Overview

Transform your garden with the captivating beauty of the Don Juan climbing rose. This live plant offers a spectacular display of large, rich, dark velvety-red, double, cupped 4-inch blooms that are wonderfully fragrant. Known for its vigorous growth, the ‘Don Juan’ rose quickly reaches impressive heights of up to 10 feet and widths of up to 5 feet, making it an ideal choice for covering arbors, trellises, fences, or walls. It’s a repeat bloomer, ensuring a continuous show of exquisite flowers throughout the summer, filling your outdoor space with its delightful tea or fruity fragrance. Our Don Juan climbing rose is shipped as a bare root plant, measuring approximately 5 to 7 inches, providing a robust foundation for a thriving, long-lasting garden feature.

The ‘Don Juan’ variety is celebrated not only for its stunning aesthetics but also for its resilience and ease of growth, making it a favorite among both novice and experienced gardeners. Its deep red color and strong fragrance evoke a classic romantic garden feel, creating a focal point in any landscape design. This plant arrives without leaves, which is typical for bare root specimens, ensuring better transplant success and a fresh start in your garden. Prepare to enjoy a season full of vibrant color and intoxicating scent with this exceptional fragrant red rose.

Key Benefits

The ‘Don Juan’ climbing rose offers numerous advantages for enhancing your garden, combining visual appeal with an enchanting sensory experience. Here are some of the key benefits:

• Dramatic Vertical Interest: This vigorous climber is perfect for adding height and structure to your garden, easily covering arbors, pergolas, fences, and walls with lush foliage and abundant blooms.
• Exquisite Fragrance: Enjoy the strong, sweet tea or fruity fragrance emanating from its beautiful red flowers, making your garden a more inviting and sensory-rich space.
• Stunning Deep Red Blooms: The large, velvety-red, double flowers provide a classic, romantic aesthetic that stands out against green foliage, creating a focal point in any landscape.
• Repeat Bloomer: Unlike some roses, the ‘Don Juan’ is a repeat bloomer, meaning it will produce waves of flowers throughout the summer, ensuring continuous color and fragrance.
• Hardy and Resilient: Thriving in USDA zones 5 to 9, this rose is known for its robust nature and ability to adapt to various growing conditions, making it a reliable choice for many regions.
• Attracts Pollinators: The vibrant blooms and rich fragrance can attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies, contributing to a healthy garden ecosystem.
• Long-Lasting Cut Flowers: The beautiful blooms of this Don Juan climbing rose are excellent for cutting and bringing indoors, allowing you to enjoy their beauty and fragrance inside your home.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Don Juan climbing rose ensures a spectacular display of blooms and vigorous growth. This rose prefers a location with full sun exposure, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day is ideal for optimal flowering and health. Plant in well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter. A slightly acidic to neutral pH (6.0-7.0) is best. When planting your bare root rose, dig a hole wide enough to accommodate the roots without bending them, and deep enough so the graft union (the swollen part where the stem meets the roots) is just above the soil line in colder climates or at the soil line in warmer areas.

Water regularly, especially during dry periods and in its first year of establishment. The soil should be kept consistently moist but not waterlogged. Moderate watering is generally sufficient once established. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced rose fertilizer, and again after the first flush of blooms to encourage repeat flowering. Pruning should be done in late winter or early spring to remove dead or weak canes and to shape the plant. Train the canes horizontally along your support structure to encourage more blooms along the length of the cane. Protecting the plant in winter in colder zones (below zone 5) with mulch around the base will help ensure its survival. Understanding climbing rose plant care specific to the ‘Don Juan’ variety will lead to a thriving and beautiful display.

Monitor your rose for common pests like aphids or diseases such as black spot, and treat promptly with appropriate organic or chemical solutions if necessary. Good air circulation around the plant can help prevent fungal diseases. The ‘Don Juan’ variety is generally robust, but consistent care will yield the best results. For those looking for a truly magnificent outdoor rose, mastering the care for this particular outdoor rose plant is highly rewarding.

Size & Details

This Don Juan climbing rose is provided as a healthy bare root plant, typically measuring 5 to 7 inches in length upon arrival. As a vigorous grower, it is expected to reach an impressive mature height of up to 10 feet and a width of up to 5 feet, creating a substantial and impactful presence in your garden. The plant is shipped without leaves, which is standard for bare root specimens, ensuring a stress-free transplant and allowing it to focus energy on root development once planted. With proper care, you can expect this rose to quickly establish itself and begin producing its beautiful, fragrant red blooms during the summer months.

The ‘Don Juan’ is known for its rapid growth rate once established, quickly filling its intended space on an arbor, trellis, or wall. Its large, velvety-red, double flowers typically measure around 4 inches across. It’s a repeat bloomer, meaning you’ll enjoy successive flushes of these stunning and aromatic flowers throughout the growing season. This outdoor rose plant is well-suited for USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9, indicating its resilience across a wide range of climates. Regular watering and feeding will support its robust growth and prolific blooming.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Don Juan climbing rose get? A: This vigorous climber can reach impressive heights of up to 10 feet and spread up to 5 feet wide, making it perfect for covering arbors, trellises, and fences. Its size makes it a dramatic focal point in any garden.
• Q: What size is the plant when it arrives? A: The bare root rose plant typically measures 5 to 7 inches in length upon arrival. It is shipped without leaves, which is normal for bare root specimens, allowing for better establishment after planting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The ‘Don Juan’ is an outdoor rose plant, ideally suited for garden beds, trellises, or arbors where it can receive ample sunlight and space to grow.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This climbing rose thrives in full sun, requiring at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day for optimal growth and abundant flowering.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the ‘Don Juan’ is considered relatively easy to care for, especially with proper planting and consistent attention to its basic needs for sunlight, water, and occasional feeding. Following climbing rose plant care guidelines will ensure its success.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: It will arrive as a bare root plant, meaning it will not have soil or leaves. This method ensures the plant is dormant and ready for planting in your garden, improving transplant success.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: With proper care, you can expect your ‘Don Juan’ climbing rose to begin blooming in the first summer after planting, and it will continue to produce flowers repeatedly throughout the season.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this bare root rose? A: The ideal time to plant bare root roses is in early spring, after the last frost, when the soil has become workable. This allows the plant to establish its root system before the heat of summer.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: The ‘Don Juan’ is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 9. In colder zones, applying a generous layer of mulch around the base of the plant in late fall can help protect it during winter.
• Q: What kind of fragrance does this fragrant red rose have? A: The ‘Don Juan’ is renowned for its strong, delightful fragrance, often described as a classic tea rose scent with fruity undertones, making it a true sensory pleasure in your garden.