Climbing Rose Masquerade

The lovely multi-coloured climber Masquerade is one of the early summer rose delights in the Moosey garden. But I should mention the rust that this rose seems to get - my Masquerade roses need to be sprayed.

This was one of the few roses I brought from my last garden. It grew there on an archway, and I was really amazed by its changing flower colours.

Rust on the Rose!

When Masquerade arrived at Mooseys the dreaded rust became a problem, so I decided unsentimentally to dig it out. Ha! The rose knew better, and re-grew from a piece of root left behind. Now it has its place established, and climbs up the corner post of the house pergola.

In early summer the flowers appear, with such a collection of different colours on the one plant. Some flowers seem to stay completely yellow, others stay cherry red, and many take on a mixture of the two.

It seems to be a good rose for cut flowers for the house. The flowers in this photograph below were all neighbours off the one stem - honestly!

The climbing rose Masquerade doesn't ever get too big - it grows up rather than out, and continues to repeat spasmodically throughout the summer.