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February 26, 2009

Largest Rose Bush in the world - Knock Out Rose "Kiftsgate" (Rosa fillipes)


White rose, Rosa fillipes "Kiftsgate" growing in England is the largest rose bush in the world.
It current size is 90 feets x 80 feets x 50 feets high, or in metric it is 24m x 27 m x 15m high.
It was plantes as small seedling in 1938 in Kiftsgate Court Gardens.
I haven't found info about any other rose growing that large! If you live next to it, just please let me know.
On the photo you see picture of Kiftsgate taken in Austria - it bloomed for the first time after few years and at the lenght of 6 meters.
/click to enlarge the photo and see the white flowers in the upper part of the photograph/.
Picture by Er.We - taken in Austria.
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12 comments:

  1. joey26 February, 2009 16:16

    Wow, Ewa! Must be awesome to see 'Kiftsgate' in bloom!

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  2. Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen26 February, 2009 16:24

    Judging by its size, I think it's aiming for world domination. ;-)

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  3. garden girl26 February, 2009 19:11

    Wow Ewa, that's huge! I was thinking the same thing as Yolanda - a rose that big might poised to take over the world!

    I would hate to be the person responsible for prunining that rose. Ouch!

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  4. Anonymous26 February, 2009 19:19

    Cool. Roses are so classy. I love that the owners allowed this one to grow.

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  5. Anonymous26 February, 2009 19:19

    Cool. Roses are so classy. I love that the owners allowed this one to grow.

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  6. Visual Vamp28 February, 2009 07:01

    Amazing!
    We could live in it!
    xo xo

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  7. Balisha28 February, 2009 15:57

    That's one stunning rose bush.

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  8. Barbara02 March, 2009 20:15

    Wow...I am glad, that my Kiftsgate is not (yet) so big ;-) !! But the blooms are great!!

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  9. Hort Log21 March, 2009 18:01

    That's a rose ??? Looks like a tree to me .....

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  10. Dandan19 February, 2011 19:57

    Pretty cool! Undoubtedly the tallest rose in the world. Depends on what is meant by 'biggest'. Check out the 125 year old "Lady Banksia" rose in Tombstone, Arizona. Covers 7000 square feet.

    http://www.clickoncamping.ca/attractions/rose-bush.html

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/arancidamoeba/2819307239/

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  11. Paul N08 July, 2011 18:00

    Ewa
    In 2006 I visited Tombstone in Arizona and saw the World's largest rose bush, and this is officially the record holder.
    BTW last year I planted a 'Kiftsgate' as I want it to cover a large workshop. It's now 9ft tall and growing each day.
    Paul

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  12. Bulzi07 May, 2013 04:10

    largest rose in the world is the Lady Banks Rose in Tombstone, Arizona. Covers over 8000 square feet and has a circumference of 12 feet.

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