Rose 'Compassion' - Climbing Rose
A vigorous short to medium-height climbing rose producing abundant large blooms in stunning salmon-pink and apricot tones with exceptionally strong fragrance, complemented by distinctive dark green glossy foliage, excellent disease resistance, and outstanding repeat flowering performance, making it perfect for walls, fences, pillars, and aromatic vertical garden features.
Headlines
- Plant Type: Hardy deciduous climbing hybrid tea rose
- Eventual Height: 3m
- Eventual Spread: 2.5m
- Flowering Period: July to September
- Flower Colour: Salmon-pink with apricot, copper, and yellow highlights
- Hardiness: Hardy in the UK down to temperatures of -20 to -15 degrees Celcius (RHS hardiness rating H6)
- Growth Habit: Strong, upright, bushy climbing with vigorous growth
- Flower Type: Large fully double high-centred blooms with 36 petals
- Fragrance: Very strong, sweet fragrance
Overview
Rose 'Compassion' (Climbing) stands as one of the finest modern climbing roses, producing abundant spectacular blooms that showcase extraordinary salmon-pink and apricot colouring with exceptionally strong fragrance intensity. This exceptional variety creates memorable garden displays with its large high-centred flowers that display classic hybrid tea form, where each bloom features incredible apricot and copper tones with yellow highlights and pink shading, creating stunning colour harmony throughout the extended flowering season. The distinctive short to medium climbing stature makes this rose particularly outstanding among vertical plantings, representing warmth and garden sophistication. The flowers are produced continually from summer through autumn in attractive clusters, with this remarkable variety bred by Harkness and introduced in 1972 offering exceptional performance and reliability. The very strong sweet fragrance complements the extraordinary visual appeal, creating outstanding garden experiences that enhance both traditional garden settings and contemporary landscape designs with exceptional aromatic intensity and beautiful colour complexity.
Key Features
The outstanding appeal of 'Compassion' (Climbing) lies in its abundant large blooms that showcase perfect high-centred formation with exceptional fragrance and substantial garden presence. Each flower displays classic hybrid tea character with 36 petals featuring salmon-pink colouring with apricot, copper, and yellow highlights creating exquisite colour combinations, creating blooms of remarkable visual beauty and intense aromatic appeal. The extraordinary colour complexity provides distinctive displays that maintain their beauty throughout the flowering season, creating sophisticated colour impact that symbolises warmth and garden elegance. The flowers open from shapely buds into spectacular fully double rosettes with high-centred form, with the overall effect being both romantic and contemporary in appeal. The very strong sweet fragrance complements the spectacular visual impact, creating memorable garden experiences that enhance both cutting garden applications and everyday garden enjoyment with exceptional aromatic intensity and sophisticated colour beauty.
Growth Characteristics
The exceptionally strong stiff stems provide excellent support for the abundant large flower displays, making this variety particularly valuable for wall coverage, fence screening, and pillar applications where reliable climbing performance and flower presentation are crucial. The distinctive dark green glossy foliage is produced abundantly throughout the growing season, creating an attractive backdrop that perfectly complements the salmon-pink and apricot bloom colours whilst maintaining excellent appearance and vigour. The vigorous bushy climbing growth with strong upright habit ensures reliable flowering whilst creating substantial vertical impact that adapts well to various support structures, with the short to medium climbing height making it suitable for smaller gardens and confined spaces where aromatic vertical interest is desired without overwhelming proportions, making it one of the most versatile climbing roses.
Flowering Performance
From July through to October, 'Compassion' (Climbing) delivers exceptional flowering displays with excellent repeat flowering that continues reliably throughout the extended growing season. The plant is a profuse continual blooming climber with outstanding performance that ensures ongoing garden beauty and aromatic pleasure throughout summer into autumn. The individual blooms develop with classic high-centred formation carried in attractive clusters, allowing gardeners to appreciate the perfect salmon-pink and apricot colour harmony and very strong fragrance, whilst the fully double form ensures each flower maintains its beautiful appearance and aromatic intensity for extended periods. The free-flowering nature ensures spectacular displays throughout the season, with the ongoing salmon-pink blooms providing persistent focal points that enhance garden spaces with their distinctive warm palette and continuous aromatic performance.
Growing Conditions
'Compassion' (Climbing) thrives in full sun to partial shade with fertile, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter, requiring good drainage whilst maintaining consistent moisture for optimal performance and colour development. The rose adapts well to various soil conditions including semi-shaded areas and responds excellently to an open aspect where the stunning salmon-pink colours can be fully appreciated and the very strong fragrance can be enjoyed. For best results, plant in positions with good air circulation, incorporating well-rotted compost to support the vigorous flowering and outstanding foliage development. The variety benefits from regular feeding and responds well to standard climbing rose care practices, whilst the manageable climbing height makes it suitable for various support structures where its remarkable fragrance and heritage breeding can be celebrated.
Hardiness and Disease Resistance
'Compassion' (Climbing) demonstrates excellent disease resistance characteristics with outstanding resilience in UK growing conditions, maintaining healthy growth throughout the season with superior resistance to common rose ailments. The variety shows exceptional resistance to disease and weather conditions, making it dependable for gardeners seeking reliable climbing plantings with manageable maintenance requirements. The distinctive dark green glossy foliage remains attractive and vigorous with excellent disease resistance, making it a superb choice for gardeners seeking low-maintenance heritage plantings with outstanding performance. The hardy nature ensures consistent performance across different growing conditions and seasonal changes, supporting reliable colour development and flowering performance throughout the growing season.
Care and Maintenance
'Compassion' (Climbing) requires standard climbing rose maintenance to achieve optimal flowering performance and fragrance intensity, with particular attention to training and support structure positioning. Apply balanced rose fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer, with regular deep watering during dry periods to support the vigorous growth and abundant flower production. The excellent disease resistance means this variety requires minimal intervention with standard care practices, making it ideal for gardeners seeking reliable plantings with aromatic vertical impact and low maintenance requirements. Regular deadheading encourages continued flowering and maintains the spectacular colour and fragrance display throughout the season, whilst annual pruning in late winter maintains the strong climbing framework and promotes vigorous new growth for optimal flowering performance and aromatic development.
Garden Applications
'Compassion' (Climbing) excels in wall coverage, fence screening, and pillar applications where its exceptional fragrance and salmon-pink beauty can be fully appreciated whilst providing practical vertical coverage. The beautiful warm colours make it ideal for romantic gardens, cottage garden settings, and fragrant landscapes where climbing impact and intense aromatic appeal are essential. Perfect for positioning against walls, on pillars, over fences, and through arches, this rose provides outstanding cut flowers with strong stems and excellent vase life that enhance floral arrangements with salmon-pink and apricot colours and very strong fragrance for special occasions and romantic displays. The vigorous climbing growth and abundant flowering make it particularly suitable for creating impressive aromatic features in established gardens, whilst the manageable climbing height ensures it provides commanding presence in diverse garden settings without overwhelming smaller spaces.
Container Growing
The vigorous climbing growth makes 'Compassion' (Climbing) suitable for large container cultivation on patios, terraces, and balconies where exceptional fragrance and warm colour interest are desired. The rose requires substantial containers where its salmon-pink and apricot bloom colours can create striking focal points whilst providing intense aromatic enjoyment, making it excellent for courtyard gardens and confined spaces. Choose containers at least 60cm wide and deep with excellent drainage, using high-quality multipurpose compost enriched with slow-release fertiliser. Container-grown specimens require regular watering and feeding with adequate support structures, whilst the exceptional fragrance and manageable climbing habit make container growing a viable option for urban gardening applications where aromatic qualities are valued.
Seasonal Interest
Throughout the growing season, 'Compassion' (Climbing) provides exceptional seasonal interest with continuous salmon-pink and apricot colour and outstanding aromatic performance. Spring brings the emergence of distinctive dark green glossy foliage and the first beautifully formed shapely buds, building anticipation for the main fragrant flowering display. The spectacular salmon-pink and apricot blooms from July through October provide months of intense colour and very strong fragrance that maintains beauty throughout the season, creating consistent aromatic impact and warm visual appeal. The attractive glossy foliage remains healthy throughout the season with excellent disease resistance, providing perfect backdrop for the striking flower displays, whilst the strong climbing framework provides impressive architectural interest during dormant periods.
Fragrance Profile
'Compassion' (Climbing) features very strong sweet fragrance that provides exceptional aromatic appeal and enhances the impressive garden experience. The intensely fragrant blooms add remarkable aromatic pleasure to outdoor spaces whilst making this rose particularly valuable for fragrant gardens where both visual beauty and powerful aromatic interest are desired for daily enjoyment. The very strong sweet fragrance enhances garden atmosphere and makes this variety ideal for areas where scent contributes to the romantic garden experience, particularly during evening garden enjoyment when the powerful perfume creates lasting impressions alongside the beautiful climbing presence and warm colour harmony.
Companion Planting
The salmon-pink and apricot colouring of 'Compassion' (Climbing) provides excellent opportunities for companion planting with complementary garden plants and warm colour schemes that enhance both visual impact and aromatic appeal. The warm pink and apricot tones work beautifully with purple and blue flowers for elegant contrast that highlights both the heritage qualities and romantic character, whilst silver and grey foliage plants complement the warm tones effectively. White and cream flowers provide sophisticated displays that allow the salmon-pink and apricot hues to shine, whilst the very strong fragrance makes it suitable for planting with other aromatic climbers and fragrant plants that enhance the garden's romantic atmosphere and create layered scented experiences that celebrate warmth and elegance.
Heritage Breeding Significance
One of the most valued features of 'Compassion' (Climbing) is its exceptional breeding heritage by Harkness, introduced in 1972, representing outstanding achievements in modern climbing rose development and making it uniquely meaningful for heritage garden displays. The prestigious breeding heritage developed by crossing 'White Cockade' and 'Prima Ballerina' combined with the compassionate cultivar name symbolises care, beauty, and garden distinction. This heritage significance, combined with exceptional garden performance and remarkable fragrance, makes it particularly appealing to gardeners seeking roses with both meaningful breeding history and practical excellence for romantic garden themes and aromatic landscape applications where heritage quality and emotional appeal are valued for their distinctive character.
Cut Flower Excellence
The excellent cut flower qualities make 'Compassion' (Climbing) particularly valuable for gardeners who wish to bring romantic beauty and very strong fragrance indoors for special occasions and elegant arrangements. The strong stems, abundant large blooms with salmon-pink and apricot colouring, and intensely fragrant flowers create outstanding floral displays that provide lasting indoor enjoyment whilst maintaining the heritage significance of the extraordinary aromatic intensity and beautiful colour complexity. The continual blooming nature ensures plenty of blooms for cutting whilst maintaining garden displays, making it ideal for both garden beauty and exceptional fragrant arrangements that provide romantic statements for indoor spaces and special celebrations with excellent vase life and persistent intense fragrance.
Exhibition and Show Potential
The spectacular high-centred blooms and classic hybrid tea form make 'Compassion' (Climbing) an excellent choice for exhibition purposes and flower shows where romantic colour and heritage breeding create memorable aromatic displays. The large blooms with 36 petals and their distinctive salmon-pink and apricot colouring provide consistent show-quality flowers that demonstrate outstanding climbing rose breeding heritage, making this variety particularly valuable for competitive gardening and horticultural exhibitions where heritage qualities and exceptional fragrance intensity contribute to judging success and create impressive displays with remarkable aromatic appeal and sophisticated colour beauty.
Climbing Excellence
'Compassion' (Climbing) carries special significance as one of the best modern climbers and most popular climbing roses, making it particularly valuable for gardeners seeking reliable climbing impact and exceptional aromatic displays with warm colouring. The excellent climbing height of 300cm combined with salmon-pink and apricot colour and very strong fragrance makes it suitable for gardens that require dependable vertical coverage with romantic appeal, whilst the outstanding performance ensures lasting beauty that continues to provide impressive displays throughout the growing season with excellent disease resistance that creates low-maintenance vertical gardening solutions requiring minimal intervention for optimal aromatic and visual effect.
Why Choose 'Compassion' (Climbing)?
Rose 'Compassion' (Climbing) represents the perfect combination of heritage excellence, romantic beauty, and outstanding aromatic performance. The abundant large blooms in spectacular salmon-pink and apricot with their very strong sweet fragrance provide exceptional displays from July through October, whilst the vigorous climbing growth and excellent disease resistance ensure dependable performance with minimal maintenance requirements. Whether grown for romantic gardens, fragrant displays, cutting gardens, or simply for its exceptional beauty, heritage breeding, and remarkable fragrance, this outstanding climbing rose offers distinctive value that combines meaningful Harkness breeding history with reliable garden excellence, creating lasting memories and enduring beauty that celebrates compassion and garden sophistication with exceptional aromatic intensity and warm colour harmony that enhances any garden setting where climbing beauty, heritage quality, and intense fragrance are appreciated for both visual impact and aromatic pleasure that brings warmth and romance to vertical garden spaces with proven reliability and award-winning heritage breeding excellence.
Reasons to Buy Roses from Jacksons Nurseries
(1) ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot
Buy with confidence from the only online rose grower rated ‘Excellent’ 4.9* on Trustpilot. We have been a trusted supplier of roses for 3 generations. We take pride in growing our own roses in the field before potting them up, allowing for meticulous quality control to sale.
(2) Best Prices Guaranteed – Direct from the Grower
Save £££s by buying direct from a grower you can trust. We’ve already price checked all of our roses against competitors so you don’t have to. We are so confident we offer the best value, if you find a rose of the same type and grade elsewhere, we’ll beat it by 10%.
(3) 12 Month Plants Guarantee
We offer a 12 month guarantee on every plant that you buy from us that we have classified as Fully Hardy. If a plant you've bought from us fails in the first year, we will either replace it or refund you. See our satisfaction guarantee page for more details and conditions.
(4) Third generation family-owned nursery specialising in roses
Jackson’s Nurseries is a 3rd generation family owned business which has been growing roses for over 60 years. Roses have always been our specialty, as you can see from the colourful array of blooms in the background to the old family photo below. Today, we offer over 200 different varieties of floribundas, hybrid teas, patio, shrub and David Austin roses. Our roses are initially grown in the field before being potted up for website dispatch.
(5) Grown at altitude to produce strong, healthy plants
Our North Staffordshire nursery is situated at 250 metres above sea level, producing strong, hardy plants that will thrive in your garden. Our nursery sits on clay, so you can be sure our roses can handle heavy soil too.
(6) Help & Advice and Aftercare
We are help to help you with any help and advice you need in choosing, planting and growing your roses before, during and after your purchase from us. The help and advice section of our website has extensive information, see below some examples of articles you may find useful:
- Different types of roses and what they each mean
- Guide to climbing roses
- Guide to floribunda roses
- Guide to hybrid tea roses
- How to plant a climbing rose
- How to grow hybrid tea roses
How our roses are supplied through the seasons
All our roses are cultivated in an open field and are carefully dug up when the weather is optimal, typically in October or November. While other nurseries supply roses bare root, once our field-grown roses have been potted up we supply them freshly potted. This better protects the roots and helps keep them moist in transit, ensuring your roses arrive as healthy as when they left our nursery. So don’t be alarmed if the compost comes away from the roots when you remove them from the pot.
The roses can remain in their pots over the winter, as long as they are properly watered and fed, but it's best to plant them out as soon as possible. If you do plant them straight away make sure the planting mix is prepared first, hold the root close to the top of the hole as you tip the pot upside down and try to keep as much compost as possible from falling away. They will already be pruned, so no additional pruning is needed except for trimming any dead tips. Regular pruning can start in late winter, the year after planting.
Rose Types
Hybrid Tea Roses (HT)
Hybrid Tea roses are probably the most popular group of roses, available in both bush and standard form they have long flower stems and shapely blooms. Blooms are typically medium to large in size, with many petals which form a distinct central cone.
Floribunda Roses (FL)
Floribunda roses bears its flowers in clusters or trusses, with several blooms open at time in each truss. A popular choice the Floribunda rose group is unrivalled for colour, reliability and longevity as a bedding display however the flower form in generally inferior to the Hybrid Tea.
Patio Roses (PATIO)
Patio roses were introduced in the 1980’s and the group now contains several popular varieties. Generally low-growing roses that were once grouped with the Floribuna group but have now been put in their own group of compact versions. Usually growing about 50cm high they make excellent plants for patio containers or at the front of borders.
Climbing Roses (CLM)
Climbing roses as the name suggests are the perfect choice for covering a wall or screen. Often grouped together with Ramblers, Climbers tend to have stiffer stems, larger flowers but smaller trusses than Ramblers.
Rambling Roses (RAM)
Rambling roses are often grouped with Climbing Roses but the ramblers tend to have a more pliable stems that can be used to run along the soil to use as groundcover or can be used to make weeping standards.
Miniature Roses (MINI)
Miniature roses have increased in popularity in recent years due to their versatility, even grown indoors as temporary pot plants that grow to a maximum height of 40cm. An ideal choice for planting in tubs, edging beds and rockeries.
English Roses (ENG)
Often referred to as Austin or David Austin Roses, English roses are hybrids of old English roses and more modern varieties bread by David Austin to provide the best of both, mixing old rose shapes and scents with more modern colour range, compact habits and repeat flowering.
Planting Advice
Roses like a generous root space, so dig a deep hole approximately twice as wide as the current root system, preferably adding composted organic matter to the soil. Never plant into frozen soil – in winter, await a frost-free period. Carefully remove the pot and gently tease the roots apart to spread them around the hole. Position the plant so that the ‘bud point’ (the place where the shoots emerge from, where the cultivated rose was grafted onto the rootstock) is at soil level. Replace the soil, firming it down gently, then water copiously. Ideally, a general purpose fertiliser should be applied to the surrounding soil as a top dressing. We also highly recommend the use of Rose Rootgrow, which provides a friendly fungus that prevents ‘rose replant syndrome’.
Buying our Roses
Pot Size
Most of our roses are supplied in a 4 litre pot although this may vary slightly depending on rose variety. If the size of pot differes significatly from 4 litres then we will make this clear somewhere on the product page.
Seasonality
Our roses are grown outdoors and as such are subject to seasonal changes. As we sell potted stock throughout the year your rose may not arrive and look like you expect it to. If you are uncertain how your rose will arrive (especially if buying for a gift) then we suggest you contact us prior to making a purchase.
Freshly Potted
Each year a new batch of roses is potted up ready for the following season. Once potted (usually November/December time) they go on sale as 'Freshly Potted'. If you purchase a freshly potted rose and plant it soon after you will find that when removing the rose from the pot there will be a lot of loose soil as the roots will not have had time to grow and bind the compost.
Pruned/Cut Back
In autumn the majority of our roses have finished flowering and begin to look untidy, at this point we prune them quite hard in preparation for the following season. We continue to sell roses throughout the year, when a rose has been pruned in such a way we will identify it has being so. If you are not sure what to expect then please ask prior to making a purchase. Some garden centres/supermarkets sell stock that has been grown abroad or in poly-tunnels so they look 'picture perfect' out of season, while this is ideal for a gift they are short lived once planted.
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