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Selecting a climber for an obelisk.

I have a Kordes Moonlight that I thought i would train an obelisk, but the canes are just too stiff. I need something more pliable and something that will not overwhelm an 8 ft obelisk. Blackspot pressure is high here and I do not spray so I will need something with enough resistance that it will not lose it’s vigor completely. I am on the coastal plain and my soil is sandy and fast draining. Summers are humid, winters are generally mild, but we do get cold snaps so I try not to push my zone too much. Multiflora rootstock does very well here, and if I plant own root, it needs to be okay with lower ph. My preference would be something purple red and large flowered, but I’d be open to a deep cool pink.

Of course fragrance and fewer thorns would be big pluses. I am also open to once bloomers. What do you suggest?

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