Climbing Roses (Scanniello & Bayard)

(1994) Page(s) 4, 73, 74, 75. Includes photo(s).

p. 4: [One of the 65 climbing roses Stephen Scanniello describes in detail in his book and that grows in the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. There are several pages devoted to this rose, including its history, cultivation, and a photograph. Here are some highlights, but please refer to the book for more details.]
[R. multiflora's] most remarkable offspring… a hybrid from Japan… which took the world by storm in 1893… the first climber with massive clusters of brilliant red flowers… hardy… long, pliable canes that could easily be used to achieve decorative effects not possible with earlier, stiffer climbers… the first of a group of roses that eventually came to be classed as ramblers.
Page 73: 'Crimson Rambler' is thought to be a sport of R. multiflora cathayensis... the first hardy red climber on the market... when it was introduced into the United States, 'Crimson Rambler' was an immediate and enormous success... roots easily from cuttings stuck in the ground... It was [also] popular as a cut flower... [it lacks fragrance]
p. 74: [Photo]
Page 75: 'Crimson Rambler' was brought to the United States [in 1895] by the firm of Ellwanger and Barry in Rochester, New York... when the more disease-resistant wichuraiana hybrids 'Dorothy Perkins' and 'Excelsa' appeared in 1901 and 1909, 'Crimson Rambler' fell out of favor... 'Crimson Rambler' has a number of hybrids. Its most successful rambler descendants are those that also have R. wichuraiana in their background; two examples are 'Hiawatha' and 'Bloomfield Courage'