Suggestions for a White Climbing Rose

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I am looking for a white climber for a wrought iron fence in a small garden area. Want something without wicked thorns that is pliable, is a repeat bloomer that can be trained along this fence. It will get good sun. I would like a mini or mini flora climber but cant find one. I have a potted Lamarque and a Jeanne d'Arc but think those migh get too large. Does anyone have a favorite they can recommend? Thanks........

Judith

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dianela7analabama

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https://youtu.be/diDsIyouf_Q?si=xzBg2bM0F5NCoo9-

Alameda here is my link to a small video I uploaded 6 or 7 years ago of cloud 10. It was windy but it shows what the blooms look like in case it helps.

I have recently purchased Heavenly Ascent from ARE which has the potential of being wonderful as it is the daughter of Madame Anisette.

Madame Anisette’s rebloom can be hit or miss and thorns are fierce, but its a perfectly healthy variety that makes a nice climber.

Tranquility by david Austin gets blackspot, but it grows large enough to make a smaler climber with very large bright white blooms and it reblooms better than the healthy varieties.

Guirlande d’Amour is a very good white also.

I am always looking for healthy white or near white roses, they are hard to find.

Austin has a small rambler than may be a good option for a bright white also.

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Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
last month
White Cap is dreamy.
mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
last month
I'd be looking at the Pemberton hybrid musks like Moonlight. I can't grow them for hardiness reasons, but I've been impressed when I've seen them. I grew Trier for years, and can recommend it. It sounds like that is the look you are going for.
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Sunny Mississippi 8a
last month
Honeymoon has been a fantastic white here. Very romantic and fragrant bloom. Supremely healthy foliage. Reasonably flexible. Does need deadheading/holds on to blooms. Mannerly, stays about eight feet.
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
Original Author
last month
Jackson Perkins carries Honeymoon. I also noticed Cloud 10. Does anyone grow and have experience with that one?
dianela7analabama
last month
Blood Cloud 10 and Honeymoon are beautiful and healthy here. Cloud 10 appears immune to blackspot. They both have sharp thorns. They are not the worse for thorns, but it is hard to know what you would consider too many. I do not have any wonderful white climbers that are near thornless.
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
Original Author
last month
I tried the yellow climber Sky's The Limit. Horribly thorny and very sparse bloom. Got rid of it. Same with the rose Zaide - sparse, long canes, terrible thorns. High Flyer is one of my favorite climbers - a blooming fool - and its pretty thorny. Have several, so I can live with thorns as long as the rose is good. Most have thorns but that Sky's The Limit was terrible........I am now trying to decide between Honeymoon and Cloud 10.....am thinking about putting a climber on each side of my dolphin fountain in the bed I have planned for the white climber. Want to go with the one that is the most white........I have Shirley's Bouquet as the other roses and plan to finish with boxwoods and lilac flowers. In winter - lavender and purple pansies. In spring/summer, angelonia, lilac periwinkles. Shirley's Bouquet is a very white rose and would like a climber that is the same clear bright white. Photos look like Cloud 10 might be the whitest.
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
last month
Yes judith , i agree . cloud 10 is whitest . i enjoyed it in tennesee . here i

have honeymoon and its lovely but a creamy white !

it sounds like you have a beautiful set up for it !
Rosylady (PNW zone 8)
25 days ago
The climbing hybrid musk 'Moonlight' is a birght white with gorgeous dark green foliage that really sets off the flowers. It's one of my favourite white climbers. I like it because it's not too rampant! I think it's moderately thorny, if I remember correctly.