I've never gardened in the South, so I have no personal experience with this rose, but if you're open to considering older roses, Climbing Maman Cochet is about 100 years old, but I believe it's still popular in the South (at least among knowledgeable Southern rose enthusiasts), where it grows best. It isn't a modern rose. It's one of the "Tea roses", which were the direct ancestors of today's "Hybrid Teas". Most of the Teas prefer the heat to the cold. They were bred from wild roses native to the Asian sub-tropics (that grew wild in southern China, northern Indochina, and northern India), so they're well adapted to hot humid summers. A 20' trellis is a tall trellis, but I believe this rose is capable of filling such a trellis. By the way, if your idea of "pink" includes the peaches, apricots, & salmons then there are several other Climbing Tea roses for you to consider, too. Oh, and one final thought. As a group the tea roses tend to have flower stems with "weak necks" that are incapable of holding the fully open flower upright. That can be a frustrating fault in a blooming rose bush, but on a 20' climber that's actually an advantage, if you're mostly looking up at the trellis from the ground. If that's the way you'll be looking at the trellis most, then a climbing rose with weak-necked flowers is a climbing rose whose open flowers nod down at you as you look up at them!

i vote for two of the same rose. i just think there is no way to get an even response, and for that, i think balance is good. yes, i LOVE when i convince DH to agree to expanding beds. one tip...ALWAYS talk about less grass to be mown!! that seems to always work!! probably my favorite climber is LaMarque. lemony white, blooms at Christmas!! trainable, but does have thorns. i just selected two for a major visability area over six french doors (tore out the junky and wild wisteria). Reve d'Or is a beauty too. thorns, but workable. I am almost tired of the blooming!! as i am anxious to prune her as i am reworking her bed!! but she won't quit! lucious creamy gold blooms. big buds. just delicious! Madame Alfred Carrier is really flexible and hardly thorny. pale pink/white blooms. reliable. but, i guess in fairness, the blooms are not to die for. Cornelia is really charming. strawberry pink blooms, no thorns. your climate is vastly different. one thing in planning. i have found major eye attractions, like this, do well with a color that welcomes the eye. for me, and this is highly personal. i don't like that color to dictate too much. (i think of it as a front door to a home). and LaMarque, with it's interesting white color, is a nice highlight that separates this area as 'special' apart from the rest of the garden. and doesn't dictate a color theme for the rest. (that may be my artist side of the brain speaking, FWIW!) good luck! let us know!!

bboy, all I can say is 'Wow'- and 'thankyou' I just googled the images and they definitely would be gorgeous together. OMG, I love that rose and it would be stunning with Jackmanni. Okay, so that is my choice. That didn't take long did it? lol I need to know how many of each I should purchase come spring. So, can you please tell me how far apart I should plant them?

I am going to suggest pink Don Juan, it has big, beautiful rich pink blooms that smell wonderful and has been very healthy in my hot and humid Texas climate. I got mine from Chamblees last spring. It bloomed all summer and the blooms stayed vibrant in the heat, it also can handle a little bit of shade as mine stops getting direct sun around 3 pm.