I did the same thing in the fall last year after encouragement from the forum Lily. Something to think about... the winter pruning. I love this forum for all of their help designing my yard... it truly is the forum’s yard, not just mine! But I accumulated over 50 climbing type roses to cover my fence line and now I’m really not looking forward to winter pruning and re-tying. Maybe it’s not so bad in colder areas where you don’t need to defoliate and the weather does some of the work for you?

Raspberry Cream Twirl is a current favorite.

It has a tendency to proliferate here, but I think it’s cool.

Nahema is another favorite that I wouldn’t have gotten without this forum.

Small flowered, rambling musk roses that produce a mass display. These generate a much more picturesque effect than most large-flowered climbers. Which particular ones you would try depends on what kinds do well there and are to your taste.

Mme Alfred Carierre(sp?), Reve D'Or, Snow Goose & Cl Pinkie are favourites, RCT is one I love too. I love Mme Plantier & Darlow's Enigma also but they may be too rambler-ish, still they are wonderful roses. Disease resistance is very important to me esp BS. Pinkie mildews but not badly & is so prolific I just cut it off.

Lilyfinch,

I have a mature Lady Ashe, a climbing hybrid tea, that I cannot praise enough.

My Pink Climbing Don Juan is new, but it's already a blooming machine, with rich dark pink, highly fragrant hybrid tea blooms on long, cutting stems. Hard to find, but Chamblees has it.

Madame Isaac Pereire is also new for me. It is stunning. Look at Fragrancenutter's photos of MIP, grown to perfection, on the continuing post first started on March 2, 2016. Now that's a feast for the eyes and nose!

Moses

Mel’s Heritage is my favorite, hands down. It’s loaded with buds right now, promising a beautiful fall flush. Lisa

Oh , I love your Collete! I’ve been tempted many times! I also have Lady Ashe, thanks to Moses recommendation. She’s just a youngster, but I am loving her more and more. Let me see if I can find a picture of her first blooms. Lisa

Crepescule. I don't have many climbers (wish I did!) but think this one is special enough to find a place for it. It might take a really big fence though. Mine is still a baby but growing well and healthy. It even ekes out a bloom now and then but needs to grow up a little before it will show what it can do.

Does coveting count? Thanks to Christopher I covet Madame Gregoire Staechelin. I'm not the biggest fan of ruffled pink roses but this rose has something special. If you get it someday, Lily, please post a lot of pictures.

Some of my favorites are: Mel's heritage, purple splash, darlow's enigma, secret garden musk climber, atmore lamarque, aptos.

Oh, there are SO many! Climbing Pinkie, Mel's Heritage, Purple Skyliner, and Phyllis Bide are 4 relatively small-flowered climbers that I'd never want to be without (Pinkie has the largest flowers of this bunch). Also, Lavender Pearl is supposed to be "spreading" but for me it wants to be a vigorous and bushy climber (up to about 10 ft) and is almost never out of bloom. Among large-flowered climbers, I adore Parade (beautiful color, just never quits); The Herbalist makes a very lovely modest-sized climber/sprawler; Mme I. Perriere is glorious; I also love Stormy Weather, Harlequin, Viking Queen, and Red Dawn (if you can find it). You are in a warmer zone than me, so hardiness is not an issue I imagine, but even if I didn't need the hardiness I would never want to be without Felix LeClerc - that gorgeous magenta pink, always in flower, almost thornless, healthy, what's not to love? Quicksilver and Lavender Crush are new to me, but I think they are going to be good ones, and I love the purple/lavender colors. Eden is stunning, though I have yet to manage to grow it well; however, Pretty in Pink Eden is beautiful and for me much easier to grow successfully. The ones I have listed are all repeat-bloomers; if you are interested in once bloomers too, the list will become quite huge! Have fun!

Well this is fantastic help ! I see multiple votes right away for Mel's heritage so it will be on my list . Coriann love your photos , I already have 2 nahema so I'm excited about that !! Nanadoll , I have two collette because of your photos ! They got swallowed up by morning glory so hopefully have been building good roots for next spring. I had to have it for my arbor after seeing your photos!

Moses , I have had my eye on those two for a while now ! And chamblees has a couple other roses I want so I'll have them on my wish list . Where did you buy MIP?

I am so glad I already have a crepuscle and darlows enigma and pink Eden. Darlows is always one of my favorite and pink Eden is very vigorous! My regular Eden is such a dud ., haha next year it better shape up !

Ken , the photos of Madame are gorgeous and I see why you want it . If I can find it from a vendor who has others I want , I'll try it !

Thanks so much everyone! I appreciate the help. I know there are lots of great threads here to search as well.

I'll post some pics later, but I love climbers. Most of mine are new this year, so I can only comment on how they've done so fare. The only two I've had for longer are New Dawn and Viking Queen, both of which I adore. I got Awakening this year and at first was unsure if it was "worth it" considering I have 5+ NDs, but the petals are extremely long lasting. thick and gorgeous and can give a pretty button eye under the right circumstance.

MAC is vigorous with hardly a thorn. I'm loving Cl. Pinkie who is getting reading to flush after being put in the ground in bright light, but currently total shade with no BS! Then there's Peggy Martin; no flowers yet, but vigorous growth, no BS. Bubble Bath, Felicia and Belinda are settling in and putting on growth and a couple of buds since planting in the same bed as Cl. Pinkie.

If you want something to cover a large area, there's always Cl C. Brunner, but I like variety. : )

Of the potted Lg. Fl. Climbers, I adore Parade!!!!, C. Crimson Glory has one of the best fragrances of all my roses I think and blooms a lot, followed by Aloha. I've only had a few blooms from Setina and Cl. Caroline Testout which were beautiful. I know you already have and love Blossomtime. I seem to be collecting all ND's progeny!!! )

I almost forgot this year's favourite: Cl. Clotilde Soupert. I can not describe the beauty of this rose with its baby soft petals and enticingly sweet fragrance. It's a vigoroug climber and (surprinsingly) hasn't balled for me even when the buds developed in rain. I've planted her under the eaves just in case, with her roots in the open. She's one I intend to propagate and use to cover the front of my house.

Florentina is vigorous and gorgeous, but little scent and may be a hard one to mix. I haven't seen a bloom yet on mine.

For a once bloomer, I'm enamored with Bobbie James, Vielchenbleu and Chevy Chase. The latter is amazing! Purezza is also a gorgeous one; I think she repeats.

Cori Ann, are your roses listed on HMF? I'd love to read up on all your climbers, since I really love them. Here I just cut out old wood and any errant canes and toss them over my balustrade and picket fence, so no winter pruning or much tying. I generally use the thorns to hold the canes in place!!! : ) The ones I've put up walls will require more work to train and dead head. We'll see how that goes. I think the Hybrid Musks require taking out an old cane after they reach maturity to encourage basal growth, otherwise they decline.

I am probably the type of gardener that likes a little more structure, so I will be tying them, retying them, and defoliating when needed. My roses are all listed on HMF, but here’s the climbers... there will probably be more favorites as they mature. I have at least 2 of each (I like symmetry), some I have many more than 2 (I like big statements)...

Castro Breen Red (probably Bloomfield Courage)

Florentina

Seven Sisters

Sombreuil

Nahema

Raspberry Cream Twirl

Peggy Martin

Climbing Pinkie

Don Juan

Henri Martin / Red Moss

Climbing Iceberg

Fortuniana

Veilchenblau

Arctic Ice / Le Petit Prince

Violette

Coulterville Red

Souvenir Du Docteur Jamain

Climbing Cecile Brunner

Felicite et Perpetue

Sweetheart Moss

Soeur Emmanuel

Sally Holmes

and others that can be grown as climbers like....

Falstaff

Tess of the D’Ubervilles

Dark Desire

Peach Swirl

Princess Charlene de Monaco

First Crush

Summer Romance

Madame Anisette

Stainless Steel

Old Town Novato

Mini Eden

La Rose de Molinard

Peppermint Parfait

Souvenir de Louis Amade / Threads n Crafts

etc.

:-)

Thank you! I popped over to HMF, but they're alphabetical and I didn't know which were climbers. I guess there's a couple of things I can be grateful for living in a climate where roses go dormant; I don't have to defoliate! and here, they usually don't even recommend pruning for the first three years. I'm not sure it's a matter of architectural structure for me, but the fact of the structure itself. I grow my climbers on a low balustrade and they naturally fall into place with little prodding. I think it's probably something similar with a split rail fence. Your fence is more like a wall that requires actual tying. I am doing that with Hybrid Musks against a tall retaining wall and it's much more time consuming. I'm interested in what you use to tie yours up; I used to use torn nylons, but haven't worn them for ages. OK/ Sorry for going OT. : )

I have absolutely no nylons and I’m happy about that! I put in wires across the fence at different levels attached with eye hooks and am tying the roses in with green vinyl.

Lilyfinch,

My Madame Isaac Pereire came from High Country Roses, in Colorado, $16.95, quart, plus shipping. www.highcountryroses.com. They will ship just one rose, no multiple rose minimum.

It was planted this past spring, 2017, and bloomed with three nice sized flowers at about 8" from the ground. After that, it made two nice basals, almost 5' long.

It doesn't appear to be a wimpy grower, but boy, does it get both black spot and powdery mildew for me. Please be warned! I spray fairly diligently, though, and I am willing to do so.

Why? because this rose is not only lovely and powerfully fragrant, but possess a charm and poise few other roses possess. It has begun showing off even as a youngster. Although its name is intriguing, even if it was called 'Bubblegum,' I believe it would still be a dramatic charmer.

Moses

Crown Princess Margareta climbs good for me.

Climbing Lady Hillingdon is gorgeous when established.

Regular Don Juan is a beauty.