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Alibaba (Climber)

Alibaba (Climber)

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Alibaba Climbing Rose

Alibaba delivers large, deeply ruffled, old-fashioned style blooms in warm apricot-pink, each carrying a strong and appealing fruity fragrance. The flowers are produced in clusters throughout the season, repeat-flowering reliably from June to autumn. The combination of their romantic cupped form and warm colour makes Alibaba a really special garden rose.

🌸 Plant Specifications

Colour Apricot pink – warm and rich
Fragrance Good fragrance – strong fruity scent
Flower size 10 cm (4") – large, ruffled double
Petal count / form ~25 petals, large open ruffled form, cluster flowers
Height × Spread 250 cm × 120 cm (8 ft × 4 ft)
Flowering season Repeat flowering – June through autumn
Sunlight Full sun; at least 4 hours daily
Disease resistance Good disease resistance
Thorns Thorns present on growth
Bee friendly Not primarily bee-friendly
Pot size (potted) 5.5 litre

🏡 Ideal For

  • South or west-facing sunny walls and fences
  • Gardeners who love old-fashioned flower form in a modern repeat-flowering rose
  • Warm colour schemes with apricot, peach, and copper planting partners
  • Arches and pergolas where the scent can be appreciated as you pass
  • Cutting – the large ruffled blooms are beautiful in arrangements

✂️ Pruning Guide

Prune in February, cutting side laterals back to 2–3 buds and training main structural canes in a fan shape against your support. Deadhead through summer to encourage further flushes into autumn.

🌱 Planting & Care

Plant in a warm, sunny spot in well-enriched soil. Use Empathy Rootgrow at planting. Feed in spring and after the first flowering flush. Deadhead regularly to keep new blooms coming.

📦 Buying Options

  • Potted (5.5 ltr) – £24.49: Ready to plant any time of year. Plants arrive established and ready to grow away quickly.
  • Bare Root – £20.99: Available November to March. Excellent value; bare root roses establish just as well as potted when planted at the right time.

🏆 Why Buy From Henry Street Nursery?

  • Family-run rose growers established in 1890 – over 130 years of expertise
  • 5× Hampton Court Gold Medal winners
  • Rated 4.8 / 5 from over 2,600 verified reviews on Judge.me
  • 2-year growing guarantee on all our roses
  • Fast UK delivery – dispatched in 2–3 working days
  • Flat-rate delivery just £3.49 per order

Grown with care by Henry Street Nursery, family rose growers since 1890.

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FAQ

Free Gift Message

If your rose is for a gift, please write your message on the "Cart" page and we'll hand write it to send with each rose. If you can't find where to enter the message, don't worry just email us at roses@henrystreet.co.uk and we'll include it with your order.

Henry Street 2 year Guarantee

Having grown roses as a family for over 100 years, we are confident that any rose you buy from us will thrive in your garden.

Henry Street Nursery offer a 2 year guarantee with any roses bought from this website or through our garden centre. If you experience any issues with the establishment of roses purchased from us within the first 2 years of planting please send pictures to roses@henrystreet.co.uk or call our team on 0118 9761223 to speak to a member of our team.

Henry street reserve the right to offer a direct replacement, alternative rose, additional care advice to give the existing plant more time to grow or a full refund for any roses covered by the rose guarantee. A picture of the rose will be required for any guarantee requests alongside a picture of the colour plant label supplied with each rose.

Shipping & Returns

Delivery cost £3.49 per order. Delivery 2-3 working days.

We use DPD for all our Bush rose deliveries & DX Freight for all standard roses, upon dispatch you will receive an email confirming your rose has been shipped and providing you updates through delivery confirming estimated time of arrival.

Unfortunately due to updated plant health requirements following Brexit we are only able to ship to Mainland (including Isle of White) UK excluding Northern Ireland.

Our standard delivery is 1 - 3 days from point of order although may be extended in busy periods. We do not post roses on Fridays. As our roses are live plants we sometimes delay sending in extreme cold or heat to avoid them perishing due to extended delivery times.

Bare root roses on pre-order will be dispatched in the Autumn / Winter, any orders placed not on pre-order will be dispatched on a Tuesday.

How will my rose arrive

We have specially designed boxes to ensure any roses bought from us will travel safely to your home.

Bare root roses are dispatched between October and February each year. We do allow pre-orders of bare root roses and will send them out once the stock is ready. It may be the case that some orders are fulfilled earlier than others depending on which varieties were on order.

Our new crop of potted roses are dispatched from October and will arrive as newly potted bare root plants. These are ok to be planted out straight away or you can wait till the rose has started rooting in and plant in the spring. Sending out these potted roses ensures you receive the best product as the rose remains well in moist compost through the journey and when planting you have a pot of our special blend of compost to get your rose off to the best of start.

In spring our roses will still be very small to look at but will have rooted into the pot and will be showing strong young growth.

May - September we will do our best to send out roses in flower or in bud but this will depend on the growing season as we may have to cut back the plant to keep them healthy with fresh growth.

How to care for Roses

All our roses arrive with our helpful rose care leaflet.

Our Rose Care pages are also a great place to look for advice on planting, pruning, feeding and caring for your roses.

Find our Rose Care Pages here.

Can I buy your roses in Store

Our Garden Centre in Reading, Berkshire has our full selection of roses in store for you to choose from. Our expert team are always on hand to advise on choosing the perfect rose for your garden. Coming in store is also the best way to guarantee getting the best price.

We also supply roses to a large number of independent Nurseries and Garden Centres across the south of England. Give us a call today on 0118 9761223 to see where you can see our roses in person.