I've read that she can grow to 6-7metres high. I'm not sure in what conditions this would happen though. Pretty impresive for a dainty little flower like that! Of course with pruning it doesn't have to be anywhere near that height. It would be nice to let it get to a reasonable sort of size just because it is so pretty. Really it's a matter of where you have the space. You can literally prune it with the hedge shears. I have to warn you....I am NO expert when it comes to roses. I just read a lot! LOL
Cheers,
Dee.

One that I see regularly covers the whole front of an admittedly small inner city house. And I read in someone's catalogue recently the warning "Do not underestimate the size of this rose..."

Thank you Dee and Meryl,
I seem to have a giant flowering fairy on my hands.
I did a Google and was so surprised to see the size they can grow.
My Mother always had a bushy type.
I guess some strong building is about to happedn here.
Marion

Your mother may have had "Spray Cecile Brunner" - which can grow into a very large shrub. This one was commonly referred to as Cecile Brunner as I was growing up. It seems there is a difference in the names and "Cecile Brunner" is actually a smaller bush. I think much confusion still abounds. Ann

Hi Marion
You need to work out if you have the real climbing Cecile Brunner or Spray Cecile Brunner which is also called Bloomfield Abundance (the name seems to be interchangable).
It has the same flowers but BA is a very big climber . Unfortunately some nurseries do not differentiate.
The thing that sets Bloomflield apart are the long whiskery calyx lobes that hang down from the flowers. The flowers are pretty much identical to Cecile Brunner.
The real climbing Cecile Brunner is a more modest climber but I have read that it does not flower as well as Bloomfield Abundance.
Check the flowers and you will know what you have.
I have just looked up Yates roses and the author says that Spray Cecile Brunner was mislabelled as Bloomfield Abundance in the 1930s.

Cheers Deryn