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• Climbing First Prize
• JACclist

23 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  

Pink blend Hybrid Tea, Cl..
Registration name: JACclist
Exhibition name: First Prize, Cl.

Discovered by E. Reasoner (United States, before 1972).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1976 as 'First Prize, Cl.'.

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..  

Pink blend.  Strong fragrance.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Climbing.  

Height: 8' to 10' (245 to 305cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .  

United States - Patent No: PP 3,539   VIEW USPTO PATENT

Ruth Baily has been growing the climber, First Prize, for about 10 years. She says: When it blooms the flowers are huge cascading garlands that literally stop people in their tracks. Every friend who has bought one after seeing mine now loves the plant as if it were a pet! When my condo association tried to make me cut it down, the whole neighborhood voted them down. It seems to thrive no matter what kind of care it gets (or doesn't get) and this spring, my one plant has over 450 huge blooms. No one ever seems to put this climber on their "best" list, which I think is doing a real disservice to beginning rose fanciers (pros, too, perhaps). It's a miracle as far as I'm concerned.

A Northwest Gardener writes: I have grown 'Climbing First Prize' for three years.
It's flowers are huge and beautiful. However, this rose gets black spot easily on the leaves and the leaves fall easily. It is not a suitable rose for Northwest.