Which climbing roses do well and bloom the most depends on the zone and specific climate you have. A rose that would be the best in California would die in my yard of blackspot fungus. If you are looking for a great rose please share your cold hardiness zone and specify whether you are in the eastern USA, west or general state. If you are in a different country the same applies. Hope we can help you choose a great rose.

Btw, dianela, what climbing roses do well for you? My Climbing Pinkie is a black spot mess this year...and that's when it got better care. Go figure. It wasn't that bad in previous years.

severe_novice: I grow several climbers that are doing well here. I’ll need to look through my pictures and figure out which ones are completely no spray because some areas of my garden get sprayed and that wouldn’t help you.

I tried posting picture but couldnt do it. Here is a list. All my climbing roses get at least 6 hours of sun except iceberg which gets 4 hours of morning sun.

extremely clean with almost zero blackspot and Never sprayed:

Mel’s heritage

blossom time

awakening

madame Anisette

Bathsheba

Madame Alfred Carriere

Minimal blackspot (few bottom leaves) and never sprayed:

Teasing georgia

spirit of freedom

Quicksilver

Red cascade

Claire Austin

some blackspot (loses around 10%-20% of leaves with zero spray and stays almost perfect with some Bayer all in one granules):

Rasberry Cream Twirl (always has some blooms from spring through frost). She is planted on an East facing location, with all day sun she would be very clean.

Iceberg climbing rose (with morning sun or all day sun, no morning sun and she is a blackspot mess in the south)

Super Dorothy (Once bloomers with extra blooms here and there)

Super excelsa (Same as above)

Princess Margareta

For me, the best for disease no-spray are NewDawn/Awakening, Peggy Martin, Ghislaine de Feligonde, Florentina, Ceske Praci Cest. Cl.Pinkie does get some BS, but is so rudely vigorous one hardly notices. Same thing for Setina. Most of my climbers are in really difficult sitings so this is a testament to the great health of these. I'm sure my Blossomtime, Lady in Red, Nahema, etc. will do better once I find them another home in the garden.

Beatuiful. Yours is what I'm hoping for someday. For the moment, I just wish it would break dormancy or something.

Give Quicksilver a long and hard look. It's one of the best climbers to come along in a long time.

Quicksilver has it all: extraordinary continuous, heavy blooming for a climber!; large, heavy petaled, long lasting blooms; strong canes; extreme disease resistance (ADR winner); winter hardy to the very tips in zone 6b, and probably much colder; appealing lavender bloom color; and moderate fragrance.

Please consider Quicksilver. You won't be disappointed.

Moses

@Moses, is your Quick Silver own root or grafted? My own root first year is growing very slowly compared with other climbers I got this year. I am wondering if I should try grafted next year or give it more time.

I look forward to Moses' first hand experience, but based on other Kordes climbers, I think they can be slow to grow and bloom, but look out once they get going.

sbrklyn_7bny: I planted 5 quicksilver roses own root from Heirloom in January after hearing that was doing very well for Moses. They are Planted on the East side of a 6 ft tall wooden fence and some have already reached the top of the fence. They have also bloomed since very small. Besides Bordeaux cityscape my experience with Kordes has been like Vapor's, they are also more likely to grow a lot first and then bloom. Quicksilver has been an improvement.

I just got home and wanted to show Quicksilver. She is impressive. Own root first year. Thank you Moses!

Some blackspot probably due to the shade from the fence and pine trees.

BenT are you training your Lady in Red to climb? I have a Don Juan in a prominent spot that is shy with blooms after spring. It is a strong growing large plant but most vegetation continually end in blind shoots. It was bought big (7 gal) and is getting very big but without the expected results. I have a lot of time invested in Don but am considering the shovel, I wanted a red in this spot and your description of Lady in Red is exactly what I was hoping for with Don..

My Quicksilver is ownroot, gallon size at planting time, and took off from day 1, never looking back.

Moses

Austin,

Yes, my Lady in Red is probably about 8-9 ft tall., trained on an obelisk. Weeks described it as a manageable climber, and I’m sure it is , but you know how everything gets bigger with our endless hot days and nights. I did grow Don Juan many years ago, and I thought it was the outstanding red climber in its time, but I think Lady in Red is a big improvement in many ways.

I did not find Lady In Red to have fragrance. Do you find any Ben? Mine hasn't broken dormancy this year so I couldn't go out and check even if I wanted. I also found Don Juan a much deeper more mysterious color that mixes a bit better with other roses. However lady in red was impressive when I had her even in a pot and I am terrible with roses in pots. I think she's a great specimen Rose.

Nope, not much fragrance on Lady in Red. But Don Juan to me was just a moderate scent, so it wasn’t that much of a sacrifice. I have a hard time giving up an extremely fragrant rose for a better behaved lesser fragrant one. For example , Cherry Parfait in place of Double Delight, no way! I’d take one bloom of DD over a whole floriferous plant of CP. But neither DJ or LiR are roses I’d grow for fragrance.

Outside looking at my big healthy Don now covering a tall arch and walking across the flagstone path. paid a bundle for a 7-10 gal plant a few years ago because I wanted instant reward. I hate to remove it but thus is not my vision, produces flowers in spring and very intermittently between. It get enough sun for if to perform. Dilemma 😞

I have fragrant roses all around it that always bloom not to mention the 8 sweet olives surrounding my yard so it is flowers that i want! I got the smells- sometimes too heady.

All that growth one bud

Austinkisses: That spot in your garden was MADE for a red climber... with the white background of your house and the classic dark iron work... a red climber look so stunning... now all you need is a prolific red climber.

Check out this YouTube video... it will give you a good sense of Lady in Red Climber... (fast forward to around 9 minute mark).

This is just my opinion... but since your Don Juan has been growing for a few years now and is still underperforming... I would switch it out with something that would be a better bloomer for you... like Lady in Red Climber. That is too perfect a spot to be wasted on a less than stellar rose. Here’s the link:

https://youtu.be/DBV0ql3lOQI

@dianela7analabama: I did not know Madame Anisette could be grown as a climber. How big is yours? if its not too hard would you share a picture? How is the scent for you?

And do you have picture of the Bathsheba? How big does it get?

thanks!

New Dawn grew like wildfire at my old place:

It only took a few years for it to get that way but it had lots of sun for most of the day. I would highly recommend that one for sure.

Since moving to a new place, I just planted a Don Juan and Graham Thomas (Austin) roses in my front yard from bare root. They both have taken off already and have had several blooms.

I also had a Dublin Bay climber in my old place and it was beautiful.

katyajini: madame anisette can be a very large climber here in zone 7b. She throws super giant long flexible canes that do not work here for a shrub. I will post a link to my first MA ob her 7 feet tall obelisk (she destroyed it in two years). I now have two baby MA that were accidental cuttings from that original plant (they came up from where I dug her up). One is already over my very sturdy 8 feet tall H. Potter obelisk and doing great. The second one I am working on pegging her to see if it works out.

my original plant

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.327891

My two new babies:

octopus canes of the one being pegged

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here is starting to bloom along the canes: I have a short video of it in full bloom but no picture

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Baby on 8 ft tall Obelisk. This was early spring, by now it is taller than obelisk. Will update went when I get home. Her ability to grow is unsurpassed by all except maybe Mel's heritage. She is a formidable opponent.

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Blooms are magnificent. It took them 2 years to rebloom. They are doing very well this year, but the japanese beetles seems to really attack her. Blooms are cream white in summer. The scent is creamy anise, but not super strong that I can tell yet.

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@Moses @Vaporvac @Dianela, Thank you for the info in QuickSilver. Mine was a 1-gallon from Heirloom. It produced 1 bud that was destroyed by a leaf cutter bee or other pests so I haven’t seen a bloom yet, but Dianela’s bloom looks very pretty. I’ll just be more patient instead of getting a grafted.

I planted 3 Kordes climbers this spring. Kiss Me Kate is 6 feet tall and had beautiful blooms. Laguna has 2 basal shoots 6 feet long and growing but no blooms yet. Quicksilver had 1 bud but only 3 feet long and no basal shoot. It was defoliated when it was shipped and I wonder if that set it back. I just got a Honeymoon band from Etsy 1 week ago and it is growing already.

Renae Rose... I haven’t started growing this rose yet... (I’m waiting to finish my backyard renovation before planting)... but it came highly recommended to me from Lilyfinch. She used to grow it beautiful over and arbor at her place in Tennessee... and if lm correct is also growing it out here in her new place in Southern California. It’s supposed to be a prolific bloomer, blooms all throughout the season from spring to fall, said to be very fragrant, blooms in clusters, canes are very soft and flexible and easy to work with and train, thornless, soft pink color... the shape and colors of the blossoms remind a bit of cherry blossoms. Here’s a photo that Lilyfinch shared on another thread of her beautiful Renae Climber. I’m ordering it from Burlington Rose Nursery. I called and spoke to the lady there was super nice and helpful. Lilyfinch and others on here highly recommended I pay a little extra to get the 1 gallon.

Florentina, Laguna, Quicksilver, Honeymoon, Madame Annisette, all are blackspot resistant. vigorous growth and abundant bloomers. However by August, some are getting a bit of blackspot, but nothing like the austins.

florentina

Laguna

Quicksilver

@roserobin_gw wow! Where are you located? I planted laguna last year, no blooms yet but growing well. I ordered Quicksilver for fall....your pictures are breathtaking

Thank you Rekha. I am located in Victoria BC PNW These photos were in June. They are from Palatine grafted on multiflora. Took off very quickly and bloomed profusely first year.

Thank you Ann. I agree that spot calls for red. I have a small bed anchoring the right side of that arch with more shade where I put red and white dwarf Encore azaleas surrounded by mini boxwoods and their on and off blooming plays nicely. My vision was a red climber rising above all.

I had forgotten that video showed such a nice example of Lady in Red so appreciate your reminder,. I am considering planting a Lady in Red right beside my Don and as she grows I can just chop him down. (Lady Power, hee hee) My only concern is width. Many of the best blooming climbing types seem to have a shrub gene that adds more width, guess If I can get Olivia to climb like a pillar rose then Lady should be a breeze. Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated.

Larisa, if you are in a cold zone, here are some that work for me. I don't have BS pressure, so I don't know how they do in more humid climates.

Florentina, a short climber here

Eden, takes 3 years to get going, but beautiful.

Jeanne Lajoie

Crown Princess Margareta

Colette, a shorter climber here.

Sparrieshoop, not in the ground yet, but I can already tell she wants to get going.

Moonlight (Kordes)

Lunar Mist

Kiss Me Kate

Peggy Martin, climbs vertically and horizontally.

Coral Dawn, mine's not planted yet, but she grows beautifully at Northland Rosarium, z5.

Canadian climbers - John Cabot, John Davis, Isabella Skinner, Wm. Baffin - all super reliable.

If you can use a once bloomer, there are many more options open to you.

Such great information is coming out on this thread, thank you everyone!

@dianela7analabama: wow! MmeA looks like an amazing rose. I love the obelisk, I love the pegging. The hmf link is not working for me. I looked on hmf and saw a lot of Cori Ann's MmeA photos. What is your name on hmf? Thank you soooo much for sharing! Asking again shamelessly, do you have any pictures of bathsheba? Your pictures are always so realistic, at least for me. They give me a good idea how it might be in my garden.😁

@Ann-SoCalZ10b SunStZ22 that YT video is amazing! I loved the long fence of climbing roses. I loved the head hybridizer (forgetting his name this minute). What joyful enthusiasm. Thanks for posting the video.

@flowersaremusic, how is the fragrance and rebloom on Kordes Moonlight for you?

I have a 3 year old Moonlight which is vigorous, but has only ever bloomed once per season, with a very weak fragrance. But I haven't been growing it in ideal conditions.

katyajini: sorry I also tried to use the link and did not work for some reason. My username in HMF is dna8577.

Here is a link to my original picture. I was complaining about how bad this rose looks up close when thrips are around. I do not remember if that is something you have to battle in your garden. Madame A open slowly and the blooms last a long time so the thrips have a lot of bud time to destroy destroy.

If you can't see my picture in HMF. I posted my original picture here on this thread and you have to scroll it is a long thread. I am sorry but I lost the iphone I had at the time and never backed it up.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/4391431/any-updates-on-madame-anisette

roserobin_gw: your climbers are magnificent. I love them all so much. By any chance do you grow Darcey Bussell? I have an area where Darcey is already planted and after seeing your Florentina I wonder If she would look good behind Darcey on a white wall. I am always concerned about different reds clashing. I may also add a thread asking about his combo.

Katya: my Bathsheba is brand new this year, but I will take a picture for you. I think it will be amazing.

I only have a few climbers but my Don Juan blooms a lot in flushes that repeat quickly it requires little care or attention.

Pipoa where is your location? I have always heard that about Don Juan and it is why I choice it. I can assure you mine has good culture so something else is going on. Does your Don form blind shoots ? It seems to be a characteristic of mine. If all other DJ’s bloom continually then something is amiss with my plant or my care.

Teuth, I believe Cl. Moonlight's fragrance is rated as strong, but it's medium for me. Mine is soft yellow from start to finish, not the golden or apricot color in some descriptions. I saw it blooming, so I knew it was a yellow I could love. I wouldn't have bought it from the descriptions. Every bloom has a touch of pink in the petals, which I absolutely love. It's a good bloomer and easily trained on my picket fence. I'm sure it would love to grow upward on a trellis or arbor. Another difference from most descriptions is the blooms are closer to 4". The blooms hold together in wet weather and doing better than most in triple digit heat. Mine is own root from Northland.

I bet your Moonlight just needs to gain a little more maturity. Mine responds quickly to feeding and lots of water. She's like an Austin in her water requirements.

/katyajini: here you can see how big MA got in just 4 to 5 months since her spring flush. I took this picture before deadheading. She has been reblooming this year.

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Between Eden(the regular pink and white one), Kiss me Kate, quicksilver. Which rose will perform better ?
I am thinking about put a climbing rose near my garage door. The spot will facing east and get around 6 hrs sun. Thank you!

Hey @dianela7analabama what is your method for pegging?