My first thought are new dawn , renea , or Mel’s heritage would be beautiful there ! There are so many great climbing roses to choose from though. I better mention Bathsheba too . ;) it’s gorgeous but I’m not sure how big it gets

To Lilyfinch's list I would add Peggy Martin, Viking Queen and perhaps Cl. Pinkie. I've also seen Sally Holmes grown here as a large climber it's very showy from afar.

Those are great ideas and I hadn't even though of any Austins like bathsheba. That also makes me wonder about teasing Georgia hmmm.

I was going to mention Peggy but it doesn’t bloom after the first flush unless you get a very late frost. Mine was ready to finally rebloom in late October. But it absolutely is the perfect shape for a fence ! I really don’t like to grow once bloomers . So I hope her show is amazing this spring and I forgive her for it . Do you have it vapor ? Forgive me for forgetting.

I love my teasing Georgia but in 5 years it’s just a tall shrub . Maybe 7ft -8at the end of its wild canes . Does anyone grow it as a climber? Love to see !! :)

Good to know about teasing Georgia. Wow Peggy Martin is weird in a great way I love the tentacle like weeping effect it has. I'll have find a space for her somewhere too.

Another I still have in a pot, but is vigorous as all get out is Gold Blush. I can't yet comment on repeat bloom as it's still in a pot. It seemed to have a couple of cycles though even as a young potted plant. Lily, I do have two PMs still in pots. They gave at least two cycles of bloom last year so I was hoping for more once planted.: ( I plan to put most of my climbers inside my front wall just to get them in the ground this year. I'll have two- three areas to plant this year and then I'll see what I can do about an arbor and potting shed/greenhouse for 2020.

It has an awful name but the yellow roses have me thinking of the climber golden showers, I think it gets large. I'm going to look up gold blush first...much better name lol.

I think either Graham Thomas or Golden Celebration will get large, but as I don't grow either I often confuse them.

I'll look up those too... I also wonder now about the impressionist.

Pippa,

Your fence looks to be 7'+- high at its top edge, yes? It looks like you used standard 6' pressure treated boards with a clearing space from the ground of about a foot, making it about 7' high.

Any climber will eventually concentrate its most vigorous growth/abundant flowering in the top two or three feet of the fence, and about a foot above it. Therefore blooms that nod will be seen at great advantage since you will be essentially looking mostly up at them because of the height of your fence. Climbers whose blooms nod would be your best choice, IMHO.

This opens up a wide door of climbing varieties whose blooms nod. Many Austins fit the bill since so many nod.

I hope the growing side of your fence faces south. Otherwise you rose will be growing in the fence's shade until it grows to its top.

Moses

Thanks Moses...the retaining wall is a couple of feet high so at least 8 feet total to top of fence....then since its sunken down at the bottom of a steep drop, I really look straight across at it and rarely up.

Oh and what's even stranger about this location is that from in the house I'm looking down on the fence basically. Luckily its angled to where it does get full sun there its it's sort of east exposure.

MAC would create some magic in that spot........

Pippa,

Lady Ashe is the best upward facing rose I know of. The flowers are cast iron, lasting a long time before they're done. Excellent repeat, strong scent, and heavy petaled, high centered, yet quartered blooms....looks like a miniature 5 layer, layer cake. And if that's not enough, after the first spring flush of 3-4 bloom clusters, until fall, single, long stemmed blooms abound, great for cutting.

Moses

I would like to add Mel’s Herirage. It is a Rambler that repeats and it grew 8 feet here it’s first year from a band. Lisa has great pictures of it.

I would also like to second New Dawn or Teasing Georgia and add awakening :)

Oh my goodness...Lady Ashe is spectacular...that is a rose I have a different spot in mind for where I can get up close to her easier because wow what a beauty. I have a spot where there are hybrid teas from the prior owner and there is a big space where I guess one didn't make it. I've been thinking I wanted a climber there and I think Lady Ashe is perfect for that spot!!!

Marlorena please butt in all you want any time, your wisdom is always much appreciated. I do plan to use supports on the fence and know the people on the other side well enough that I'm sure they will be delighted with a rose there. Ghislaine is beautiful thank you!!!!

I have and love Mel's Heritage. Another favorite is the Austin Tess of the d'Ubervilles. I have 2 - they get quite large and have blooms all over, and bloom consistently. This rose is a dark fuschia pink and would be a standout on the fence. It would need some way of staking it to the fence so it wouldnt flop over.

Judith

Okay now this has turned into me looking for more room for ALL of these climbers lol!!

I second Renea!

I also grow Tess as a climber. She's still small for me, but was totally crowded out by a huge Black-eyed Susan. I'm hoping she shoots up now that it's removed. There's something special about this rose and I wish I had bough t a couple more. It's a very unusual colour with a changing fragrance.

My first one is huge, 2nd was in a pot for several years, but wanted to grow large - now I have planted in ground, it is coming on well and once spring hits......its going to do well. I think this is an overlooked climber that more people should grow.

Judith

Tom, Would you please name your roses? They’re beautiful!

And I will add one more to the list: Dreamland from Palatine. :-)

summers, with every mention you make, I'm more and more excited to see Dreamland in action! How long did it take for yours to get going? I'm undecided if I should keep it in a pot until her "forever" home is ready or go ahead and put her somewhere just to get her in the ground.

the white roses are drift roses, they had thousands of small white flowers each year. I got those at lowes the red roses were here when I bought the place. There has been a house here for about a hundred and thirty years. There are three of the red roses and they all are over 15 feet.

Thanks Tom! They're so pretty, there is magic in your garden!

Vap, One is 2 years old (6-7' tall, planted in summer 2017), 2 are 1 yrs old (planted last summer). Lost one to voles. I'd like to pick up a couple more for the country garden. I really love this rose.

Are yours own-root or multiflora?

Multiflora. All came from Palatine.