Climbing Rose "Chrysler Imperial" begins to flower in mid-Spring with intensely scented, deep-red, multi-petaled roses held on ten to twelve foot long canes. Deadheading can produce repeat flushes of flowers, removing smaller buds from a cluster will force the plant to put its energy into the remaining buds, thus they will produce larger flowers--their size may way them down--expect a need to support the bigger blossoms. Cl. "Chrysler Imperial" has been popular in home gardens since its introduction in the 1950's. This climbing rose seems to have some increased resistance to blackspot ~ treat only as needed. The canes have very large thorns, fortunately there seem to be less of them than on many other roses, do wear work gloves when tying to a trellis or fence. Climbing Roses prefer full sun and amended soil, but will bloom and grow in part shade with fewer and smaller flowers. Increase by rooted leafy softwood cuttings taken from disease-free stems.
