My plant was originally bought as "Climbing Iceberg" but the true identity soon revealed itself. Here at Lista in the best zone of Norway this is a vigorous rambler. I have had it for a number of years and it grows profusely, sending out stems and twigs in all directions, making me very happy too in the process. It has so far been very disease resistant. Enormous quantities of flowers cover the plant during the main flush, which should be the only one since this is regarded a once flowering variety. However scattered flowers usually appear later in the season. So, with all these good qualities piled up on the bright side, isn`t there a back side as well? Yes, the flowers have an extreme disliking for rain. Protracted rain during the main flush is indeed very annoying to say the least. Still this rose remains one of my top favourites.

Once blooming indeed! - well this season Monsieur Alberic has really" made a spectacle" of himself. After the stunning first flush, he continued almost without delay to show off the usual scattered flowers and clusters of flowers until he in late autumn sported what I dare call a second, smaller flush. Never had I thought that Alberic Barbier and Sander`s White Rambler would be among the latest bloomers in my garden this year. The below photo was taken on Dec 1st 2009.