Key facts
- Growth habit
- Climber
- Flowering
- Repeat-flowering
- Breeder
- Fryer
- Listed for
- United Kingdom
Overview
Dizzy Heights is a red climbing rose bred by Fryer and introduced in 1999. Its flowers are strongly fragrant, and it can climb up to around 3 m (10 ft). Train stems sideways along wires or trellis to encourage more flowering shoots. It received the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2012, and UK plant breeders' rights were granted in 2003. Suited to covering a house wall, fence or pergola post with scented red blooms.
Dizzy Heights traits
- Red flowers with a strong scent
- Climbs to about 3 m (10 ft)
- Bred by Fryer, 1999
- RHS Award of Garden Merit, 2012
Good for
- Walls and fences
- Pergolas
- Scented garden
Compare with other rose varieties
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| Variety | Days to maturity | Growth habit | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Heights this page | — | Climber | — |
| Adélaïde d'Orléans | — | Climber | — |
| Albéric Barbier | — | Climber | — |
| Albertine | — | Climber | — |
| Alexandre Girault | — | Climber | — |
| Alibaba | — | Climber | — |
| Aloha | — | Climber | — |
Dizzy Heights FAQ
What kind of rose is Dizzy Heights?
Dizzy Heights is a red climbing rose bred by Fryer and introduced in 1999. Its flowers are strongly fragrant, and it can climb up to around 3 m (10 ft).
How does Dizzy Heights compare with other rose varieties?
Dizzy Heights: climber. Similar rose varieties include Adélaïde d'Orléans, Albéric Barbier, Albertine. The comparison table on this page lists days to maturity, growth habit and type side by side.
What is Dizzy Heights good for?
Dizzy Heights is grown for walls and fences, pergolas, scented garden.
Sowing, care and common problems
Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every rose variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.
- Rose growing guide
- How to Prune Roses: When to Cut and How Hard
- Types of Roses: How the Group Decides the Pruning
- Rose Problems: Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Aphids
- How to Care for Roses: Feeding, Watering and Deadheading
- Rose Growing Calendar: What to Do in Each Season
- Overwintering Roses: Protecting the Graft and the Canes
- All 321 rose varieties
Source
Source: APHA (Animal and Plant Health Agency)
The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.