Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Large-flowered climber
Extra Color Info: Red-orange-yellow blend
Growth Habit: Typically 8-12 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Armstrong & Swim, 1964
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 8-12 feet
Plant Spread: 4-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Orange, yellow, red, pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Buccaneer x Circus

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Date: 2019-06-08
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-05-17
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2016-02-28
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-09-03
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-10-26
Photo by dirtdorphins
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2021-04-29
First bloom since I acquired this beautiful climbing rose.
Photo by luvsgrtdanes
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-06-14
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: May 30, 2015
The color variations, from red, to pink, to yellow, to orange, ar
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-08-16
By KYgal
Photo by evermorelawnless
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-06-14
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Dallas, GA
Date: 2016-04-12
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Photo by JulieB
Location: Maine
Photo by Fulene
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-04-24
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2017-05-25
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-04-30
Location: West Covina, CA
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: NC Zone 7b, my garden
Date: 2012-04-23
Photo by GoatDriver
Location: Alabama Gulf Coast (z8b)
Date: April

Date: 9/13/2010
Was supposed to be a climber.. has stayed within 1-2ft in size.
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: Sept 2010
This was a $2.50 bodybag from BigLots.  Finally kinda took off th
Location: my garden
Date: 2016-04-18
Location: our garden, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-27
superb color variations!
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by GardenGoober
Photo by Fulene
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-04-30

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Photo by JulieB
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-03-20
In the Historic Tree Grove at MOSI
Location: West Covina, CA
Location: West Covina, CA

Date: 2012-04-20
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-04-27
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-04-21
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-04-21
Photo by Mike
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2014-06-06
Photo by JulieB
Location: In my garden
Date: Sept.
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2007-06-07
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-04-09
Location: West Covina, CA

Date: 2012-04-23
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 2010-09-22
You can see how they fade to red.
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-01-30
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-02-03
Photo by BlissfulGarden
Photo by ElyceC
Location: West Covina, CA
Location: West Covina, CA
Location: West Covina, CA
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Seguin
Date: 2016-05-01 
This was the last rose my dear grandfather bought before he passe
Location: West Covina, CA
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