Rosa Climbing 'Garden Sun Yellow' is a vigorous repeat blooming climbing rose that delivers abundant clusters of golden yellow ruffled flowers with a soft fruity fragrance. Its long canes and disease resistant foliage make it ideal for arbors, fences, and trellises providing continuous color and vertical structure throughout the growing season. This variety combines old fashioned bloom form with modern performance and fragrance.
Height & Spread: 8 - 12 ft x 4 - 6 ft
Bloom Time: Late spring through fall
Light Requirements: Full sun
Soil Preference: Moist, well drained, fertile soil
Watering Needs: Moderate; water deeply when dry
Deer Resistance: Not deer resistant; protect in high deer areas
Native Status
Developed from cultivated hybrid rose lines; not native to North America. Performs well in temperate gardens with proper care and support.
WILDLIFE & INSECTS
Bees
- Single and semi double blooms provide easy access to pollen for honeybees and native bees such as sweat bees and mason bees.
Butterflies
- Attracts butterflies including Monarchs and Painted Ladies seeking nectar during peak bloom cycles.
Birds
- Rose hips are occasionally eaten by finches and sparrows in fall and winter.
Spacing & Landscape Use
Spacing Recommendations:
- Provide 6 - 8 ft spacing between plants to allow airflow and cane spread along vertical structures.
Landscape Placement:
- Excellent for covering trellises, pergolas, fences, and walls where height and continuous bloom are desired.
Companion Plants
- Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill) - Dense low mounds with magenta blooms provide groundcover and suppress weeds around rose bases.
- Thymus serpyllum (Creeping Thyme) - Fragrant spreading herb forms a mat of foliage that thrives in rose friendly soils and full sun.
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' - Soft lavender blue blooms and aromatic foliage deter pests and contrast well with golden rose petals.
- Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' - Upright spikes of deep purple flowers add vertical interest and attract pollinators beneath climbing roses.
- Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' - Gray green foliage and violet flowers complement yellow roses while attracting beneficial insects.