Thank you all very much! Jerome- Larmarque has always been very top favorite rose. Like Audrey said it has such nice clean blooms and the smell is a wonderful sweet citrus scent. I also just love the green apple color of the leaves.Very well behaved climber. Krista- Duchess de Brabant has grown very quickly for me. Always covered in blooms. Denise- Thank you for the complement...I too just love that birdfeeder, got it at our Flowertown Festival 2 years ago but I wish I spent more and got the larger birdhouse instead as now that vendor hasn't been there since...got to remember to go with your gut and just buy it when you see it. Audrey- I have Ducher too but I got lucky as she was sent by accident so they told me to keep her and I love her. Very clean, nice rounded shape, and a citrus scent similar to Lamarque. I love white roses but they are hard to get full bush shots as the white seems no matter the time of day is bright and it just doesn't show up very well. Here is mine... Here is a link that might be useful: hennypennyrose cottage

Yay - mine does have a lemon scent, and the blooms when fully open are 3 inches in diameter. If it really is Lamarque, it should re-bloom in more sun - I will have to try and root another cutting - it would be so great to have a re-blooming plant of this. Thanks for all of your input! Jackie

List of roses that do well in hot humid conditions: Renae rose, thornless pink, climbing, idealy grown over fences, archways pegolas, lovely perfume. Crepsucule, low bushy growth, apricot flowers, ideal for low fences. Dutchess de brabant, climbing or shrub form, climbing variety ideal for tall fences. Sarah van fleet, rugosa rose, extremely thorny, great as a barrier. Mutabilis, large showy shrub rose. Cornelia, shrub of climbing rose good for fences. Madam issac pereire, large rose for fences, sheds or walls. Buff beauty, shrub - climber, found to be slow growing, needs good mulch and care, beautiful nodding blooms. Veilchenblau glorious coloured truss's of purply flowers, thornless rose, tolerates some afternoon shade, which also helps prevent the flowers from fading too quickly, thornless, though not a large grower. Carrabella vertally thornless, great for fences near walkways. Lamarque beautiful climbing rose, hardy and healthy You can check out the oz gardening gallery, there I have a post on renae rose on my archway with pictures and a link futher down on another post with pictures for Lamarque, just copy and paste the link into your browser, there was also a post for crepsucule that someone has, with gorgious pics of her on an archway, first time I had seen crepsucule used that way, most times she is put over low fences. Hope this helps :)

Carol, thank you! Yes, time is such an unexpectedly big factor in gardening. It's one of the many things growing roses has taught me. It's been a really enriching journey these past four years (I remember when I got my first roses and posted here asking for advice. I knew NOTHING at all about growing things! So funny!). Another thing this plant in particular teaches me is just the patience and determination of dealing with its exuberant growth. It's like every two months it's a whole new puzzle to deal with, and at first I freaked out every time thinking "oh no! there isn't enough space! what am I going to do about this rose?? have i made a big mistake??", and now I just look at it, study it a bit, and then set about "managing" it. Tying it in one cane at a time, cutting it back, just calmly, patiently, having faith, not freaking out. I think it's probably like being a new parent really.... Ah the lessons one learns from the garden.... :) Jackie, that sounds glorious!!! You should post a photo! I want to see what a 70 year old Lamarque looks like! It's great when the neighbours' gardens contribute in a positive way..... Yes, mine is so full of buds too and not a malformed one in the bunch! Magic.