Thursday, April 11, 2024

Checkmate

Checkmate, Colin Dickson 2012

Modern Climber 

Parentage unknown 

A rising star in the climbers category but she's also suitable as a large shrub. 

Large, semi double, peach/apricot/light pink flowers slowly fading into Cream. The golden stamen are prominent and add to her beauty. These flowers stand in rather big clusters and appear all summer and autumn long. Mild wild rose fragrance.
It's a stiff growing rose so she's not suitable for pergola's or arches but ideal for pillars. A bit like Scent from heaven from Warner. She can reach 3 meters or 9 feet but if you prune her a bit harder she's also very beautiful as a large shrub.

Extremely healthy and impenetrable to disease this Checkmate is a true rose of the next generation. Zone 5b to 9b. Rain, heat and shade tolerant. The blooms also attract lots of bees so it's also an eco rose.

One of the best examples of semi double climbers! 

Recommended rose 

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