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There are several types of climber: • Noisette roses: an old group, with small, rosette-type flowers. They need a warm, frost-free position. • Climbing Tea roses: these are similar to the Noisettes, but with more of a Hybrid Tea appearance. • Climbing Hybrid Teas: these have a Hybrid Tea nature and are usually sports (natural mutations) of Hybrid Teas. • Climbing Bourbons: these are characterized by their old rose- type flowers. Like most other climbers, they flower repeatedly. - • Modern climbers: this is a relatively new grouping. They are repeat-flowering, with flowers resembling those of Hybrid Teas.

These are non-climbing roses. Some of them grow into arching shrubs, some form attractive spreading mounds, while others are more upright.

Originating in the Orient the rose became a popular growth with the Greeks, who in turn carried its cultivation into their colonies in Italy and elsewhere. The ephebes in their youthful capacity as servers of wine to the guests wore roses on their heads as did also the female dancers. In the orgies following the banquet roses were used in great abundance, smothering the tables, and the Latin term sub rosa is said to have originated from the rule that all acts after the arrival of the flowered Decoration were considered secret with the convivialists. Nero is said to have squandered $150,000 in roses at a single feast; the sybarites are said to have reposed on a bed of roses.