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William Baffin

William Baffin rose blossom

Blossom color: Deep pink
Fragrance: Slight fragrance
Bloom time: Repeats June - frost
Height: 8-10'
Hardiness: Zones 2-9

William Baffin rose hedge

William Baffin rose

Available again in January 2014 for spring delivery!

William Baffin rose is your best bet if you want a really hardy climbing rose. It has been grown successfully as far north as Zone 2b! It is also very resistant to powdery mildew and blackspot. Blossoms have a semi-double form and a deep-pink color. Like all the hardy, Canadian-bred climbing roses, it is only slightly fragrant. But, it blooms profusely in mid June to early/mid July, with clusters of up to 30 blossoms. It repeats its bloom a bit more sporadically until frost. The canes can grow up to 10 feet tall if trained on a post or trellis. Its canes are also very stiff, so it can be left to form a very large shrub. William Baffin is the hardiest repeat-blooming climber available for northern gardeners (at least that we know of).

What you'll receive: Plants are grade #1 own-root plants, and shipped bareroot (no soil or pot) and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about our plants.

Shipping: $0-$75=$12.00, $75.01-$125=$15, $125.01-$200=$20, >$200=10% of total. Shipped UPS Ground in spring from early April through mid May.

[Catalog #CR07 - Introduced in 1983 - a Canadian Explorer Series rose]

How to Grow

Roses need sun (at least 6 hours daily); well-drained, fertile soil; and consistent and adequate soil moisture to thrive and produce the most blossoms.

Learn more about growing roses:

What's a "bareroot" plant?

Photo of bareroot plant"Bareroot" is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what a bareroot plant looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through mid May.

Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting instructions with photos are available on our Planting Roses page.

This page was last updated January 5, 2013

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