I also bought those trellises!

I would highly recommend Raspberry Cream Twirl.
It's almost thornless, takes the heat with little crisping, smells delicious and is quite vigorous.

Carla in Sac

Raspberry Cream Twirl will be one of 4 climbing roses planted along the backyard fence here. Another 3 are Pretty in Pink Eden, Teasing Georgia, and Reve d'Or. I also plan to plant two climbing roses for the two swing pillars here. The one I have in mind is 'Strawberry Hill'. Then comes 'Bathsheba' for the trellis against the wall. I just wonder whether the space here is big enough for 'Bathsheba'?

How about Polka?

I have no experience with Bathsheba, hopefully someone else can chime in.
I was considering that it might be hot there (facing south and against the wall) plus the issue of people getting scratched.
I do believe Strawberry Hill is EXTREMELY thorny.
Carla in Sac

Based on my reading in this forum, Polka is very thorny, Bathsheba has few thorn, and Strawberry Hill is in between in terms of thorniness. Hopefully someone could help.

Bathsheba was new to my garden last spring but so far I’m getting big girl vibes....

@oursteelers 8B PNW Is Bathsheba thorny?

Maybe a short climber like Quicksilver? It's gorgeous and not very thorny. Mine is 2-year-old and about 4.5ft tall. Photos taken last May.

I prefer a apricot/orange/yellow climbing rose at this spot. I think it will contrast better with the blue hydrangea near by.

Bathsheba would be wonderful in that spot. If she gets a bit too large you just need to prune her ( all climbers need yearly maintenance in warm areas). The biggest thing with Bathsheba is that so far here she is extremely healthy without any spraying. Strawberry hill is beautiful but it is a blackspot mess here in the humid south ( I still grow it). Teasing Georgia is also great, but would probably require too much work to keep her in that small area. Lady of S would also work, she is not as healthy as Bathsheba in my garden but still very good. I’ll look at Bathsheba’s thorns and report back later. In our humid area with huge blackspot pressure finding a no spray rose is usually enough for me to love it and not pay attention to the thorns.

@dianela7analabama Thank you so much for your detailed information. I understand Teasing Georgia may be too big for that spot. So I plan to plant her along the backyard fence so she could grow as big as she wants. I did not know Strawberry Hill is not disease resistant in our south. Helen's beautiful pictures got me into Strawberry Hill. Your and Carla's pictures got me into Raspberry Cream Twirl. Do you have some suggestions of climbing roses for the swing pillars that require no spray? Will 2 Renae too big for the pillars?

I just went and looked at Bathsheba. She does have pretty good sized thorns but there is plenty of space in between. I put roses into three categories-nearly thornless, it’s a rose and very thorny. I’d put Bathsheba in the it’s a rose category.

@oursteelers 8B PNW Thank you so much for checking it for me. I think Bathsheba will be the one for my trellises now. @dianela7analabama Actually I could not decide between Spirit of Freedom and Strawberry Hill earlier. After reading here that SOF is not disease resistant, I settled down on Strawberry Hill. Since our climate is very similar, I think SOF should work better for me based on your experience. The roses for the pillars do not need to be thornless since we don't use the swing very often. For some reason, I just love the look of David Austin roses.

Gardening: spirit of freedom is definitely more blackspot resistant here than Strawberry hill. More than one person here also grow it in humid florida without issues. It is true that there are multiple strains of blackspot in the country and you may have a different one than I have, but I am hoping our geographical proximity helps to get similar results.

Thanks for all the information in this forum, I planted Teasing Georgia, Pretty in Pink Eden, Lady Banks, Julia Child, Celestial Night along the fence this year, but have not planted the climbing rose against this Trellis yet. So far all my roses look very healthy and have bloomed more than once except Lady Banks, which, to my surprise, has not grown at all. It was bought 1 gallon size while all others were 3 gallon. Anyway, I have originally planned to put Spirit of Freedom against this trellis. But after realizing how annoying the thorns on Teasing Georgia could be when walking by, I wonder whether it is still a good idea to put Spirit of Freedom here which is at the garden entrance. @dianela7analabama Are the thorns on Spirit of Freedom comparable to Teasing Georgia? I though about maybe plant Raspberry Cream Twirl instead because it is thornless, but wonder whether the space is big enough.