High Country Roses will know your best bet. Victorian Memory is really pretty and hardy. Ask Matt at HCRs. He is great.

There is a new rose Cherry Frost that is reportedly Zone 3 hardy, an interesting read here:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/4434953-new-hardy-rose-variety-was-16-years-making

I suggest asking High Country for a recommend too. Have you considered Felix Leclerc?

Are you familiar with the Canadian roses? Some are hardy to z2.

I planted Victorian Memory on an arbor last spring with high hopes.

Lunar Mist, a pale yellow sport of Colette, is super hardy.

Lady Ashe reportedly covers an arbor in z5.

I planted a tiny band of Peggy Martin late fall of 2018 and she was way over my head and almost as wide by 2019 summer's end.

If the rose won't completely cover your arbor, plant a clematis with it to pick up where the rose leaves off.

Hopefully, Mmmm12 will pipe in from Denver. I know she grows 4th of July, but it's newly planted as a replacement for Demokracie (I think) aka Blaze Improved. She also just planted Lady in Red so hopefully she'll report back with winter cane survival. I'd definitely give Matt a call. He's super helpful.

absolutely magnificent! I had no idea Canadian Shield was a climber. Wowza!

Quadra is wonderful and High Country carries it. That is the hardiest climber I grew in Alaska.

Thorny? Fragrant?

I had never even looked at Felix LeClerc but I think that may be the one I try to get. Hopefully Matt at high country will get it back in stock this winter. I can’t thank you guys enough. Nippstress thanks for all the gorgeous photos. Your garden looks unbelievable. Quadra is quite tempting as well. Just beautiful.

Also I can’t believe sunrise sunset. I think I have that rose, but lost the tag. Almost certain that was it though. It has gotten pretty large in the year I’ve had it, but never would have thought of making it climb. Great idea!

Cynthia, do you grow Victorian memory?

Above and Beyond will cover your arch, but it’s really a once bloomer

I am always so impressed with those of you with weather challenges and yet you can grow amazing roses.

It is good to see so many beautiful options for those colder zones.

Quadra fabulous.

If you can't get Felix LeClerc, look at Captain Samuel Holland. I think they are very similar roses.

I know that the Captain always has at least one flower throughout the growing season. There is an iron pillar in there somewhere

I'm tagging along on this thread as I am also interested in the responses.

We recently cut down a big beautiful once blooming climber in an attempt to get repeat blooms. We replaced it with 4th of July. 4th of July was definately a garden runt this year so will have to see if it does better next year but I'm not too hopeful based on this year's performance.

Lady in Red did very well but this was her first year so really can't give any input on how she will over winter. She is in a much more exposed location but also has a better reputation for overwintering.

In a couple of years I may regret cutting down my big beautiful once bloomer. I did not realize how hard it would be to get a good climber here.

I've posted this photo many times. He was blown over shortly after this photo was taken. We stood him back up, pruned heavily, and a year later he was almost back to this size. He blooms profusely in the spring for a very long time, then quite a bit more than I expected throughout the season. He's not picky about care. Most reliable rose I have.

John Cabot. Approx. 10' on a trellis.

I also grow him as a stand alone shrub about 8' in height and girth.

John Davis. lighter pink, can grow to about the same size, but mine have stayed smaller and I haven't gotten one to climb yet. I hope to find Quadra locally.

Do you by any chance grow William Baffin or his light pink sport?

That John Cabot is beautiful!

I have 2 Wm. Baffin climbers at the north end of the house, heavily shaded by an oak and a Redbud. Almost total shade. Not one you'd ooh and aah over, but definitely fills a need and provides color where most roses wouldn't perform at all.

Thank you, Sam. I need to take a new photo so I can retire that one.

OMG! The John Cabot is fantastic and in cataloging my cutting I realized I have one that rooted! Now if I can just baby it through the winter. Wow I just can't believe that this little tiny cutting can become so gorgeous as your picture. PS. No need to retire that picture I'm not sure it could get any better! Thank you also for the info on William Bathen. I have two cuttings of those I think and and glad to hear they can take some shade.

Sorry I got back to this thread late folks, and thanks for the complements. Flowers my jaw drops every time I see your John Cabot since mine is about 4 years old and has barely reached knee high. Sure hope it's putting down roots and contemplating world domination like yours! Mad Gallica, that's really encouraging that Captain Samuel Holland is like Felix in its bloom cycles. Mine is just 2 years old and settling in, but it didn't seem to have a problem with the zone 4 areas of the yard. If mine can look as good as yours even once a year I'd be pleased.

Thorny? Yep all of them, particularly Quadra. Fragrant? Dunno, I can't tell, but I doubt it. Last week I tried sniffing those perfume samples that come in newspaper ads this time of year and I could only smell about half of them at all. As for Victorian Memory, I grew it once a couple of years ago and it might not have gotten established in the summer or died over winter for some reason. I'll have to try it again from High Country Roses.

I'm interested in how William Baffin settles in for you, flowers. I had that one on my order list one year from High Country Roses, and Matt on the phone paused after I'd said it, remarking that "William Baffin is more of a lifestyle than a rose". He said that the 6' height was wildly underestimated and to make sure he had a TON of space to play. I decided to pass at the time, in the same way I love but pass on Charles de Mills. Roses are enough of a lifestyle en masse for me to allow any one rose to take too much space for itself.

Cynthia

Thank you Vapor and Cynthia for the nice thoughts about John C. It's honestly just a happy accident.

Loved reading your post, Cynthia. Since Wm. B is in so much shade, and on the coldest side of the house, they don't do much playing. They're definitely taller than 6', but it's fine for where they are. They need some general cleaning up, but I'm happy with them in a spot I don't pay much attention to. Only negative is the shallow depth of the bed. At 4', I wish they had more room so my husband wouldn't hack away on them, but they survive. Admittedly, they could look better, but i just forget about that end of the house. Mine are own root from Northland. They're about 15 yrs. old.

Wm. is a perfectly mannerly gentleman compared to Chas. de Mills. He and his younguns fought hard for supremacy in my garden. I think I won. I think I'm free, at last. It took years and copious amounts of cardboard.

Oh, my, Flowers. I certainly won't try to grow Chas--as if I had the room in the first place. In this small yard, I consider a flower bed that's four feet in depth about average, and many a rose hangs well over the grass which my son in law mows. He never would dare "trim" those rose canes back--ha--but he does hate my roses. Anyway, never retire your glorious photo of John Cabot, though I seethe with jealousy when I see it (just joking, of course). That photo is a classic which we can aspire to. Diane

Thanks, Diane. You are wise not to add CdMills to your garden. I've heard he doesn't always reproduce at the alarming rate he did here, but I will never trust him again. The bush was so dense, I never thought to look under it to see what was going on until there were hundreds of baby CdMills happily taking over the north end of Spokane county.

Those who mow our lawns just don't appreciate that roses will always out rank lawns, and any trimming, hacking, whacking or otherwise messing with will be met with a stern stink eye.