Thank you everyone! I know these took awhile to type up but I really do appreciate the feedback! Nanadoll, glad someone is growing Ascot! Definitely will have to give mine some more space than planned as I have it against the house where it stays quite warm. Also, Do you grow your Golden Celebration on a trellis or self standing? Seil, you are the reason I have ordered Angel Face. The photos of yours are just wonderful! You say yours is very hardy, thus can I expect little cane dieback? The space I have it planned for gets quite windy. Secondly, I will definitely need to find a new place for Memorial Day if it gets 6-8 feet so I am glad you mentioned it. Also, I was under the impression that Cherry Parfait and Fire & Ice are the same rose (HMF has the names linked I believe). Are the two you mention very different? I currently have Fire & Ice ordered and I see Regan lists them seperately. Odd. Thank you for the tip of Dublin Bay! I might plant a low one in front of it to cover the bottom. Kate, Regarding my list, I am sure I will be on here complaining after spring planting but the catalogs kept on coming! Thankfully I started digging holes in the fall and got through some, now just need to watch the dogs out in the yard with the snow cover so they don't accidently fall in! Thank you for the thorn tip on Elina, will need to stick her in the back so I can prune things in front without getting stuck. Also glad you mentioned WS2000 - I definitely did not have it planned for a 6ft wide spot! Doodles, I tried to stagger all of my deliveries (I have ordered from Palatine, Regan, DA, Chamblees, RVR, Heirloom, and RU) and pretty much don't plan on sleeping, eating, or bathing until I am done (although if this goes like my 2013 resolution, I am in trouble..). You and I both have a lot of work to do! Michael, I was way off for Tess. I assumed the HMF listing of 3'-8' would mean it would be closer to 3' in my zone so it definitely gets moved! Thank you! I was spacing 36" on average so most of these plans should work Lsst, when you say C.Marlowe has a delicate look does that mean you would suggest moving it toward the front of a bed to enjoy it versus further back? I had it spaced further back since the flower color is so "pow!" Thank you again everyone!

The best climbing rose I have is Reve d'Or. It's an apricot rose, light colored. But it grows fast, blooms a lot and is the most disease resistant rose I have. I have it combined with a clematis that is a darker red color, I can't remember the name off the top of my head. If you don't mind spraying, Don Juan is an excellent very red climber.

I'm in a similar zone as you, in north central Virginia. You could go into the Tea Noisette family for repeat bloom and carriage house eating capability. Reve d'Or, Lamarque, Jean Desprez, etc. ... especially if the location is a bit sheltered from winter winds. Paul's Himalayan Musk wants to climb and drape, so it's well suited to train into a tree. Bloom time for Paul's is only about two-three weeks for me. Darlow's Enigma is a possibility, as I have seen it up to the second story of a house in Maryland. (Both of these have incredibly sharp thorns, just so you know.) I'm growing 'Open Arms' on an outbulding, with two other roses, and it appears to be well up to the job of covering the space. It flowers a LOT and the foliage is really disease resistant. I got mine from EuroDesert before they closed. HMF says that it's available from Heirloom. http://helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.18294&tab=1 How about "Peggy Martin"? Says that it's a once-bloomer, but my established plant is never without at least some flowers. Added bonus is that it looks incredible if it can drape a little, and it's thornless. Connie

Yay!!! I think Hot Cocoa and Florentina are Kordes? (Edit: on further research HC is not a Kordes, but Florentina is.) HC seems very happy on the deck. I may plant it in the yard sooner than I'd planned because of that. We did plant Pretty in Pink by the fence. I think it will be gorgeous there. We put it in an 24"x16" whiskey barrel so it has it own space. The flower snob wants to do 3 Westerlands in whiskey barrels along the back fence behind the waterfall. I think Westerland would do well there because that fence line tends to be sheltered for the hottest part of the afternoon. Although I think doing 3 is excessive? btw We are doing containers in some places because our yard is so rocky. The bushes and trees planted in the ground are planted in raised beds we built that are 18"-36" deep.