Dublin Bay, a red rose

Dublin Bay really is a great climbing rose. Very hardy, and it's a true red rose...not like some of the washed out varieties that you see. It's lightly perfumed with a repeat flowering later in the season.

One thing that I like about Dublin Bay - it's not prone to the black discoloration on the petals, that you often see on darker red roses.

This is a distant relative of "New Dawn", which is a lovely pale pink rose, and a firm favorite of mine (one of Altisimos' parents was New Dawn).

• Class: Floribunda, Cl., Large-Flowered Climber.
• Availability: Commercially available
• Origin:1975 by Samual Darragh McGredy IV. Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand).
• Bloom: Medium red blooms. Mild, Fruity fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
• Habit: Climbing growth habit. Height of 8' to 12' (245 to 365 cm).
• Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
• Parentage: Bantry Bay x Altissimo