Wow, I've culled out some of them and now I've got more to contemplate. Thank you, I'M NOT COMPLAINING HERE :).... At this time of year for my area, is it better to 1/ get it as a potted rose since bare root season here has come and gone OR...2/Order it as a bareroot? Assuming I can get EXACTLY what I want potted up (but maybe that is not possible, I don't know enuf at the moment how the rose industry works). QUESTION: I just got D.Austin's catalog in the mail (swoon)but after reading some other posts etc. I'm not sure about them,,,I noticed that every description says "repeat bloomer" and I'm finding posts that contradict their catalog so I'm relaying on you "my friends" for tried and true climbers for my area and have been rewarded by your wonderful info and suggestions for specific roses to meet my needs. Since I really want a repeat bloomer, as I enjoy being out in my yard year round, is it more of a grower thing, as to how well they have propagated their roses to repeat bloom or just the genetics of that rose, that determines how well it repeat blooms, or is it a location thing of where you plant the rose? I know, I drive my own self crazy, being a 'thinker' personality isn't always a plus. Leads one to ask the 'WHO IS A CREDIBLE/exceptional GROWER' question? Should one go with overall info on that particular rose (to make final decisions) or rely on how that one particular grower has developed their particular rose and pick that way? I'd like to avoid paying huge amounts for shipping but paying extra for a really good rose now, is money well spent in enjoying the rose in the future.

i have an oldie... a rambler i don't know the name of. it is pink . it sure can be propagated too, i took several cuttings and they are growing well. are you interested?

A climbing rose can be grown without support, but one thing you have to deal with is strong winds. This is because strong winds whip the canes around and they lash each other and scratch the heck out of each other and you end up having to cut them back because of all the damage. There are all kinds of support that can be used rather than a trellis. A low fence, a tripod, an arch, are probably easier to work with than a trellis. Trellis are often too small and narrow to display a rose at its best. Check out the "ashdown rose" videos about climbing roses at youtube. Very helpful and instructive.

Mr. Lincoln, the best, a people pleaser, easy to grow in my climate. I think it was America's favorite rose at one time. Certainly the favorite red rose. Don Juan, smaller blooms and a fussier bush, but I've seen it looking incredible elsewhere. A small climber that improves once established and happy, Good color, and a charming unique way of unfolding it's petals. I asked a little girl which of all my roses was her favorite and she picked Don Juan, although there are others certainly more impressive. Don Juan has something special. Ingrid Bergman is highly regarded. Altissimo is a huge single blossom, with healthy blue-green leaves; a piller rose, it holds it's lacy branches high. Not much fragrance, but whatever.... Put it at the back of the border. I like to see it with the morning sun behind it, illuminating its petals. Bright red w/ yellow stamens. It's perky individualistic, and well-behaved. Hugh Dickson is an fine old rose, a hybrid perpetual, blooms profusely, powerful fragrance. Easy care. I had mine in a big pot in my yard, and someone actually stole it. My husband walked out of the house and accosted the rose-napper in our yard, he threw Hugh in his jeep and tore off. Alas, my beautiful well-loved rose was never recovered. I tried to buy another one, but it's no longer carried by the nursery. I need to special order. Oklahoma may be the darkest, truest red. Beautiful flower. Fragrant Cloud is a deep orange-red, but has what is probably the richest perfume in the kingdom. David Austin has a couple of fragrant reds with old rose form, but I'm not familiar with them. I don't trust those English, maybe because I'm Irish. It couldn't be because most of the the bushes have been puny and pathetic, with one sorry bloom feebly held up to the light? Ask at your specialized nursery or look on your local rose society website for recommendations specific to your climate.