‘The Impressionist’ is a gorgeous and vigorous climbing rose. As it begins to bloom, every shade of violet, rose, pink, apricot, yellow and orange show in the petals. Once it’s fully open it transforms into a luscious golden sunflower yellow with a hint of orange. It is supposed to be strongly fragrant, but the blooms so far have only be mildly so. This is the first year this rose has bloomed and was started from a purchased cutting last summer. The colors are supposed to become richer and mature more towards pumpkin colored during the autumn bloom.

10/07/07 Update: This is an excellent rose! Even growing where it gets light afternoon shade from an apple tree, it has good growth, good spring bloom and no signs of blackspot. So far fall rebloom has not been prolific with smaller than normal flowers, but good form, color and fragrance. This is the third year and first year with a good spring flush and a repeat bloom.

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