I wouldn't want to wrestle with Mermaid up on a ladder.

Dortmund repeats but the ones I've observed have a semi-shrubby habit.

Cecile Brunner is not loud.

Clair Matin is semi-shrubby.

How about Paname? Would be pretty against the plum colored shed. George ordered it from Vintage and it is beautiful. He has a photo of it on Patricia's birthday thread. I know that I want it :-) Also, William Allen Richardson would be gorgeous on that color if you could find it.

Carol

Carol, I've got WAR on another arbor..It would do better if it got supplemental water...I might consider that one...

I think WAR would be beautiful with that color and you already are in a "rose moving" mood so why not?? :-)

Carol

Westerland is loud but Autumn Sunset will look nicer on your plum trellis. Own root, you can train it as a climber. It's stiff but trainable. Not subtle.

Roberta Bondar, raised by the nicest hybridizer you could ever meet, Joyce Fleming. Yellow looks great on plum.

I might go ahead and move William Allen Richardson today...

Robert

Cecile Brunner in my garden is bigger than Mermaid. it is not loud and has only a few flowers after first bloom. Clair Matin is a great repeater. Mine is perhaps 8 feet tall with a stiff growth habit. Parade is lovely though not a really good repeater. Pink Mermaid doesn't repeat much either though it looks fabulous in the spring. It's very vigorous and thorny. Dortmund repeats. It gets tall but you could keep it down a bit.
Here's some LOUD reccomendations. Sunrise. This is a sparkling LFC in wonderful pernitiana colors, with good repeat for a climber. Phare BRIGHT flaming orange, tall. Summer Wine a beautiful single warm pink with purple stamens. Very vigorous but you can keep it in line. It has a couple of flushes. Don't forget Joeseph's Coat. Climbing Happy is a bright cheerful climbing polyantha(red wine)that seems to bloom all the time here.

How about Alexandre Girault, orangey-pink? Once-blooming, but it would cover the big trellis faster than a stiff climber and it would weep down from the triangle points. The HMF picture by AmiRoses is the color of the plants I have seen.

A grower/breeder here in California recently recommended 'Royal Sunset' as a great climber (in our climate at least).

I thought, "wow..that's LOUD!".

But, after thinking about it awhile , I wrote him back saying, while it was a little too "unsubtle" for MY garden..."how spectacular would it look in front of a plum-purple wall".

And now you need a loud climber for a plum trellis. So I'd say the laws of kismet means you should at least take a look at 'Royal Sunset'.

Bill (who also loves freedom of speech ;-) )

Hat's off to you mate.

I don't think Royal Sunset is loud, but then I tend to like rich, saturated colors.

It would look great against a plum contrast and it is an absolutely wonderful rose. It also grows and fills out fast. Low disease and very good fragrance.

I agree about Royal Sunset - it is a beautiful rose. Another peachy color that might look good with plum [I love lavenders/apricots]is Crepuscule. I adore this rose!

In fairness to 'Royal Sunset' and other peoples tastes...take note that I'm exceptionally color challenged...so anything much beyond "blush" is loud to me ;-)

Well, folks...before I saw all these suggestions, I moved William Allen Richardson to the trellis... I hope he does well there. I will checkout the other suggestions and probably find places for all of them. Royal Sunset is gorgeous. I couldn't find Paname on HMF...I tried two Crepuscules last fall, but they didn't recover from the Easter freeze...I will have this rose one day! Joseph's Coat is a BS magnet for me...but gorgeous.

I've got two Cecile Brunners...one climbing a tree and another covering a shed...or at least each is starting to do its job.

I've got Alexandre Girault, and it is wonderful. Mine is being trained up a tree.

I may need to move my Westerland to a place where it will get watered regularly. I wonder whether the plum trellis can accomodate both William Allen Richardson AND Westerland.... that may be an idea. Westerland is struggling without supplemental water. Autumn Sunset is a beauty too and seems to be doing okay in my rose tunnel, so I don't wanna move that rose.

Thanks, Everyone!

Robert

I have a new Salita. I can't take my eyes of the first flowers. Nearly a pure orange. I have no idea yet about its' disease resistance or how big it will get. QR says it will grow to 13', vigorous in hot climates, has large healthy glossy leaves and crimson new growth, is especially good as a pillar rose at it produces flowers at different levels not just at the top. The flowers open slowly and so far have a HT shape.

Mine is in a pot as I plan to experiment with over wintering my new climbers in my greenhouse.

I'll have to checkout Salita..thanks..btw where did you get yours?

A belated second for Summer Wine.

I got my Salita from Pikering. My old CRL, 2004, only lists Vintage as another source.

Ann, I've been interested in Summer Wine but none of my usual sources carry it. Where did you get yours?

I forgot to mention that the first flower of Salita is developing into a nice shape, a double row of large petals lying flat with a center of tight petals sort of OGR in look. So often HT flowers open out showing stamens and generally ugly. This started out looking like a HT but apparently isn't.