A close-up of several light pink roses in full bloom with dark green leaves in the background.
Pink roses with green leaves in a garden setting
A close-up of a blooming pink rose with layered petals, surrounded by green leaves and small buds in a garden setting.
A close-up of several light pink roses in full bloom with dark green leaves in the background.
Pink roses with green leaves in a garden setting
A close-up of a blooming pink rose with layered petals, surrounded by green leaves and small buds in a garden setting.

Grafted on Rosa Multiflora, #1 Graded Rose

Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™

$54.95 CAD Reopens Oct 15
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'KORnagelio'

Originally planned to be named after Käthchen, meaning "little Kate," the beloved heroine of a German Romantic play set in Heilbronn, this rose travelled from literary legend to garden icon. Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ is a Climbing rose producing medium, very double old-fashioned blooms in clear romantic pink with darker reverse, very fragrant with sweet, powdery, and fruity notes, ideal for arches, pergolas, and vertical spaces. A multiple fragrance award-winner with good disease resistance.

More About Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™

Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ develops from of a pink bulbous buds into large, very double blooms. Clusters of long lasting old-fashioned pompon flowers open to deeply cupped blooms that transition to quartered flower with age, revealing clear romantic pink petals with a darker reverse. Very fragrant with sweet, powdery, and fruity notes of green apple, raspberry, and grapefruit combined with myrrh, Kiss Me Kate™ fills vertical spaces with exceptional aromatic pleasure as the lush blooms develop their quartered old-fashioned form throughout the season.
Growing Details

A climbing rose reaching 7 feet or more in height and 4 feet in width. Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ has medium green large leathery semi-glossy foliage and demonstrates good disease resistance. Winter hardy, thriving in CA Zones 5-6+ | USDA 4-5+. Requires full sun and adapts to all soil types. On July 2, 2016, during the 6th Heilbronn Rose Market, the young woman chosen that year to play Käthchen, Heilbronn's beloved little Kate, officially christened this rose with water from the Neckar River, naming it the first ambassador of the 2019 Federal Horticultural Show.
Awards
Rose Trials Awards

Bring Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ home and grow a piece of literary and garden history.

  • Description

    Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ develops from of a pink bulbous buds into large, very double blooms. Clusters of long lasting old-fashioned pompon flowers open to deeply cupped blooms that transition to quartered flower with age, revealing clear romantic pink petals with a darker reverse. Very fragrant with sweet, powdery, and fruity notes of green apple, raspberry, and grapefruit combined with myrrh, Kiss Me Kate™ fills vertical spaces with exceptional aromatic pleasure as the lush blooms develop their quartered old-fashioned form throughout the season.


    Breeder: Kordes    Introduced IN 2016

  • Growing Details

    A climbing rose reaching 7 feet or more in height and 4 feet in width. Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™ has medium green large leathery semi-glossy foliage and demonstrates good disease resistance. Winter hardy, thriving in CA Zones 5-6+ | USDA 4-5+. Requires full sun and adapts to all soil types. On July 2, 2016, during the 6th Heilbronn Rose Market, the young woman chosen that year to play Käthchen, Heilbronn's beloved little Kate, officially christened this rose with water from the Neckar River, naming it the first ambassador of the 2019 Federal Horticultural Show.

  • Characteristics

    • Classification: Climber
    • Typical Plant Size: 7'+h x 4'w | Climbing
    • Bloom Types: Cupped, Rosette, Very Double (40+petals)
    • Bloom Size: Medium | 2" - 3"
    • Growing Zones: Very Winter Hardy | CA Zones 5-6+ | USDA 4-5+
    • Fragrance Notes: Very Fragrant, Fruity, Myrrh, Sweet
    • Disease Resistance: Disease Resistant

  • Awards

    2022 The Hague – Bronze Certificate; The Hague – Fragrance Award | 2020 Glasgow – Gold Medal; Glasgow Tollcross – Fragrance Award; The Hague – Certificate of Merit; Warsaw – Certificate of Merit | 2017 La Tacita – Gold (First Prize) Climber; Le Roeulx – Certificate of Merit; Le Roeulx – Fragrance Award; Lyon – Prix de Jury du Lycée Horticole de Lyon-Dardilly | 2016 Kortrijk/Courtrai – Fragrance Award; Kortrijk/Courtrai – Gold Medal; Tokyo – Silver Medal | 2015 The Hague – Second Class Certificate
A close-up of several light pink roses in full bloom with dark green leaves in the background.

Arborose® Kiss Me Kate™

Healthy, hardy, and grown with care in Canada, our roses are selected for their beauty, reliability, and strength.