Data specific to Roses (Edit)
| Bloom size: |
Small: under 2"
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| Bloom shape: |
Cupped
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| Petal count: |
semi-double: 8-15 petals
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| Rose bloom color: |
Mauve and mauve blend
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| Extra Bloom Info: |
In clusters |
| Rebloom: |
None
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| Class: |
Hybrid multiflora
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| Extra Color Info: |
Violet with white streaks |
| Growth Habit: |
Climbing, vigorous, semi-rigid, typically 10-20 feet |
| Fragrance: |
Mild
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| Misc: |
Thornless or almost thornless
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| Hybridizer & year: |
Johann Christoph Schmidt, 1909 |
| Optimal growing zones: |
USDA zone 4 and warmer |
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| 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)
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| Plant Height: |
10-20 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
5-6 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
Lavender
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
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| Awards and Recognitions: |
RHS AGM
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| Parentage: |
Seedling of: Crimson Rambler |
| Child plants: |
2 child plants |
- 'Veilchenblau'
- 'Bleu Violet'
- 'Blue Rambler'
- 'Blue Rosalie'
- 'Violet Blue'
- Rambling Rose
- Hybrid Multiflora Rose
- Rose
Posted by
zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 15, 2019 1:52 AM concerning plant:
This rose is one of the stars of my garden in May and June. It can climb as high as 20 feet, and its canes stay pliable for a long time, so it can be wound around pillars or trained on tellises and arbors quite easily -- extremely easily, in fact, because it is not a thorny rose. The large clusters of small cupped blooms start out a bluish-purple and gradually fade to lavender and silver. It is a once-bloomer, but many once-bloomers occasionally rebloom in my zone if they are pruned soon after the blooming stage has been completed. Veilchenblau has a second bloom cycle about once every three years in my garden. The rebloom is sparse but nevertheless quite welcome.
Posted by
AndreA33 (Bordeaux, France - Zone 8a) on Feb 11, 2016 9:17 AM concerning plant:
A very easy one to propagate! Cuttings take at 100%
Posted by
Avedon (NE Tex - Zone 8a) on Sep 6, 2012 6:13 PM concerning plant:
Gorgeous rose in full bloom with sweet fragrance. This one just knocks me out when I see it!!
Posted by
Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 16, 2011 2:39 PM concerning plant:
I wanted Veilchenblau to climb up my old dwarf cherry tree, but it only got about 7 feet tall and never any taller. Last year's canes always have heavy die off during winters, so instead of growing tall, it has to put out new ones from nearer the base and just can't get much height. Still, it is glorious in bloom each spring. A most unusual, small-flowered, purple bloom. Once-flowering in the spring only. The only once-flowering rose in my garden.
Posted by
MaryinLa (Marshfield, Missouri - Zone 6a) on May 3, 2012 8:13 PM concerning plant:
Grows and blooms well in zone 6a, Marshfield, Missouri. Aggressive grower.
Posted by
Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 11:06 PM concerning plant:
Noted by
Antique Rose Emporium:
"Often called The Blue Rose, this vigorous, nearly thornless rambler has small crimson or purple blossoms that fade to a grey-blue color. Although literature indicates a tendency to rebloom, we have not witnessed this occurrence. Seen up close, there are streaks of white in each flower and the gold stamens are brightly displayed. Fragrance is excellent."
Plant Events from our members
| AndreA33 |
On May 27, 2017 |
Bloomed |
| AndreA33 |
On May 29, 2016 |
Bloomed |
| Cobs |
On March 21, 2022 |
Miscellaneous Event
Given cutting mid 1990's by O'tara Birch Gardens, Rongotea - planted a bottom end of pond. |
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