Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Hybrid multiflora
Extra Color Info: Violet with white streaks
Growth Habit: Climbing, vigorous, semi-rigid, typically 10-20 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Misc: Thornless or almost thornless
Hybridizer & year: Johann Christoph Schmidt, 1909
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 10-20 feet
Plant Spread: 5-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Seedling of: Crimson Rambler
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Veilchenblau'
  • 'Bleu Violet'
  • 'Blue Rambler'
  • 'Blue Rosalie'
  • 'Violet Blue'

Common names
  • Rambling Rose
  • Hybrid Multiflora Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2017-05-23
Photo by zuzu
Location: Neighbor's backyard
Date: 2012 April
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-27
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-08
Blue Rambler Rose 001
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2021-04-21
digital camera
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2012-06-02
digital camera
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by zuzu

photo credit: Jamain
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-02
Location: Nothern Germany
Date: 2007-06-14
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Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by kniphofia
Photo by keithp2012
Location: Neighbor's backyard
Date: 2012 April
Location: My garden
Date: May 2018
planted 2 years ago

photo credit: Kurt Stüber
Photo by Aerith
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2018-05-27
digital camera
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by S124AB
Location: my garden
Date: Summer 2010
Dappled shade sets off the dark/light color shades as the blossom
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2015-06-22
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Aerith
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-21
Location: In my Northern California garden

Date: 2009-06-01

Date: 2009-06-01

Date: c. 1911
photo from the 1911 catalog, Ellwanger & Barry, Mt. Hope Nurserie
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-27

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.
Location: Marshfield, Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2012-04-26

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

photo credit: Spedona

Date: 2009-06-27
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 15, 2019 1:52 AM concerning plant:
    This rose is one of the stars of my garden in May and June. It can climb as high as 20 feet, and its canes stay pliable for a long time, so it can be wound around pillars or trained on tellises and arbors quite easily -- extremely easily, in fact, because it is not a thorny rose. The large clusters of small cupped blooms start out a bluish-purple and gradually fade to lavender and silver. It is a once-bloomer, but many once-bloomers occasionally rebloom in my zone if they are pruned soon after the blooming stage has been completed. Veilchenblau has a second bloom cycle about once every three years in my garden. The rebloom is sparse but nevertheless quite welcome.
  • Posted by AndreA33 (Bordeaux, France - Zone 8a) on Feb 11, 2016 9:17 AM concerning plant:
    A very easy one to propagate! Cuttings take at 100%
  • Posted by Avedon (NE Tex - Zone 8a) on Sep 6, 2012 6:13 PM concerning plant:
    Gorgeous rose in full bloom with sweet fragrance. This one just knocks me out when I see it!!
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 16, 2011 2:39 PM concerning plant:
    I wanted Veilchenblau to climb up my old dwarf cherry tree, but it only got about 7 feet tall and never any taller. Last year's canes always have heavy die off during winters, so instead of growing tall, it has to put out new ones from nearer the base and just can't get much height. Still, it is glorious in bloom each spring. A most unusual, small-flowered, purple bloom. Once-flowering in the spring only. The only once-flowering rose in my garden.
  • Posted by MaryinLa (Marshfield, Missouri - Zone 6a) on May 3, 2012 8:13 PM concerning plant:
    Grows and blooms well in zone 6a, Marshfield, Missouri. Aggressive grower.
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 11:06 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "Often called The Blue Rose, this vigorous, nearly thornless rambler has small crimson or purple blossoms that fade to a grey-blue color. Although literature indicates a tendency to rebloom, we have not witnessed this occurrence. Seen up close, there are streaks of white in each flower and the gold stamens are brightly displayed. Fragrance is excellent."
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