing rose live plant, shipped as a bare root specimen. Upon arrival, the plant will measure approximately 5 to 9 inches tall, without leaves, and ready for immediate planting. Bare root plants are an economical and effective way to establish new roses, as they put their energy directly into root development and new top growth once planted. The mature size of a red climbing rose can reach impressive heights of 10-14 feet with a spread of 6-8 feet, depending on growing conditions and pruning. Expect a moderate growth rate, with significant development in its second season.

The plant dimensions while dormant and packaged are typically around 6 x 8 x 8 inches. This robust climber will establish quickly when planted in appropriate conditions, providing a striking vertical accent to your garden. Its strong, sturdy canes are perfect for training. With proper care, your Don Juan climbing rose will bloom beautifully from late spring through fall, offering a continuous display of fragrant, deep red flowers. This single plant is designed to grow into a substantial and visually impactful rose bush.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Don Juan climbing rose get? A: This climbing rose can reach a mature height of 10-14 feet with a spread of 6-8 feet, making it suitable for large trellises or walls. Its size depends on growing conditions and how it’s pruned.
• Q: What condition will the climbing rose live plant arrive in? A: The plant will arrive as a well-rooted, bare root specimen, approximately 5-9 inches tall, without leaves. This is a common and healthy way to ship dormant roses for optimal establishment.
• Q: How much sunlight does this fragrant rose plant need? A: This rose requires full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day, to produce the most abundant and vibrant blooms. It thrives in bright, sunny locations.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Don Juan climbing rose is specifically an outdoor rose plant, designed to thrive in garden settings, on trellises, or against walls. It is not suitable for long-term indoor cultivation.
• Q: What type of soil is best for this red climbing rose? A: It prefers sandy soil with excellent drainage. If your soil is heavy clay, it’s recommended to amend it with organic matter to improve drainage and aeration.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this bare root rose? A: Bare root roses are typically best planted in early spring, after the danger of hard frost has passed, or in late fall before the ground freezes. This allows the roots to establish before extreme weather.
• Q: How often should I water my Don Juan climbing rose? A: Water regularly, especially during dry spells and its first year. Keep the soil moderately moist but ensure it drains well. Deep watering encourages a strong root system.
• Q: Is this rose disease resistant? A: While ‘Don Juan’ is generally robust, like all roses, it can be susceptible to common rose diseases like black spot or powdery mildew under certain conditions. Good air circulation and proper care help prevent these issues.
• Q: How long until this climbing rose blooms? A: You can expect your outdoor rose plant to produce its first blooms in the late spring or early summer of its first or second year, depending on planting time and growing conditions.
• Q: What USDA hardiness zones is this rose suitable for? A: The Don Juan climbing rose is hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9, meaning it can tolerate winter temperatures down to -20°F (-29°C) with proper winter protection in colder zones.