I would love some ideas for this too!

Bathsheba and Florentian, Florentina and Falstaff imeediately come to mindmedi.

I love love love the blooms of Bathsheba but I remember reading somewhere that it does not have a strong fragrance. Do you get a powerful scent where you live? Also, is it floriferous?

I have asked Meilland how many days do blooms last on Colette and they said 10-15 days. Would you say Bathsheba is comparable?

Do the blooms on Strawberry Hill fade in color where you live? The photos on the DA website show many hues.

Does it repeat well?

I am familiar with the scent of Wollerton Old Hall. Is Strawberry Hill similar to you - I read that they both have myrrh notes?

Thank you! 🌹🐝

I’d consider America , Pearly Gates and Evelyn, Claire Rose (not Claire Austin) is probably the longest lasting DA, she’s very fragrant and climbs, so of course she’s been discontinued.

I'd go for Colette, though I wouldn't say she is highly perfumed. She has so many other good qualities that make up for lack of strong scent. Blooms last quite a long time on my plant, though I don't make bouquets from her blooms, so I can't comment there. Sorry for the old pics. Spring is very late this year. Colette is one of my earliest to bloom, but she's not near that yet, and nothing else is either. Diane

Lady Ashe, a climbing hybrid tea, has fragrant blooms that last a very long time. The petals have great substancesubstance, and rebloom is excellent, once she gets some size\ . She will black spot, so beware! Climbing hybrid tea means long stems for cutting...unusual for a climber. Flowers do not nod. Bloom form is not really HT, but a high profile with a quartered center.

Moses

I somehow missed thefragrance requirement. None ofmy suggestonsarepareticularly fragrant, especially Florentina, but all are healthy, at least. Nahema lasts well for me, but BS and doesnt grow p very large. Viking Queen lasts well and is fragrant. Thorny, but beautiful.

BenT, I had never heard of Claire rose but it looks wonderful. It’s like Sombreuil and Souvenir de la Malmaison had a baby :) Does it repeat well for you? Some nurseries here in Europe seem to still have her.

My mother grows Evelyn and I adore its scent but it somehow only flowers once and doesn’t want to climb. Which is weird, because Austins grow quite tall here. I wish it performed better because the scent is amazing and the bloom is just perfectly delicate…

I'm not sure how long they last. I have not timed it. But I like Harlekin and Compassion for very fragrant climbers. Both have good vigor and repeat.

Compassion

Harlekin

I don't have whole plant pics as I don't think I've pruned mine well and they are both kind of large, rangy plants that sprawl out. Fragrance on these is intense old rose. Sharp and citrusy on Compassion. Perfect to me.

Madame Alfred Carriere is very fragrant. Blooms last maybe average. Gets big, stays pretty healthy, repeats .

Wow, Diane! Your Colette is just superb! Spring must be spectacular in your garden 🤩!

Does she repeat well for you?

I know this is a stretch, especially since she hasn’t bloomed this year, but is there a rose you could compare its fragrance strength to?

I like Colette too. Blooms do seem substantial. It has good vigor and branchy growth but not shrubby so far. Mine's not very old. Is early to bloom...mine's starting to bloom now.

Felicia can be trained as a climber and it' has a wonderful fragrance. Blooms are medium size.

Moses, Lady Ashe sounds like such a great performer! Yet another remarkable rose that has eluded me 😃 So glad I built the courage to post my question here!

Blackspot is somehow rarely a problem here. My mother and my aunt grow roses, mostly shrubs, and they only spot in autumn, before dopping leaves. We have very dry summers, so perhaps that helps.

Being a HT, does that mean that its stems are rather rigid? I have spots on two pillars and two chainlink fences so I am trying to figure out which roses are best for each.

Vaporvac, does Nahema also repeat well for you? Customer service says she does but I am very much interested in personal experiences.

How does your Bathsheba perform in terms of flowering?

Erasmus, Compassion’s blooms are so lovely, they seem to be twirling and Harlekin looks like it just wants to spread joy with its colors! Great to know they are truly fragrant!

Does MadameAlfred Carriere rebloom frequently? On helpmefind it says she blooms continuously but people at Lens roses didn’t recommend her for repeat. What has your experice been with her?

Oh, each new picture of Colette makes me like her more! How well does she repeat? Is she fragrant for you?

I didn’t know Felicia can also climb, I will look into it as well.

Rigid would accurately describe how Lady AsheAsheAsheAshe grew for me.

Did I miss where you live?

I live in Romania, zone 7b. But if we were to consider the temperatures in the last few winters, it would be more like 8b…

We had a couple of roses blooming this Christmas and most of them still had last year’s leaves at the beginning of spring.

Madame Alfred is not continuous in my garden, zone 7a, NC, USA. I don't irrigate and we can get long dry spells in summer. Most of the bloom is in spring but it can have some repeat in summer and a moderate fall flush. Same with Colette. Colette is so healthy and does very well own root too. I had a grafted Madame Alfred plant which was bigger for awhile and an own- root one that started out at 3" tall. The own- root one was slow to get established but once it was it outgrew the grafted one and has outlived it. It gets so big and it's hard to keep it pruned so I would not grow it on a small arbor. My own -root one went up in an apple tree and I think killed the tree due to too much shade.

The fragrance of these is more old rose ...not myrrh. I don't like myrrh...smells like toothpaste to me.

I would strongly suggest Raspberry Cream Twirl if you can find it there....fabulous rose!

Also America.

P.s. the repeat on Handmade is fair to middling but. Would probably benefit from na post bloom fertilization.

I grow Bathsheba in my client's garden, the scent is light and the blooms bleach and shatter in high heat. It's vigorous, and really nice in the fall, but not my favorite.

These are Peggy Martin roses. Not sure how fragrant they are but they’re spectacular, imo, and apparently not thorny on the stems.

Alina, Bathsheba has a medium strong fragrance for me. WOH and Strawberry Hill both are myrrh fragrance but different each other. They smell like different types of candy...WOH has a stronger anise scent. They both have a stronger fragrance than Bathsheba.

My longest lasting climbing rose is Red Eden. These blooms are super long lasting on the plant and as cut flowers but I don't get much of a fragrance from them. Some people say they're fragrant but I haven't observed it yet. All of the climbers I've listelisted (except Emily Bronte)

d I've grown as own root and they're all quite vigorous.d I've grown as own root and they're all quite vigorous. Emily Bronte wasn't sold as a climber but in my climate she certainly can be a short to medium climber. She's grafted. Strongest fragrance of all on my list. Fruity and old rose.

I don't know what The handmade rose is that was written above. That should have read nahima...

Someone who used to post here, Jon of Wessex, had a beautiful garden and had Felicia on an arbor.

Lavender Lassie is another very fragrant climber. I don't think the blooms are particularly short lasting.

Erasmus, such useful information on Colette and Madame Alfred Cariere. It’s great to find someone who grows both.

Which one would you say has the more intense fragrance?

I just might be able to find a crazy solution for a MAC if need be 😃 I have had a soft spot for it ever since I first picked up my mothers book of roses.

Vaporvac, I believe I found Raspberry Cream Twirl on the Meilland site under the name Ines Sastre. Would you say that its performance in flowering compensates its lack of fragrance?

And conversely, does Nahema’s fragrance make up for its fair/medium repeat?

Sadly, I can’t find America rose here in Europe. I will try searching for it in late summer when nurseries update their inventories for autumn planting season.

Reb, this is very good to know, especially since our summers are becoming hotter and hotter… I don’t mind the blooms changing color in the heat but I would like them to be long lasting and fragrant.

Do you have any recommendations for a floriferous climber that fits the description? :)

Susan, those photos are superb! This rose is just overwhelming! I will definitely be looking for more information on Peggy Martin!

Librarian, WHO’s fragrance is dear to me because my aunt had a few blooms from her garden added to my bridal bouquet. It was the first time I had seen this rose and I kept smelling it the whole time :)

Does your Strawberry Hill change color to a light pink in the heat? Do you remember about how many days the blooms last on the bush?

Red Eden is sooo beautiful! I have the white version budding as we speak! I will post a few photos once they open so I can share my experience as well 😃 I also have a Sombreuil and a Guirlande d’Amour, all in their second year, all looking good after the latest April showers.

My Strawberry Hill is iin part shade and I haven't noticed it fade. I also love the fragrance of WOH!

Let me look for photos of Strawberry.

You have r lovely roses Alina.

It's an own root plant in a tricky spot. I'm looking forward to this summersummerseeing. it really take off. You can see it on the trellis. I suppose the blooms do slightly fade to a light pink over time. It seems to last the average time an Austin

Here it is a week or two after the first photo. Not much fading but it gets partial sun

Alina,

I can't say whether MAC or Colette has the better fragrance. I sniffed both of them yesterday and smelled nothing. Sometimes I know both are very fragrant. I sniffed a bloom of Oshun and it was powerfully fragrant yesterday so my nose is working. The day before a bloom of Oshun had a light fragrance. Fragrance just varies. Seems it can be due to the age of the bloom or the temperature or time of day.

My whites are blooming! 😃 All three are in their second spring, planted in full sun, terrible clay/rocky soil and receive little water.

Sombreuil - My favorite looking blooms of all existing roses! They look great for about 5 days before they start to brown and drop petals. It seems more and more floriferous. Next to each open flower there are at least two more buds waiting to open. Growth is very vigorous (2m long horizontal canes in less than 2 years) and leaf health is remarkable. The only downside is that the blooms have no scent for me.

Guirlande d’amour

Extremely floriferous, with clusters of tiny simple blooms which last for about almost a week if conditions are right. Their scent somehow wafts but up close, you can barely detect it. It has pliable stems but sturdy enough to sustain its blooms. Health is also very good. Greatly recommended for a pillar or obelisk!

Palais royal (White Eden)

Giant blooms with little to no scent, which last for about 5 days as well. It has grown very slowly for me but there is a significant progress in how floriferous it is compared to its first spring. Its leaves are big and healthy.

There is also Claire Austin with her lovely, delicate and fragrant blooms. But they only last for max 2 days before shattering… It is not as floriferous as the other roses but it is getting better as the bush matures. It is by far the healthiest rose! The only blackspot it had was on the leaves it still had from last year. The stems are very pliable, easy to train but bend under the weight of the blooms. I love this rose but I soooo wish its blooms would last a bit longer…

I was given a Claire rose by a friend but I think it is really Claire Austin from the photo she shared it is really Claire Austin (white climbing). It is sadly and badly BSed.

NAHEMA's blooms don't last. You get maybe an extra 12-hours more than its parent HERITAGE but that isn't saying much. It also did not bloom a lot and when it did, blossoms appeared at the cane tips which is not a good trait for a climber. The one I had got shovel pruned.

ANNIE LAURIE MCDOWELL is problematic because it wants to be a shrub, not a climber. You are going to have to pinch off every single bud for 3-4 YEARS in order to force it to put on any appreciable height. The blooms also ball terribly.

I know what you want based on your comments. You want a repeat blooming climber with large, highly fragrant, quartered or globular blossoms (ala the David Austin roses) that last a long time on the cane and not necessarily the vase. A climber that is cane hardy in your region (next time state your USDA Zone please) and that blooms all along the canes. You want foliage that is reasonably resistant to whatever disease plagues your area (again, where do you garden?) and with flexible canes that can be easily trained on a variety of structures.

EDEN (aka. Pierre de Ronsard) and its kin (Red Eden, etc.) are not highly fragrant. At the best of times you will smell a light fragrance.

MADAME ALFRED CARRIERE and REVE D'OR produce flowers that are looser than the symmetrically perfect, petal packed, flower form typical of the English Roses. Both are also Tea-Noisettes and are only going to be hardy to zones 7 & 8 respectively.

The only rose I can think of that meets your criteria is SOMBREUIL (aka Colonial White), a large flowered climber from the 50s with ivory white blossoms. To my nose, it had a very strong fruity fragrance. I shovel pruned it because I could not deal with the thorns. Hope you have a good pair of leather gardening gloves because OUCH!

I would say Gertrude Jekyll as most fragrant (Very Strong) climber. I am growing it on fence as own root from DA. The spring flush is ongoing now and spectacular. Blooms lasted longer than a week in my garden. This is its second year so I don't know how well it will bloom in summer.

librarian & erasmus, I love all of your climbers! This year I need one new climber to replace my Ash Wednesday which gets terrible BS after growing over 6'. That's a spot gets full sun, but also is the worst place for BS in my garden. Maybe it's microclimate, but it's the most conspicuous place in my front yard after all. Although AW has my favorite color and blooms a lot, but the blooms without leaves look lonely. After the flush it looks very empty. My trellis 8' tall. Can you recommend your healthiest climbing roses? I don't mind colors or fragrance as long as they're healthy and long lasting.

Alina , sorry for my question on your post. I did not intend to hijack your thread.

Well my healthiest isn't a climber for everyone but it's very much a climber in my climate: Madame Anisette. It wants to climb so much that pegging it isn't enough and I'm trying to find. An arch for it. It's extremely healthyhealthy. It's also very fragrant and the blooms last on the bush and in the vase. It's not a good repeat bloomer for everyone but it seems to do very well in my garden with ongoing blooming all seasonseason once it gets started.

Otherwise, own root Wollerton Old Hall seems healthier than grafted (i have both) and Crown Princess Margareta has gotten healthier each year I've had her ( better bs resistance with age?) Both WOH and CPM have much better bs resistance than what you're describing. They just get a little and only really noticable in super wet cold years. The own root WOH stays basically clean even in challenging years.

In bloom, your Ash Wednesday is gorgeous. I'm sorry about. The. bs trouble.

librarian, thank you so much for your reply. They all sound like great candidates. One thing I forgot to mention, do you think they are rain resistant? Our spring and fall can be very humid and some roses don't open easily here.

We can have the same problem with balling ddue o to rain. I haven't hadhad problem with these aaaa Madame Anisette tends to be a slightly later bloomer and isn't blooming in the early season when we'rewe're quite cold and wet (although other roses are)

Wow the gremlingremlins are busy today

Strawberry Hill blooms fade and blow quickly here plus she black spots (no spray). I have 3 because of her fragrance and unique pink color. James Galway blooms a ton and is healthy but lacks strong fragrance. Blooms also blow quickly.

Spirit of Freedom is my favorite climbing Austin. The blooms are huge, last and are very fragrant. It is also healthy. Teasing Georgia is also great here. Quick Silver is great too but not all that fragrant.

My Madame Anisette is really healthy but hasn't bloomed yet! New this spring.

My Sombreil was own root and didnt make the move. It was healthy and gorgeous beforehand. It did take a few yrs to get a decent size from a small band. I am probably going to just get a grafted one from DA next year if I cant find a good own root before that. I dont care if its a monster on a grafted plant. Thats what I need here lol.

Crown Princess M is a beautiful healthy rose here but does not bloom as much as I would like. Same for Lady of Shalott.

MAC is a healthy floriferous rose but the blooms dont last here and are faded to white in hot weather.

RCT is a good rose healthy here lasts long but is not all that fragrant.

Summer Romance is a climber here and is very fragrant and blooms last in a vase. It will re bloom if you cut it back some and fertilize after flushes.

Bathsheba blooms in flushes and seems to be in-sync with SoF because they always bloom together lol. Bathsheba is healthy and lovely but blooms here arent that fragrant and dont last as long as SoF.

Hi, do you know where i can buy Spirit of Freedom? I've searched everywhere but couldn't find it.

For me Quicksilver is amazing and mildly fragrant. It blooms non stop and the blooms last forever.

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