Climbing Shrub Rose 'Lemon Meringue': Radler's Citream Dream

Introduced in 2005 by Bill Radler, 'Lemon Meringue' (PP17347, also known as WEKradler) is a versatile climber/shrub that serves up lemon-yellow blooms with a light, sweet fragrance. Its flexible canes can be trained as a climber to 8-10 feet or allowed to form a large, arching shrub.

Botanical Profile

The flowers are semi-double, a clear, bright lemon-yellow that holds its color well, opening in clusters of 5-15. The fragrance is light, sweet citrus. The foliage is the typical Radler package: dark green, glossy, highly disease-resistant. 'Lemon Meringue' fills a difficult niche—a yellow climber that repeats reliably and resists black spot. Yellow roses are notoriously prone to disease; Radler's breeding has cracked that code. Whether trained on a pergola or left to fountain as a shrub, it brings a slice of sunshine to the vertical garden.