Etoile de Hollande and Guinee do NOT stand up to full sun positions in the UK, (bitter, bitter experience speaking!) so I think you might have issues with that where you are. Also, bitter experience: when dry towards the end of the season, they will both rust. I can solve that with attentive supplementary watering, but I don't know if you'd want to. They are both heartbreakingly beautiful though. Etoile can also suffer PM when dry too, have not seen that on Guinee so far.

I have not had Gruss an Teplitz long enough to comment, although so far I like it a lot, but it is nothing like Etoile or Guinee - they are both very climbing ht in form. Mine is very healthy, has a few bs leaves now, but it's November, so I can definitely forgive that!

Ena Harkness I haven't grown, (either bush or climber) but I've heard it does not have good repeat, although the climber is a better plant than the bush.

I have been very taken with Christopher's Orfeo, but alas, it is not readily available in Europe. This year I am trying Souvenir de Alphonse Lavallee, Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel and Highgrove.

I will watch for other replies, because frankly, a scented, repeating, red climber, that is healthy, is kind of the perennial holy grail for me.

Bumping this. I'm sure there's more 'hidden' knowledge out there..

I have grown both Etoile de Hollande and Guinee, and they certainly do not like full sun. Of the two, I found EdH was the more prolific bloomer and never had the rust or PM problems that fduk mentioned. I now grow the bush form of EdH in partial afternoon shade....much better. At present I am very happy with my year old Marie Nabonnand ( which I bought as ex Beales M. Tillier). It is planted against a north facing brick wall by a paved path, and has taken the heat well so far. It flowered into winter, although it was colder than normal, and was one of the first to bloom this spring. The flowers are not as dark as EdH or Guinee but the perfume wafts nicely. It was quick to put out basal canes which were quite lax and easy to train as well.

..just a personal opinion, but I think red roses look best in a cooler, duller climate... perhaps warm climate gardeners here don't find them so appealing either...

...Crimson Glory, Allen Chandler and Etoile de Hollande would be my choices... I've grown Etoile de H. twice without problems that I can recall...

...here are some gorgeous red roses amongst others, on a most delightful English cottage... fronting the Test river north of Mottisfont...at a little place called Wherwell...Hampshire...

...I use it to emphasise my point, that I prefer them in this type of climate..

Thatched cottage in England

Marlorena, I don't think I share your opinion about red roses not looking very nice in a fairer climate but that's just a matter of taste. However I understand that finding a red rose to suit my situation will be a problem. I'm scratching my head to imagine what other colour will look nice on that sunny white wall and I admit I fail. Purple maybe? Purple Skyliner springs to mind.. Maybe I need to select a rose leafy enough which, in time, will make the colour of the wall irrelevant?

My solution to a creamy white wall issue was to go with a strong warm yellow - Lady Hillingdon. In the sun, she practically glows and the plum branches and floage look good all by themselves.

Good suggestion... But it so happens that I have Cl. Lady H on another white wall nearby.. lol. That wall receives even more of the afternoon sun but she seems unfazed.

Nik, I think the reds look shockingly good on my pale blush stucco courtyard walls in a hot sunny climate. I think the pale walls show off the deep color beautifully. I did also put some paler roses there too and they also look good at night especially.

Oh but we do have it Hoov! It goes by the name 'Crazy for You'. I'll check it out. It's parent Altissimo springs to mind also..

Oddly enough, I was about to suggest Altissimo, or perhaps Crimson Conquest if you were moved to consider singles.

I was not familiar with Crimson Conquest, thanks. Looks darker than Altissimo which I prefer in this case. Do you know about its rebloom and disease resistance? I would be suspicious about its rebloom, it being an older climber..

I don't really know firsthand. An acquaintance has an old one (30 years+) that does repeat in the autumn, which I have seen and admired, but looking at the hmf references suggests that it doesn't, so now I'm confused. Possibly their rose is misidentified, but it did seem to be of the wichurana type from what I remember of it. Theirs is certainly healthy and tough as nails, they do very little with it since their dad passed (quite some time ago now) and when I saw it last autumn it hadn't missed a beat.

H'mmm. The only other roses that I can think of that seem to me to be possibly able to avoid the sunburn problem are Rambling Rosie, which might be too light for what you want, and maybe Red New Dawn?

Dortmund, Red Cascade, and Red Fountain do well in our hot humid summers and are still blooming now. The first two are never without blooms all summer.

Funny, since I'm having Dortmund delivered soon and I always thought of it as virtually a once, albeit persistent, bloomer.

Even during the worst drought we've experienced in2011, my Dortmund bloomed all summer and into the late fall. I do dead head it...

Nik, have you looked at the thread on the 'Roses' forum about red climbers? I like 'Dublin Bay' very much, I think a member there in a warm climate has that one... there are others too.. might be worth a look...

...I've also seen photos of a rose called 'Santana' that always look quite startling, and appear to be from a warmer zone, but I don't know if it repeats...

edit... warmer zone my backside... the photo I'm thinking of is from a nursery near me... here.. they say it's perpetual... although I don't think this photo is in England, we wouldn't put such a rose against a dirty, grubby wall... surely...

Santana

Red Pierre ( Red Eden) seems to do well in the sun....it is very popular here.

Ha ha, Marlorena, that photo is surely from somewhere south of you where they have to have window shutters.. Could be anywhere near the Med for example. It could well be Spain, the south of France or Italy, or Greece for that matter.

I agree with the people who listed Dortmund, Dublin Bay and Red Eden. I grow all three in a very hot, dry climate. Another that is spectacular is Crimson Sky, which is a sibling to Red Eden, but is better in that it does not ball up in rain. Since it is a Meilland rose, you should be able to find it there.

My Crimson Sky is still blooming now! I wish I had a whole wall full of them.

Porkpal beat me to it, but I do want to second the recommendation for Red Fountain. It's got a heavy spring bloom plus a respectable fall bloom, (and scattered, less significant summer blooms) and I love this shade of red--in its full glory, it's a rich heartsblood red. Almost a Valentine's color, but not in a sticky, cloying way. It's kind of a medieval shade of red: a good color to wear if you're a lady planning to pet some unicorns, or a minstrel looking for just the right shade of hose. Er, in short, I really like it.

Most of ours is in full Texas sun. Haven't noticed any crisping, but then it does most of its blooming in the spring/fall.

My Don Juan does a fantastic fall flush.