Joseph's Coat

This is a climbing rose, Joseph's Coat. It has blooms with orange, yellow, red, and pink in one cluster, thus the name. It was found in 1964. Read more about it in this heart warming article "A Dazzling Variegated Climbing Rose" from Rose Gardening Made Easy site. Here's part of the article that warms my heart:

"This picture (refer to the picture on the website) of the 'Josephs Coat' climber shows it trained horizontally on a fence. The rose was planted the year before, so this is the first season it's putting on a show. Next year, watch out!

The smaller more contained growth of this rose, makes it so adaptable to many garden situations, especially the smaller gardens.

The repeat blooming flowers are quite distinctive, with blooms in bright colors from orange, yellow, red and pink. All of these colors will appear in one showy cluster. It's a really beautiful display of flowers. There is a light and fruity rose fragrance."

We purchased two of these in a nursery in Lindale, TX, this year. I guess we'll have to build better trellis for them to put a show in two years time.