ALOHA® – apricot-orange climbing rose - Kordes
ALOHA® is a romantic climbing rose for walls, arches and cottage-style front gardens, bringing a warm, welcoming glow of peach-orange and pink to your home. Its very full, rosette blooms create a romantic look, ideal if You prefer soft, nostalgic colours rather than harsh tones. The sweet, fruity scent adds a fragrant note around doors, patios or garden benches. As a pharmaROSA® ORIGINAL own-root plant, it is grown for a long garden life, regenerating well from its own base over time and keeping its ornamental value stable. In Ireland’s wet, variable weather, it appreciates soil that copes well with rainfall and drains steadily, helping the roots stay healthy. Give it a sturdy support and it will form a dense, leafy curtain that screens views and frames windows beautifully. In the first year it strengthens its roots, in the second it builds shoots, and by the third it reveals its full character and flowering power.
Use cases
| Target area |
Reason |
| Climbing rose for front house walls |
Ideal for training against a sunny or lightly shaded front wall, where its upright habit and 2–3 m height create a welcoming vertical accent beside doors or windows for style-conscious homeowners |
| Romantic cottage-style arch or arbour |
Very double, rosette blooms in peach, cream and pink tones give a soft cottage-garden feel over an arch, seating arbour or gateway, suiting fans of nostalgic, storybook gardens and relaxed beginners |
| Small group planting in ornamental beds |
Planted in groups of 1–3, its dense foliage and repeat-flowering clusters build a long-season focal point in mixed beds without needing complex combinations, ideal for busy family-garden owners |
| Screening and privacy along boundaries |
Its vigorous, upright growth and dense, dark green leaves make a leafy privacy curtain on a sturdy trellis or pergola, softening fences while adding colour for practical-minded garden planners |
| Large container on patio or balcony |
Can be grown in a 40–50 litre or larger container with a strong obelisk or trellis, giving vertical colour on patios or sheltered balconies, especially appreciated by space-limited urban gardeners |
| Feature rose near seating areas |
The medium-strong, sweet fruity scent is best enjoyed up close, so training it near a favourite bench or terrace makes summer evenings more atmospheric for fragrance-loving garden enthusiasts |
| Partial shade side-garden border |
Tolerates partial shade, so suits side passages or corners that get only part-day sun, provided the soil copes with frequent Atlantic rain and drains reasonably well for practical Irish householders |
| Long-term structural rose for established gardens |
Own-root growth allows the plant to mature steadily on its support, recovering from pruning and winter damage over many years, a reassuring choice for long-view, low-fuss rose lovers |
Decorating ideas
- COTTAGE ENTRANCE – Train ALOHA® around a front door with sweet alyssum at the base for a soft, scented welcome – ideal for owners of traditional cottages and country-style homes
- WALLED PATIO – Pair it with lavender and rosemary along a sunny terrace wall to contrast its pastel blooms with silver foliage – perfect for those who like low-key Mediterranean accents
- ROMANTIC PERGOLA – Let it climb a wooden pergola, underplanting with common sage and airy grasses for a refined, natural look – suited to gardeners aiming for relaxed elegance
- COLOUR FOCUS BED – Create a small feature bed with 1–3 plants and cypress spurge ‘Fens Ruby’ as groundcover to highlight its peach-orange flowers – good for compact front gardens
- BALCONY STATEMENT – Grow ALOHA® in a 50 litre half-barrel with a strong obelisk, underplanted with trailing alyssum – attractive for balcony and small-patio gardeners
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Climbing rose from the Klettermaxe collection; registered as KORwesrug, traded as Aloha® Klettermaxe® KORwesrug; ARS exhibition name Aloha; large-flowered climber for garden and show use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by W. Kordes’ Söhne, Germany, from ‘Westerland’ × ‘Rugelda®’; breeding and registration 2003; introduced 2003 in Germany and 2007 in Canada as a premium ornamental climbing rose. |
| Growth and structure |
Upright small grimpant climber reaching about 200–320 cm high and 80–150 cm wide; densely thorned shoots and dark, slightly glossy foliage create a full, leafy framework on supports. |
| Flower morphology |
Very double, rosette-style blooms with more than 40 petals; large flowers, typically 2.75–3.95 inches, borne in clusters; remontant with a lighter second flush if regularly deadheaded. |
| Colour and phenology |
Closed buds are deep reddish-orange; flowers open peach-orange with salmon tones, then fade through creamy pastel peach-pink to pearly pink; overall effect is a warm peachy-orange with soft pink sheen. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, noticeable perfume with a sweet, fruity character; best appreciated at close range near paths or seating; primarily ornamental, not selected for cosmetic or culinary fragrance use. |
| Rose hip characteristics |
Occasionally forms small, spherical hips about 12–16 mm across; orange-red when ripe; hips are not typically a dominant ornamental feature and may be reduced by regular deadheading. |
| Resistance and hardiness |
Hardy to about -26 to -23 °C (H7, USDA 5b, Swedish zone 4); very susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot and rust, so needs consistent fungicide protection and good air movement. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best on walls, pergolas, trellises or as a specimen climber; suitable for partial shade; spacing 140–225 cm depending on use; 0.4–0.5 plants/m² for group planting; large containers require strong supports. |
ALOHA® offers romantic, fragrant blooms, space-saving vertical impact and a long-lived own-root framework that matures reliably over time, making it a thoughtful choice if You would like a climbing rose that rewards patient, steady care.
