Rose 'Dublin Bay' - Climbing Rose
A magnificent climbing rose that brings vibrant energy to any garden with its abundant deep red blooms, rich sweet fragrance, and exceptional climbing performance throughout the season, perfectly complemented by glossy dark green foliage and strong sturdy canes that make it ideal for walls, pillars, obelisks, and dramatic vertical garden displays.
Headlines
- Plant Type: Hardy deciduous climbing rose
- Eventual Height: 3 metres
- Eventual Spread: 2.5 metres
- Flowering Period: June to October
- Flower Colour: Deep velvety red with crimson highlights
- Hardiness: Hardy in the UK down to temperatures of -20 to -15 degrees Celcius (RHS hardiness rating H6)
- Growth Habit: Vigorous, upright climbing, with strong sturdy canes
- Flower Type: Large double blooms with classic form
- Fragrance: Rich, sweet rose fragrance with spicy notes
Overview
Rose 'Dublin Bay' embodies the essence of dramatic garden excellence, producing spectacular displays of magnificent deep red blooms that create breathtaking colour intensity throughout the extended growing season. This outstanding variety transforms garden spaces with its powerfully flowering canes that showcase classic climbing rose magnificence, where individual large blooms feature rich velvety red petals with crimson highlights that command attention on any vertical surface. The dramatic colour palette makes this rose particularly striking for architectural plantings, representing passion, strength, and garden distinction. The flowers emerge continuously from early summer through autumn, creating sustained displays that reach impressive heights with consistent impact. The rich fragrance with spicy undertones enhances the spectacular visual drama, creating memorable garden experiences that complement both traditional garden structures and contemporary landscape designs with bold beauty and dependable performance.
Key Features
The outstanding appeal of 'Dublin Bay' lies in its abundant large blooms that showcase classic climbing rose formation with intense colour depth and commanding vertical presence. Each flower displays beautifully formed structure with fully double petals featuring deep velvety red colouring with crimson highlights in magnificent arrangements, creating displays of exceptional beauty and dramatic charm. The intense colour palette provides striking displays that maintain their power throughout the flowering season, creating spectacular visual impact that symbolises passion and garden drama. The flowers are produced continuously with excellent repeat flowering, emerging individually and in small clusters that add magnificent anticipation to the climbing garden display. The rich fragrance with spicy undertones complements the dramatic visual appeal, creating memorable garden experiences that enhance both architectural applications and everyday garden enjoyment with bold colour intensity and deeply aromatic charm.
Growth Characteristics
The strong sturdy canes provide excellent climbing support for impressive vertical displays, making this variety particularly valuable for walls, pillars, and architectural applications where climbing strength and flowering reliability are essential. The glossy dark green foliage is produced abundantly throughout the growing season, creating an exceptionally attractive backdrop that perfectly complements the deep red bloom colours whilst maintaining excellent vigour and architectural appeal. The vigorous upright climbing growth ensures reliable flowering whilst creating substantial vertical impact that fits well into diverse garden settings from formal structures to dramatic features, with the manageable height making it suitable for both established gardens and prominent architectural positions where its climbing beauty can be fully appreciated.
Flowering Performance
From early summer through to autumn, 'Dublin Bay' delivers exceptional flowering displays with outstanding repeat blooming that continues reliably throughout the extended growing season. The plant produces abundant spectacular large blooms consistently, creating impressive vertical visual impact with exceptional performance that ensures ongoing garden drama. The individual blooms develop with classic climbing rose formation, allowing gardeners to appreciate the perfect deep red colour and rich tonal quality, whilst the substantial flower size ensures impressive presence for extended periods. The prolific flowering nature ensures magnificent displays throughout the season, with the ongoing dramatic blooms providing persistent vertical focal points that enhance garden spaces with their intense colour palette and rich fragrance.
Growing Conditions
'Dublin Bay' thrives in full sun with fertile, well-prepared, moist but well-drained soil, requiring good drainage whilst maintaining consistent moisture for optimal climbing performance and colour development. The rose adapts well to various soil conditions and performs excellently against walls, fences, and structures where the deep red colours can create maximum visual impact. For best results, plant in sunny locations with good air circulation, incorporating well-rotted organic matter to support the vigorous climbing growth and healthy foliage development. The variety benefits from regular feeding and responds well to standard climbing rose care practices, whilst the impressive climbing ability makes it suitable for diverse architectural situations from walls and pillars to obelisks where its dramatic qualities and intense colour can be celebrated.
Hardiness and Disease Resistance
'Dublin Bay' demonstrates excellent hardiness characteristics with reliable resilience in UK growing conditions, maintaining healthy growth throughout the season with good disease resistance. The variety shows strong resistance to seasonal variations and weather conditions, making it dependable for gardeners seeking reliable dramatic climbing plantings. The glossy dark green foliage remains attractive and vigorous with good disease resistance, making it an excellent choice for gardeners seeking dependable climbing plantings with manageable maintenance requirements. 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
'Dublin Bay' requires standard climbing rose maintenance to achieve optimal flowering performance and climbing development. Apply balanced rose fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer, with regular deep watering during dry periods to support the vigorous climbing growth and abundant flower production. The good disease resistance means this variety requires minimal intervention with standard care practices, making it ideal for gardeners seeking reliable climbing plantings with dramatic impact. Regular deadheading encourages continued flowering and maintains the spectacular colour display throughout the season, whilst annual pruning in late winter maintains the climbing structure and promotes strong new growth for optimal flowering performance and vertical coverage.
Garden Applications
'Dublin Bay' excels in dramatic garden displays and bold vertical features where its striking beauty and intense colour can be fully appreciated. The deep velvety red colour makes it ideal for dramatic climbing displays, sophisticated architectural features, and contemporary landscapes where powerful colour impact and dependable climbing performance are essential. Perfect for walls, pillars, and obelisks, this rose provides outstanding cut flowers with strong stems and excellent vase life that enhance floral arrangements with rich red colour for special occasions and dramatic displays. The vigorous climbing growth and abundant flowering make it particularly suitable for creating stunning vertical focal points in established gardens, whilst the manageable height ensures it provides impressive presence on architectural features where its climbing colour creates spectacular vertical drama.
Training and Support
The strong sturdy canes make 'Dublin Bay' excellently suited to training on various support structures including walls, pillars, obelisks, and substantial fences. The rose responds well to careful training where the climbing canes can be guided to create maximum flowering coverage and architectural beauty. Provide sturdy support systems with horizontal wires or strong framework spaced appropriately, allowing the strong canes to be trained effectively. Regular training during the growing season helps direct growth and ensures optimal flowering coverage across the available support structure, maximising the spectacular climbing display and architectural integration.
Seasonal Interest
Throughout the growing season, 'Dublin Bay' provides exceptional seasonal interest with continuous climbing displays and outstanding performance. Spring brings the emergence of glossy dark green foliage and strong new climbing growth, building anticipation for the main spectacular flowering display. The magnificent deep red blooms from summer through autumn provide months of vertical colour intensity that maintains its drama throughout the season, creating consistent bold impact. The attractive dark green foliage remains healthy throughout the season with good disease resistance, providing perfect backdrop for the climbing flower displays, whilst the strong cane structure provides attractive architectural interest during dormant periods.
Fragrance Profile
'Dublin Bay' features rich fragrance with sweet rose and spicy notes that complements the dramatic visual display and enhances the intense garden experience. The powerful scent adds aromatic appeal to vertical spaces whilst making this rose particularly valuable for architectural positions where both visual climbing beauty and rich aromatic interest are desired for spectacular occasions. The rich fragrance with spicy undertones enhances garden atmosphere and makes this variety suitable for areas where scent contributes to the dramatic garden experience, particularly near seating areas and windows where the climbing perfume creates lasting powerful impressions.
Companion Planting
The deep velvety red colouring of 'Dublin Bay' provides excellent opportunities for companion planting with complementary garden plants and dramatic colour schemes at ground level. The rich red tones work beautifully with white and cream flowers for striking contrast that highlights both the climbing qualities and garden drama, whilst silver and grey foliage plants complement the intense tones effectively. Purple and deep blue flowers provide harmonious displays that enhance the dramatic impact, whilst lighter coloured clematis and other climbing companions can create spectacular architectural combinations throughout the growing season.
Architectural Integration
The excellent climbing qualities make 'Dublin Bay' particularly valuable for gardeners who wish to integrate dramatic beauty into architectural features and structural elements. The strong climbing canes, abundant large blooms with deep red colouring, and rich fragrance create outstanding vertical displays that provide lasting architectural enhancement whilst maintaining the striking significance of the climbing colour intensity. The reliable climbing growth ensures impressive coverage whilst maintaining manageable proportions, making it ideal for both architectural beauty and spectacular climbing displays that provide dramatic statements for garden structures and contemporary celebrations with excellent performance.
Award Recognition
'Dublin Bay' has earned recognition for its exceptional climbing performance and outstanding garden value, making it a trusted choice for gardeners seeking proven climbing rose excellence. The variety's reliable performance, striking colour, and manageable growth habit have made it popular among both amateur gardeners and professional landscapers who appreciate dependable climbing roses with dramatic impact and consistent flowering performance.
Vertical Drama and Impact
'Dublin Bay' carries special significance as a dramatically coloured climbing garden rose, making it particularly valuable for gardeners seeking maximum vertical impact and spectacular architectural displays. The deep red climbing colour combined with rich fragrance makes it suitable for structures that require ongoing dramatic seasonal interest, whilst the reliable climbing performance ensures lasting beauty that continues to provide impressive displays throughout the growing season with consistent vertical colour intensity.
Why Choose 'Dublin Bay'?
Rose 'Dublin Bay' represents the perfect combination of dramatic climbing beauty, architectural excellence, and outstanding performance. The abundant large blooms in deep velvety red with their rich fragrance provide exceptional vertical displays from summer through autumn, whilst the vigorous climbing growth and excellent hardiness ensure dependable performance with standard maintenance. Whether grown for dramatic climbing displays, architectural features, pillar coverage, or simply for its striking beauty and reliable climbing nature, this outstanding climbing rose offers distinctive value that combines bold appeal with reliable garden excellence, creating lasting memories and enduring beauty that celebrates passion and garden distinction with climbing colour intensity that enhances any garden setting where drama, reliability, and spectacular vertical impact are appreciated.
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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