Incredibly hardy rose, John Davis has an exuberant display of gorgeous, perfectly pink blooms. They have a definite English Rose look, wh...Read Moreich compliments a cottage garden. I’ve had no die back whatsoever. They are absolutely enchanting on my front arbor, and I love them so much that I’ve bought more for my back garden. They are really lovely paired with a clematis, such as The President.
Many consider this the most beautiful rose of the Canadian Explorer series. It is certainly one of the hardiest repeat-flowering climbers...Read More, to Z2b. It is also one of the more blackspot-resistant.
3.5" luminous pink flowers with up to 40 petals cover the plant in its first flush. Reports on amount of repeat flowering vary.
Flexible canes, relatively few prickles/thorns.
Slow to establish, especially when propagated own-root. This rose can improve in performance over 5-10 years. Don't judge it in its first three years.
Purchased originally because the rose has my deceased brother's name it has been pure joy for 10 years. It has covered the east garage wa...Read Morell by 8 feet and has grown up and onto the roof, 12 feet above the ground. Often the buds appear prior to the leaves and continues blooming through frost providing a wall of pink frangrance. The hips provide food for the caradinals which appear after the first snow so it is a constant visual joy.
I can't praise this rose enough. Extremely cold tolerant, very floriferous, and best of all, it has the fragrance of a tea rose, not the...Read More less delicate fragrance of the rugosas. The just opening buds glow in their pinkness.
Gorgeous pink blossoms! Mine is doing well but has not grown as big as others have stated, I would like to get another one and plant it i...Read Moren a sunnier spot where it would not have to compete with a small Korean lilac. It has proven very hardy with no die back.
This Explorer rose is one of the hardiest I have in my garden. It doesn't have any die-back and is a prolific bloomer. It has a nice sh...Read Moreape and the roses are a lovely pink.
Out of all the roses that I have grown, John Davis outshines them all. It's at least ten feet tall and mildly fragrant. I have 3 of them ...Read Moreclimbing up the side of my house and when they are in full bloom, they literally stop traffic. There are hundreds of blossoms at the peak bloom time in June. It is a very healthy, hardy rose that thrives in my area (this is not the best area for rose growing). It comes back year after year bigger and better than before. I cut off as many of the spent blossoms that I can. This gives me a nice sporadic repeat bloom.
Incredibly hardy rose, John Davis has an exuberant display of gorgeous, perfectly pink blooms. They have a definite English Rose look, wh...Read More
Many consider this the most beautiful rose of the Canadian Explorer series. It is certainly one of the hardiest repeat-flowering climbers...Read More
Purchased originally because the rose has my deceased brother's name it has been pure joy for 10 years. It has covered the east garage wa...Read More
I can't praise this rose enough. Extremely cold tolerant, very floriferous, and best of all, it has the fragrance of a tea rose, not the...Read More
Gorgeous pink blossoms! Mine is doing well but has not grown as big as others have stated, I would like to get another one and plant it i...Read More
This Explorer rose is one of the hardiest I have in my garden. It doesn't have any die-back and is a prolific bloomer. It has a nice sh...Read More
Bred in Canada. One of the Explorer Series.
Parentage:
Seed: R. kordesii x Seedling
Pollen: Seedling
Out of all the roses that I have grown, John Davis outshines them all. It's at least ten feet tall and mildly fragrant. I have 3 of them ...Read More