Hello there Linda G. Climbers in general are not the best rebloomers and expecting them to behave like a floribunda repeating a lot is probably futile. The eventually heavy bloomer part and colors are easily achieved, but heavy “reblooming” is more difficult. For red my favorite so far is florentina which I think will work great for an 8 feet tall trellis. It took it around 3 years to bloom heavily, but every bloom is to die for. It reblooms some on and off after the initial spring flush. For pink my heaviest bloomer is Peggy Martin. This is today main flush. After this it just sporadically blooms some. It may get better with 10 years but I am not holding my breath. If you want this kind of strong repeat in a climber I think you will find it is probably very uncommon, but this should not stop you from choosing one of these beauties and enjoying it. You can add a later blooming clematis or other climbers to the mix to extend your bloom season.

single plant of Peggy Martin

Spirit of freedom by david austin reblooms well here but gets blackspot which may or not be a problem in your area.

If you get blackspot Flamenco rosita is technically NOT a climber but it can easily climb to 8 or 10 feet. She reblooms constantly and it is healthy. I think she can make your dreams come true.

today but she blooms heavily all season long until first frost here

Thank you!

I would recommend Renae, she is my most floriferous repeat climber/rambler

Oursteelers I cant wait to try Renae here. Renae may not be hardy in the OP’s zone 6a. Help me find lists her going to 6b and In TN it had die back

@oursteelers 8B PNW

How big does Renae get for you and what area are you in? She looks rather similar to Cl Pinkie, from what I see.

@dianela7analabama

What is the climber at the entrance of your house?

Very pretty!

Artist thats Raspberry Cream Twril. It is very nice and almost thornless. repeats decently if fed and watered well. Gets some blackspot but I grow it no spray without issue.

The two most important considerations for climbers is that they are cane hardy, and blackspot resistant. If they don't have those two characteristics, they aren't going to do much at all. Since most roses have trouble with one or both of those things colder than zone 7, the pickings can get rather slim. A lot of the really good performers in colder zones are once bloomers, and if you want a large climber/rambler there, they are the only game in town. Since 8 ft isn't really all that big, you just need something that's hardy.

The usual suspects are the Canadian Explorer climbers. The best rebloomer of the ones I grow is Captain Samuel Holland.

Linda, keep in mind that you can always throw a clematis into the mix in order to extend bloom time...

Thank you everyone!

Pat Austin was incrediby hardy and got over 10 feet high.

I will echo that the most importantt thing to consider is hardines.... then go from there with BS resiistance. To that end, look for roses rate at least one zone lower than yours. Ratings only ensure root survival, not necessaritly tipe hardiness or even living cane. I'm pondering choices @mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY), I've hardlyy hear Cpt. SHolland mentiond, especially as a repeat bloomer. i''ll have to do more research on him.

Hi Linda G, I have two pink climbers for you to consider. Both are going into the second season in my zone 6a garden so I haven't seen their full potential yet. However, they are full of promise and I am happy with them so far. Both were purchased from Heirloomroses.com.

1. St. Swithun
2. John Davis

I agree that hardiness is going to be the prime consideration for a climber. If it doesn't climb, you might as well plant any other shrub type rose. Rebloom is possible for some climbers, and some of them are hardy.

Some of the climbers mentioned are gorgeous but not hardy in our zones, and maybe a surviving bush if we're lucky - Renae or anything bred from her, Mel's Heritage, Raspberry Cream Twirl all only survive my zone if pampered to death and won't climb.

Good survivors but unlikely climbers include St. Swithun, Spirit of Freedom, Flamenco Rosita.

I've seen good results from John Davis as a climber though he's a much more profuse bloomer in the spring. Guirlande D'Amour survives well for me and climbs a bit with sporadic rebloom in a cream-apricot color. Bathsheba is looking like it'll climb for me, and is reasonably hardy, though she's just in her second year (cream/yellow).

Red types hardy to my zone 5, relatively healthy:

- Florentina - dark rich red that doesn't pink out, will climb to 8' and mostly cane hardy, reblooms sporadically all season

- Fields of the Wood - a "found" rose (possibly Ramblin' Red) that also is a red doesn't pink out and reblooms well

- Dublin Bay is often available at local nurseries and it can survive and climb reasonably well when grafted (I haven't had that luck with own root versions). It loses some cane over the winter but recovers nicely. It's a true dark red that doesn't pink out.

- Canadian Shield - I love this rose and it's tip hardy on the virtual zone 4 side of my house. Big dark red blooms that don't pink out and fat long lasting clusters.

- Quadra - like Captain Samuel Holland it's a beast of a rose that blooms all season and is cane hardy with wicked thorns. My Quadra is a darker crimson than CSH that tends to be more of a hot pink for me, but neither is a true red. Mine is already going to cover its arch in its second year and by next year it'll be a bloom monster. I grow Alexander Mackenzie and John Cabot as big free standing bushes but they could probably be trained to climb. Some of these Canadian roses can get blackspot in July/August but it doesn't seem to affect their vigor here.

- If hot pink is in your "red" world, I have to give a shout out to Felix LeClerc. Another Canadian rose that is totally tip hardy and one of my longest blooming roses ever. Starts in late May and doesn't stop till November. I tried to grow him as a free standing bush but he's really a climber at 8'+.

- Small red blooms on the crimson side of things could be Cherry Frost. It's available at Home Depot and other big box stores and it's tip hardy for me. Unquestionably a better climber for our zone than the highly promoted but usually not hardy Don Juan, or the poor reblooming Blaze.

White or Pink: This covers a lot of roses so I'll list my favorites:

- Honeymoon - a Kordes white climber that is tip hardy and a good rebloomer. Don't believe reports of its fragrance, but it's disease resistant and a good climber.

- White Dawn if you can find it grafted (several local nurseries carried it) can be a beast and mostly tip hardy. It's relatively new to me but I think it has reports of good rebloom in white.

- Cloud 10 is another white climber that's looking promising and mostly tip hardy. It's only in its second year so I can't comment on rebloom but it is shaping up well.

- Cinderella Fairy Tale is a similarly rock-solid hardy climber from Kordes in a soft pink. It'll easily climb to 8-10' and it's a good rebloomer. I wouldn't personally recommend Kiss Me Kate from Kordes - in my zone she's a stingy climber as well as rebloomer, though she's better further south.

- Dream Land - an outstanding hardy and vigorous pink climber with big fat blooms that is going to knock my socks off this June. Unfortunately with Palatine out of shipping roses, I don't know who will offer it next.

- Sunrise Sunset - billed as a ground cover Easy Elegance rose, but my word does this rose cover ground!! Mine rivals Quadra in how fast it can cover an 8' arch, and mine are so far neck and neck in a race on their respective arches in their second years. You can get Sunrise Sunset in most Big Box stores and it's a medium pink color. It takes a few seasons before it repeats well, but by year 5 I got regular rebloom. Like most Easy Elegance roses it's essentially tip hardy.

- New Dawn is easily available everywhere and survives our zones well. I can't speak to its rebloom well but it's a light to medium pink and a thorny monster. Tip hardy and resilient.

- CanCan - if small flowering pink roses would be a fit, this one blooms most of the season kind of in the background of other roses. Tip hardy and very healthy.

- Laguna is a dark pink monster of a climber that laughs off the cold and reblooms very well. Nice fat blooms that last a long time and stretch out on long canes.

- Awakening is a nicely hardy tough as nails rose that weaves in well around other roses and blooms well. It's mostly a soft pink.

- For a classic rose, Louise Odier is a fat medium pink Bourbon that is tip hardy and blooms nicely in spring and fall. My absolute favorite OGR climber is Sydonie, but she's also a spring/fall bloomer - she has toe-curling wonderful fragrance and deep saturated color.

- Grandmother's Hat is an old garden type rose that is tip hardy and very tall, and it might be encouraged to climb. She's a medium pink and also tough as nails in most climates.

- If apricot-pink is in your color range, Lady Ashe/Dixieland Linda has nice fat blooms and eventually builds up to some rebloom. She isn't as hardy for me as the others so not as profuse

- Eden is also a climber easily available in big box stores and she can survive well in our climate. I've never seen her rebloom much beyond spring, but she's gorgeous when she blooms.

As MadGallica points out, health is equally a factor with hardiness in NH so take advice about health of these roses from people in your zone as well as part of the country. What is healthy in my dry zone 5 might be different from New England zone 5.

I'll try to post pictures tonight if I can find them.

Cynthia

Cynthia I would love to hear how Clound 10 does for you. It is very healthy here but I have had 4 and they haven’t gotten over 6 feet tall so not much of a climber so far. They are virtually immune to blackspot which is great for me.

You Have provided the OP is great list of roses that should definitely work in her warmer zone, hopefully she find something she loves. It is always better to try roses recommended from same or cooler zones to be safe

I agree that you should start with roses rated for one zone lower than the one you're in. For example, I'm in zone 5b and get the best results with roses rated for zone 4 or lower. Typically, I have no dieback on these plants, but I do on roses rated for zone 5. The only climbers I currently have are William Baffin, John Davis, and a young James Galway. John Davis is a very pretty and hardy Canadian Explorer rose and gives me a nice repeat bloom in late July.

Some photos to go with my comment.

John Davis.

William Baffin with ninebark 'Diablo' and peony 'Krinkled White'. All these plants are very hardy easy to grow options for a northern gardener.

(Both roses are drooping due to a recent rainstorm and will get trimmed back later.)

@nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska, ii go my Dream Land from Freedom Gardens. They carry quite a few of the Schmitz bre roses.

William Baffin very hardy for me in Z5a but can get very large. Here it is growing with Clematis Huldine. The timing was not always great for color overlapping, but that was fine with me.

What a beautiful colour ccombo! I think you have achiever "The Dream"!

Your post reminded me to note a rose rarely mentionedthat grows to great proportions a couple hhhours north of me. For year I thought it was Cl. America, but have recently found that it is Rosanna. I assume it is the more recent one (Ihate it that Kordes reuses the same name), but it could also be the older one. It grew at least 12feet tall.

For sure you want Mme Alfred Carrier a superb white climber whose buds are flushed with pink when they first open. She is the fastest climber I know of and unlike many genuinely repeats well. She has a good fragrance nice mid green foliage, flexible canes and best of all is practically thornless. I have had many a disappointment with climbers but not this one, season two will be spectacular already.The only other climber I have that truly repeats well is the striped Fourth of July which is award winning for a reason.