Miniature Climbing Rose 'Red Cascade'

Thank you. I have had this miniature rose that I bought years ago as a noname, 4 inch rose. It grows wild in my yard and flowers are pr...Read Moreolific. It requires no fungicides. Beetles will eat the leaves and petals but it is very tolerant. The rose is a rambler and it does grow 15-20 ft canes and will take over if not pruned. It will root where it lands.

Despite the small size of the individual flowers (1"), this makes a good show in the landscape through the sheer number of flowers it put...Read Mores out. Blooms on old growth, so it should be pruned as minimally as possible, and only to shape. Quick repeat cycle.

This can reach 15' if trained as a climber. The canes are plentiful and pliable, and simply demand to be draped or swagged or garlanded or spiraled about a pillar or otherwise put to use. They cascade beautifully, as the name indicates.

Very blackspot resistant. Can be grown without fungicide even on the east coast of North America.

This is sometimes recommended as a groundcover. But the spines make the inevitable weeding hazardous.

The cultivar name is 'MOORcap'. "Red Cascade" is the exhibition name.

I'll start with, "this rose is bulletproof". I live in SW Ga. Where 100% humidity without rain, Is not uncommon. Blackspots kill more ros...Read Morees than anything. But not this miniature. I got cuttings from a neighbor of mine, who was trimming his with a weed-eater. (not an avid gardener)LOL! I rooted softwood cuttings,
And used it as a ground cover in a 12' round rose bed. They shortly started to outgrow that bed. I had 5 of them. I then moved them under my long needle pine trees, plants were about 40 - 48" wide. After a couple of years, and some 10 - 10 - 10. They would shoot off 6 - 8' runners. After I buy my new house, I going back for more cuttings.

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I bought this rose up in Wichita Falls, TX because the nursery had a specimen that covered the front fence of their store...maybe seven f...Read Moreeet by five feet of solid green with a million tiny roses on it. Brought it to San Antonio and planted it in our dry sandy soil. Not nearly so spectacular, but I suspect it's been my care of it, not the plant. I've rooted cuttings of it to take with me when we move soon, and the potted one is doing MUCH better than the one in the ground! Looking forward to seeing what it will do in black loam instead of tan sand.

Edited Oct. 5, 2013-The little rose loves its new home! So easy to root, no pests, no diseases, doesn't care how it's watered--spray, soaker, whatever. So far I have three rooted cuttings taken from the main plant this summer...and all three are taking off like crazy.