As long as the site gets excellent air circulation you should be OK. Otherwise Mildew could be a real problem.

Not to mention spider mites and potentially chili thrips.

That is a beautiful photo Sheila ! I love your bird obelisk too . Is she just an ok rose to you , could do without ? I do have some concern on the color , being the wall is a buff color with a tint of pink and I cannot change it . It may just blend in or look meh near it .

I am going to go out on a limb and suggest a different rose (and of course, I don't have any experience with it), have you seen Chartreuse de Parme? It has the old fashioned look to it but it is a modern rose that has won all sorts of awards for its perfume. It is a hybrid tea (not your typical looking HT) but I think the color would stand out against the color of the wall and be beautiful! I might have to try this one in a pot and see how it does in my hotter than Hades garden. Roses Unlimited carries it as does Palatine (but then it would be on a root stock that might not work for you). I am not sure how big it would get in our climate. Sounds like if it does get big, you would have the space for it. Sorry if I spoke out of turn about this rose. It is just so pretty!

Sheila, your gorgeous Glorie can come and lay around in my garden at any time! It is stunning!

I think your roses are just swooning from the heat, Sheila! Lilyfinch, are you specifically looking for a climber to cover your wall? Is this in the front or back?

Mustb : are roses from palantine not ok for us ?! Please say it isn’t so . I look forward to ordering from them every year !! Please let me know why and if that’s true . I have always admired the rose you suggested and had one from sweet Moses , but I had to leave it behind when I moved and never saw it bloom :(

Vapor , it is just a rose I always admired in photos ! I’m waiting on Lisa’s friend to send her pics to share with me too, she lives nearby-ish . I was thinking however, I may order song of the republic instead. I do have a wall to cover with climbers , and plenty I love !!

Once I can get the pile of old plants out of the picture, I’ll share a photo of the wall . It’s not as shady as it sounds . But it isn’t blasting blazing full sun either which I’m glad for !

Lily, I love my blush stucco courtyard. I do agree roses that blend in have their foliage to set them off, but not a dramatic contrast. A punctuation of red, like Orfeo, is always nice. I think it was Diane and Lynn who remarked in a hot climate, the bright colors can look good and be seen from a distance, where the soft colors look good up close. I guess I like both. GdDijon is much more precious than an OK rose, Lily, to me.

I believe that Palatine uses multiflora rootstock. Multiflora is not always happy with alkaline soil, so knowing that, amend with peat or some acidic fertilizer. The water here is very alkaline where I live. If yours is the same, you can save up your rain water and use it on the rose to flush out some of the carbonates. You can grow roses here on multiflora, you might have to take some extra steps to make your plant happier so it can produce more blooms. Everyone's growing conditions are different.