EVERBLOOMING CLIMBERS 
This subject almost brings one into the realm of wanting the moon as one must first 
realize that in its first blooming a rose uses everything it has and must start rebuilding 
after that. And considering that a bush rose cannot do any more than bloom constantly, 
so, how can a climbing rose take the large amount of food necessary for constant bloom 
»and then from magic source get the substance to throw up the huge climbing shoots. This 
takes a large amount of manufactured food which must (95 per cent) come from the 
leaves. Be reasonable, as some roses are able to make a little climbing growth slowly as 
well as bloom; but as to a large amount of bloom and then growth too—well, it just 
isn’t in the cards. Though as is fully covered in my book, when a rose or any plant gets 
old and senescence sets in it will greatly increase its bloom 
CLIMBING ROSES 
Climbing sports of bush varieties of roses usually are larger flowered and have better 
color than the bush roses from which they sported. In the descriptions below the prefix 
Cl. denotes that the rose in question is a sport of the bush of same name. 
Climbing sports do not start to climb until conditions suit them, sometimes never, if 
you do not keep them extremely wet all summer. Explanation of the vagaries of their 
performance will be found in ‘Hennessey on Roses.” 
Some of the Climbers that from a large plant will give a considerable scattering of 
bloom the whole summer through but most certainly one cannot get anything but slow 
growth along with this continued bloom. However, I will here state that NO PLANT 
will give as much for so little as a climbing rose if they are treated as a pillar, 
How? Simply get a piece of 114-inch pipe 8 feet long. Drive it in the ground 31/ feet. 
Then when your rose grows enough, screw on a piece 4 feet long of smaller pipe and 
so on as the plant grows older. You had better tie the canes tightly to the pipe in the win- 
ter in several places then the following summer you will have a pillar of glory. BUT— 
do not put cross-arms or other “gingerbread” on the pipe; just a plain, straight pipe. 
For further information see my book, Any variety of Climber will look marvelous if 
this is done properly. : 
Ask those who have seen my pillars in bloom. There is no special skill required 
to have marvelous pillars. I believe that I am offering the finest collection of climbing 
roses of any grower for this season. Many varieties will do well on the north side of 
the house or building such as the incomparable Climbing Ruth with its huge, light 
orange blooms produced almost steadily the whole summer from the old wood or the 
deep red orange Climbing Duchess of Athol with its finely-formed buds and blooms 
or Hamburg with its rich, velvety blackish scarlet semi-double blooms produced with 
such profusion. Naturally, these are from two or three year old plants. Then you will 
have many of any color you want for special conditions. 
Feu d’ Artifice, a semi-double, very fragrant flame-colored rose that holds its color 
though being everblooming is not a cucumber-like climber in speed. For the sheer 
breath-taking display of the properly pillared once-bloomers, Sanders White Rambler, 
Bloomfield Courage with its non-fading deep scarlet blooms. Violette for a novelty 
par excellence with its small deep violet blooms in clusters. For the cool northwest 
especially use Golden Dream with its huge deep yellow blooms—it fades in the hot east 
as does the healthiest of all yellow climbers. Then there is Golden King, a clear, 
canary yellow, or the Dr. Eckner with its talisman-colored blooms produced steadily 
and hardy, too. The best of the coppery-coral Climbers is Chas P. Kilham. Finally, the 
unbelievable Climbing Mme. Henri Guillot. Use lots of pillars and have a fairyland 
in your back yard—simple and productive. 
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