Climbing Mademoiselle Cécile Brünner is a vigorous climbing polyantha rose that transforms garden structures into fragrant, flower-laden features from May through frost. This deciduous climber grows 8 to 20 feet tall and spreads 3 to 6 feet wide, thriving in hardiness zones 4 through 8 where it delivers abundant, showy blooms ideal for cutting and drying. The flowers are notably fragrant and attract butterflies, rewarding gardeners with both beauty and pollinator activity season after season.
Partial Sun
Moderate
4-8
240in H x 72in W
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High
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Small, delicate blooms cluster generously along vigorous canes, creating a romantic tapestry of color that persists from late spring until the first hard freeze. This climbing form of the beloved Mademoiselle Cécile Brünner rises to substantial heights, making it far more architectural than its shrub cousins, yet it retains the refined fragrance and elegant flower form that made the original variety legendary among rose collectors. Unlike many climbing roses that flower just once, this persistent bloomer cycles through multiple flushes, rewarding regular deadheading with continuous color.
This climbing rose excels as a living architecture piece, trained against walls, fences, pillars, and sturdy trellises where its canes create dense floral coverage. The fragrant flowers are exceptional for cutting and arranging, and their ability to dry well makes them valuable for dried flower arrangements and long-lasting bouquets. Gardeners also cultivate it as a specimen climber to add vertical dimension to landscape beds and create focal points in garden design.
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Climbing roses typically need support by securing their canes to pillars, fences, or walls. Prune to remove dead or diseased wood and to guide canes along their support structure, encouraging horizontal training which promotes lateral flowering shoots. Remove spent flowers to sustain blooming throughout the season.
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