There are roses without thorns, or rather without thorns. But the offer is very small. Here we present some varieties.
“Roses have thorns”, countless poets and songwriters use this metaphor to symbolize beauty and pain, love and lovesickness.
Well, artistic license allows them to impute thorns to the queen of the flower. From a botanical point of view, however, this is not correct. Instead of thorns, roses have thorns. But there are also some varieties that are thornless. We would like to introduce them to you here.
What is the difference between thorns and prickles?
Thorns are stinging outgrowths of the plants and sprout from the wood of the plant shoots. Caution is advised: they can injure themselves very painfully on thorns.
Such thorny outgrowths are found on sloe, white and sea buckthorn, for example.
Spricks sprout from the bark tissue of the plant. So they sit on the shoot and are easy to remove. In contrast to the thorns, you can snap off the spines at the side and remove them.
However, there is also a risk of injuring yourself on the thorns of the rose shoots. It is therefore best to wear gardening gloves when caring for the rose bed.
Prickly Roses
Except for a small number of roses, almost all modern varieties have thorns. Garden lovers and flower lovers who still have children in the household are therefore primarily looking for roses without thorns. But anyone who thinks that thornless roses are completely harmless is wrong. Because there are often small spines on the middle rib of the underside of the leaf and can cause some scratches.
The selection of thornless garden roses is very small and limited exclusively to shrub and climbing roses.
Roses absolutely thornless
Climbing Hybrid Tea Rose 'Zephirine Drouhin'
Hybrid Hybrid Tea Rose 'Zephirine Drouhin' is a wonderful bright crimson cultivar. The loosely filled, medium-sized cup-shaped flowers are extremely rain-resistant and have an excellent scent.
The rose grows bushy, strong and with long shoots. It is particularly suitable as a climbing rose inAltitudes and also for single plantings. It is very frost hardy, but needs an airy place, otherwise there is a risk of powdery mildew.
Climbing rose 'Kathleen Harrop'
At around 300 cm, 'Kathleen Harrop' is a very large, repeat-flowering shrub rose and can also be grown as a climbing rose in front of a house wall. She is very similar to "Zéphirine Drouhin". No wonder: 'Kathleen Harrop' is a sport (mutation) of the previously mentioned climbing rose.
Its large buds open up into semi-double, light pink flowers from mid-June. When they blossom, they resemble the flowers of hybrid tea roses. Its pile shines tirelessly throughout the summer almost until winter.
It has a strong growth habit and reaches a height of up to 3 metres. However, the location should be well ventilated, as the rose is susceptible to mildew.
Hardly goaded…
Climbing rose 'Ghislaine de Féligonde'
You are making an extremely good choice if you choose the frost-hardy 'Ghislaine de Féligonde'. This is a richly flowering and luminous climbing rose. Its yellow flowers unfold from apricot colored buds. The flowers later lighten up to creamy white.
In addition, orange-yellow stamens are found in the middle of the medium-sized, double and loosely blossoming flowers.
It blooms in numerous clusters throughout the summer, which makes it particularly popularTheir growth is bushy. It can reach a height of about 2.5 meters.
✿ A tip: Simply combine this climbing rose with purple or blue clematis. You will be amazed at how the yellow and cream-white flowers of the rose and the dark blossoms of the clematis (Clematis) harmonize with each other.
Climbing rose "Maria Lisa"
"Maria Lisa" is wild and racy as well as particularly vital and frost hardy. It produces small, single flowers that are bright pink with a white eye. The flowers stand close together like grapes.
The rose blooms profusely, but only once. The hobby gardener is compensated for this with decorative rosehips after the bloom. And this bottle-shaped red infructescence is a beautiful ornament in autumn and winter.
The foliage is glossy dark green. It is also very strong-growing and reaches a height of 3 to 5 metres.
'Maria Lisa' is a rose that is an excellent addition to a country-style home garden.
✿ A tip: Plant the rose in rose arches, high, pillar-like structures orold walls.
In spring, cut out old and diseased shoots. Also trim bulky side shoots that protrude from the trellis or rose column.
Shrub rose 'Ulrich Brunner Fils'
The large flowers of this free-flowering shrub rose are bright red. They are cup-shaped, well filled and smell wonderful. This particularly robust variety is recommended for beginners.
The "Ulrich Brunner Fils" forms long, light green shoots and has only a few strong thorns. Slender and strong in stature, it can reach a height of 1.8 meters.