The Alpenfee rose is a rare addition to your old garden rose collection. This Hybrid Setigera, bred circa 1890, has large old-fashioned double blooms. These dainty-looking cupped blooms are a delicate soft blush pink. This plant will grow to be about 7′-9′ in height in a climbing, more rambling form, and will occasionally rebloom. This species of rose is hardy and disease-resistant.
For helpful rose care tips for the Alpenfee rose, please visit our Rose Care page.
| Classification |
Climbing Roses, Historic Roses, Hybrid Setigera Roses
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| Repeat Bloomer |
Occasional Repeat Bloom
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| Colour |
Light Pink
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| Bloom Size |
Large
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| Bloom Shape |
Open-Cupped
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| Petal Count |
Double (17-25 petals)
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| Plant Form |
Bushy, Climbing, Rambling
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| Plant Height |
7' – 8', 8' – 9'
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| Healthy |
Healthy
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| Hardiness Zones |
USDA 5 – 9
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| Sun Requirement |
6+ hours of direct sunlight
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| Breeder |
circa 1890, Geschwind
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| Usage |
Cut Rose, Garden Rose, Rose Hips
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| Propagation |
Grafted on Multiflora, Produced by Palatine Fruit and Roses
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| Root Form |
Bare-Root Rose, Potted Rose Pick Up Only
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The heights & zones are guidelines only. Roses & fruit trees grow differently in different zones, and require proper winter protection accordingly.
Please know we only ship bare root roses.
We ship throughout North America from the end of February to the end of April. We cannot ship outside of North America at this time.
When you place your order, select your preferred shipping date based upon your personal schedule, gardening preferences, and circumstances. You may have surgery or a travel schedule you need to consider. You may also have a green house or a micro climate that may require a different than suggested shipping date.
The general planting guidelines are as follows:
- Zones 9-13: January – late February
- Zone 8: mid – late February
- Zone 7: early – mid March
- Zone 6: mid – late March
- Zones 3-5: early April – May
On rare occasions we may reach out to you with a different ship to date. This is solely to protect the quality and well being of the plants in response to ever changing weather patterns. Would we need to change your date you will be notified in advance by email.
For our Canadian Customers:
All orders ship on Mondays. Canadian orders will be shipped via Purolator straight from our nursery to you. You will receive a tracking number from Purolator.
We reserve the right to refuse to ship orders if we deem the weather to be too risky to the plant’s health.
Please see Shipping Rates in Canada.
For our US Customers:
The status of US import tariffs is constantly changing, with recent tariffs being rescheduled, imposed, lifted, and extended again. Please know for the roses shipping this spring 2025 – If the US government applies a tariff to our shipments, we will have to pass this cost along to our US customers. Thank you for being so understanding.
US orders are exported to our US Warehouse and ship Mondays via UPS. You will receive a tracking number from the warehouse, Freight Boy Inc. On occasions these tracking numbers have found their way into our customers’ email junk mail. Before reaching out to us please have a look there for a UPS shipment coming from Freight Boy, Niagara Falls, NY.
We reserve the right to refuse to ship orders if we deem the weather to be too risky to the plant’s health.
Please see Shipping Rates in USA.
Pick up for Bare-Root Roses
Bare-root pick up roses are only available if pre-ordered. For the health of the plants we can only hold pre-ordered bare-root roses for pick up until April 28, 2025, after which point, we will need to pot the roses and charge a potting fee.
Pick up for Potted Roses
Potted roses are available for pick up in-store, while quantities last, until the end of summer. Our garden centre hours of operation are Monday-Saturday, 9 am-5 pm. When placing an online order of potted roses, you will be asked to select a pick up date. These dates will only be available 48 hours from when you place your order, to allow our staff time to arrange the pick up. If you need to reschedule a pick up, please contact store staff at (905) 468-8627 or store@palatineroses.com as soon as possible.
