What Are Rambler Roses?
A rambler rose is like an ill-mannered guest who doesn’t respect boundaries, but is so charming in other ways that he’s always welcome to the party. Ramblers are the roses that creep across a castle’s façade, lending vibrant splashes of color to drab stone. They can sprawl upward across a house’s walls, tower through a tree’s branches, and banish the ugliness of a drab building with beautiful and profuse flowers. Rambler roses are adored by gardeners precisely for their habit of rambling, as their name implies, and can grow to 20 feet (6.1 meters) and often more. Rambler roses are related to climbing roses and, in fact, are the ancestors of today’s climbing roses. But there are important distinctions between them. While climbers may have several periods of bloom in a single season, known as repeat bloom, rambler roses usually will bloom just once. But that single outstanding show each year is enough to make them a favorite flower among gardeners who have the space to grow them. Also, w
