Mermaid

Mermaid rose: the ideal climbing rose

Immense, pale-yellow rosehips all summer long, set against a superb backdrop of glossy, dark-green, almost evergreen foliage, revealing their orangey-yellow stamens. The colors of this climbing rose will embellish your hedges, pergolas and facades.

You'll appreciate its long flowering period, from June to the first frosts. The flowers are simple, turning ivory as they fade. The stamens remain after the petals have fallen, forming pretty golden-yellow dots among the olive-green foliage.

This rose's long branches and pairs of hooked prickles make it a little difficult to drive, but allow it to cling easily to surrounding vegetation.s In an open hedge, the Mermaid rose will cling to other shrubs to grow.
On a trellis, this climbing rose will do well with clematis.

Mermaid's fragrance is very light.

What climate and exposure for the Mermaid rose?

A descendant of the Asian rose Rosa Bracteata, crossed with the flowering tea rose Mme de Tartas, the Mermaid rose is recommended for mild-climate regions, or well-sheltered exposures. It tolerates semi-shade or shade perfectly. In mild climates, its foliage is evergreen.

However, this climbing rose fears heavy frosts, poorly drained soils and excess limestone. Highly resistant to disease.

Mermaid is one of the most widely planted climbing roses.