Zephirine Drouhin Climbing Rose

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Description / Zephirine Drouhin Climbing Rose
Zephirine Drouhin Climbing Rose, a Bourbon Rose, has delighted gardeners for over 150 years with its exceptional fragrance, stunning cerise-carmine blooms, and vigorous climbing habit. Introduced in 1868, this enduring French Bourbon rose remains one of the most popular climbing roses, known for its reliable health, shade tolerance, and thornless canes. This classic rose delivers an abundance of color and scent from late spring to frost. Plant it where it can be trained over a trellis, arch gracefully along a fence, or enhance a semi-shaded garden corner.
From spring through fall, Zephirine Drouhin produces large, loosely double blooms, each measuring about 4 inches across. The deeply saturated pink petals unfurl from long, elegant buds, releasing a powerful raspberry-inspired fragrance that fills the garden and adds to the appeal of cut floral arrangements. Blooming heaviest in spring and fall, with a lighter flush in summer, this rose provides a season-long display of color and scent, perfect for romantic cottage gardens and elegant landscape designs.
Able to thrive in a variety of conditions, this vigorous climber reaches 15 to 20 feet in height and 4 to 6 feet in width. With its long, thornless canes you can perfect the art of training it over trellises, pergolas, and arbors. Unlike most climbing roses, Zephirine Drouhin performs well in partial shade, making it a top choice for shaded fences, and garden spaces with limited sunlight. Its medium-green foliage, which emerges coppery-purple in spring, provides a healthy backdrop for the vivid blooms.
With its completely thornless canes, Zephirine Drouhin is a safe and family-friendly rose for growing in high-traffic areas, pathways, and gardens where children play. Its smooth stems make it easier to prune, train, and handle than most climbing varieties, adding to its appeal for new and experienced rose growers.
For best results, plant Zephirine Drouhin in moist, well-drained loamy soil and provide full sun to partial shade. While it thrives in cooler temperatures, offering its most prolific flushes in spring and fall, it continues blooming intermittently throughout the summer. This enduring heirloom climbing rose has all the traits that make growing roses easier than you might imagine. Start your love of growing roses at Jackson & Perkins and begin with Zephirine Drouhin.
Product Details
SKU | v1577 |
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Genus | Rosa |
Species | hybrid |
Product Classification | Bourbons, Roses |
Habit | Climbing |
USDA Zone Low | 5 |
USDA Zone High | 10 |
Sun / Shade | Full Sun, Part Shade |
Moisture Level | Moist, well-drained |
Soil Type | Normal, loamy |
Bloom Color | Pink |
Max Bloom Size | 4.00 |
Bloom Season Start | Late Spring |
Bloom Season End | Late Fall |
Foliage Color | Medium Green |
Mature Width in Inches | 72.00 |
Mature Height in Inches | 240.00 |
Resistance | Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant |
Special Features | Arches, Bloom First Year, Easy Care Plants, Fragrance, Free Bloomer, Heirloom, Pruning Recommended, Repeat Bloomer, Thornless |
Uses | Cut Flowers, Landscapes, Vines and Climbers |
Zone | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Gorgeous rose!!! 2 people found this helpfulWaited for these to come into stock last year and I’m so glad I did. Absolutely stunning! Grew about 6-7 feet last year alone and are just about at the top of my pergola this summer and have already had a stunning bloom. They are hardy, smell amazing, and not super susceptible to some rose diseases as others I have. All around, one of my favorites!!
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Beautiful Rose but need full sun 1 people found this helpfulI purchased 2 for my new home in 2018. One was placed in the very front of my home and one on the side. The side location was somewhat shady and has not bloomed to date yet it's still alive(the description stated it would grow well with little sunlight so I thought the side with its partial shade location would do but it didn't. You live and you learn. The one placed in the from of the house is blooming profusely. I moved the one located on the side to the front and I'm hopeful it will get what it needs there and will bloom just like the other. When that one rose blooms the smell and the visual is just incredible.
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So far, so good! 0 people found this helpfulI ordered five of these and planted them in March on the north side of my deck. It is now June and the first bloom has popped out! It smells amazing! More spicy than sweet, but a very lovely fragrance. I am very pleased with the condition of the plants and they all have done very well.
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In Love 0 people found this helpfulMy first plants did wonderfully in KS. Super growth and lovely blooms with an intoxicating fragrance. Saw the sale and decided now I need two more plants at my new home in NC!!
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Best thornless climber, shade tolerance ever. 1 people found this helpfulBought my first Zéphirine Drouhin over 20 yrs ago, now have to replace one of 4 for a trellis. Blooming in part shade, wonderful old-fashioned smell, they are all totally disease-free even here in humid Southern Indiana. Highly recommend.
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Vigorous and Gorgeous 0 people found this helpfulI purchase this climber (my very first rose ever) and it arrived early March here in Florida. I was afraid the sun on the south side of my house would burn the leaves (and afraid the north side would promote disease). WOW. In just under a month the rose is full of leaves and I already have two blooms. It's incredible!
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Made in the shade 1 people found this helpfulInitially I planted 3 plant in a 16' planter for a full sun trellace. The August NC sun was a bit hot for them. They now live on the north side of the house next to the main entrance. Yes, they are thornless. The only problem I have with them is that they are pretty susceptible to black spot. Otherwise beautiful, fragrant and frequent blooms.
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beautiful 0 people found this helpfulThis rose is beautiful and smells great. It has many flowers this spring. Highly recommended.
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Fantastic Performer 1 people found this helpfulPlanted two of these on a north facing wall and even with the unusual growing season the midwest experienced this year (snow in May, endless rain in July) these roses did outstanding! Still growing, even now in November after two rounds of frost.
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Grows in shade 1 people found this helpfulI really like their Zephirine Drouhin Climbing Rose. It's rare to find a rose that does well in shade.
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Just about perfect for partially shaded area. 0 people found this helpfulThe scent is very nice also.