'Fields of the Woods', AKA 'Rhode Island Red',AKA, 'Red Kocher', and 'Quadra" were suggested to me when I was looking for something similar. I look forward to others' suggestions and hope you'll remember to post pics of your eventual choice. :)

Climbing Crimson Glory was also recommended. Here's a link to my thread to see some pics and comments: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/3794643/crimson-glory-vs-fields-of-the-wood-vs-munstead-wood

I was looking for the same, and so last spring I planted Rosa Russelliana. They say she's a tough old bird that will grow anywhere. She was planted in a tough over-crowded space against an east wall. Several other roses have been along that wall for at least a couple years longer. This is her second spring, and she has lived up to her reputation, literally jumping out of the ground. Blooms are perhaps a bit smallish, but for a tough spot, -she is a keeper!

I'm really after the look of Russelliana or Erinnerung an Brod (even better for color), but would really prefer a repeat bloomer if possible. If I can't find one, these are superb ideas. Quadra is also nice, but a bit redder than what I am looking for, I think.
Keep the ideas coming!

Thanks,

Mike

Quadra has no fragrance, repeat is of "scattered" type and comes with maturity...

Souvenir du Dr Jamain might fit the description of the rose you're looking for. Mine grows in partial sun and seems very happy.

Mike, so glad you asked this. I had mentioned SDDJ in my original post ( http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/3763338/pink-and-or-crimson-climbing-rose-for-balustrade) and never got any feedback on it. Thank you for reminding me, John. It is divinely perfect. Does anyone know its disease resistance? (Sorry to piggy-back on your post, but I still have a place/need for a climber this colour.) Coincidentally, mine will also be planted adjacent to/behind Darlow's Enigma!

My SdDJ is something of a disease magnet (rust and pm), but it is in sort of a depauperate spot (which, come to think of it, describes most of my yard...). I think this rose wants "the best", soil- and water-wise, to do its best, but here is having to "make do" with what the tea-noisettes get. Blooms fragile in heat, so shade is a plus. Might be on the small side, height-wise, given the size of your wall -- grows more sideways than up, though would build over time.

SDDJ is healthy in my zone 8 PNW climate. It gets a little BS in early summer but doesn't defoliate. I remember it took a few years to build up in size. I planted it in a moist spot and didn't prune it at all (except to remove dead wood) until it built up a nice framework. Now it throws out a few new canes as basal shoots every spring. It easily climbed to the top of our 7 ft fence and stretches flat along the top for several feet in both directions. I grow it next to Mme Alfred Carriere on one side (see pics below) and Sombreuil on the other. It is the least vigorous of the three, but it holds its own and is easier to manage! It repeats as well as Sombreuil and the canes provide a great framework for clematis.

"I had mentioned SDDJ in my original post
and never got any feedback on it. Thank you for reminding me, John. It
is divinely perfect. Does anyone know its disease resistance?"

It has disease resistance?? You could have fooled me. Mine succumbed to The Big Three and I suspect Cercospora had a go at it towards the end as well.

That is so interesting, Paul - funny that such a short distance geographically would make that much of a difference. I don't spray, but I've grown it in two gardens in the Portland area and never had more than a touch of blackspot. In both gardens it has had its roots in cool, moist, shaded amended clay soil and received about 6 hours of sun.

I have a love / hate relationship with the good Dr J. When it's lovely, it's lovely, sumptuously wine dark, fragrant - all the superlatives. But when it's bad, it's bad. Mine gives me several lovely flushes, but it does bs, occasional cs, if dry it will mildew and late season, it may rust too. He likes good living, lots of water, sun (but not too much or the blooms will fry and he will then sulk) and is generally a bit of a diva. This is the rose that showed me that even in England, it's possible to give a rose too much sun! I also found it very slow to get going, even grafted - it was three years before it gave me any real repeat.

My Dr J has blackspot here. It is near a fatally BSed rose that was a mislabeled rose (might be Halloween). Possibly that is infecting the neighborhood. Blooms are gorgeous.

When I lived in the south east of England I grew Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel on a north facing wall. It did not see any sun at all there, but loved it. It repeated pretty well throughout the summer. It wasn't prone to disease and had the most glorious perfume. It wasn't as purple as SDDJ, but a deep, dark red. The petals were sumptuous and velvety.

Daisy

I admired Guinée at Mottisfont, would it be a candidate? Not a rose for my climate though.

I have just seen the photo of Souviner de Claudius Denoyel on HMF. It is a lot darker than that photo in real life.

Daisy

Not the form you were looking but check Black Boy...

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=35368&tab=36

This may be too red but it definitely repeats a lot and is very healthy and vigorous.. It has a great fragrance and climbed to the top of the Arbor it's first season.

What zone are you in?

Take Paul's and Sheila's advice to heart -- they are in your area, so if something was lousy for them it'll probably be the same for you. Here, on the other hand, 'Souvenir du Dr. Jamain' doesn't seem to get any fungal diseases, despite being grown without fungicides in central NJ. This may be because I have mine growing as a short climber against a raised deck railing, so the air circulation is great.

The problem here is that his blooms crisp in a day or two if they get hit with midday sun. Where I planted him was shaded at that time of day, but then that half of the tree providing it died. So until 'Baltimore Belle' fills in a bit more, his flowers are very short-lived. But this year is turning out better than last, if only because it's been so overcast and wet and cool lately. I guess that's kinda what "normal" is for the PNW.

I'm also waiting for mine to "get its feet" and start generating more canes, so I don't do any pruning for repeat-bloom. As a result, there's just a handful that appear in late Summer or early Autumn. When there's enough of him that I'd feel OK giving a Summer prune, then I'll find out how strong his repeat can really be.

:-)

~Christopher

Thanks all for your advice. I've decided to go with Erinnerung an Brod, despite the lack of remontancy. Seems like there's an unfilled market niche for a healthy, fragrant, repeating antique-style dark red climber...

semiplenus, I "splurged" (it was a gift) and bought a 1-gallon plant from Burlington. Not expensive in itself, though the shipping to SC was pricy.

The plant was large and extremely healthy; the gift recipients sent me photos of its spring display last month (not my photos so I won't post), and the plant has put on impressive growth, and for its first year in the ground (in NC), it had a lot of blooms.

I'm tempted to try it here since I'm a sucker for dark red and dark purple OGR's, but don't really have the ideal climate for most of them.

Enjoy!

Virginia

Virginia,

I also purchased both roses from Burlington but since I'm in California shipping wasn't too bad. Looking forward to getting them in the ground. I'm glad to hear the 1-gal did so well and bloomed in its first year and would love to see your friend's pics if you would PM me.

Lastly, people seem to be saying that Erinnerung an Brod is rather healthy and heat tolerant; given your zone 8, maybe it's worth a try. I'm in hot zone 9 or maybe zone 10 and this will go in part shade...

Mike