Climbing rose recommendation

[jelly10]

I've just removed a big rambling rose from the corner of my garden which was totally rampant and out of control, and I'd like to replace it with a more manageable climber. The corner is S/SW facing and I'd like it to eventually fan out from the corner along the walls but not come too far forwards ifswim as there is a patio in front. Hope that makes sense!

I want something that will flower for the whole summer and that will grow to a reasonable size but not too vigorous as things have a tendency to take over in my garden! Any suggestions? Thank you!

I have just replaced a couple of very old diseases roses I inherited with roses from David Austin here, not cheap but I planted some at my old house in 2008 and they were fantastic plants.

A lot depends on the colour you want.Graham Thomas is very reliable, deep Yellow. It is trouble free and easy to train. I don't think you can go,wrong with David Austin Roses.

Thank you . Sounds like David Austin are a good choice. I like creams or pinks, Claire Austin looks nice, does anyone have any experience of that one? Or others which are good in those colours?

I have a David Austin generous gardener (I think that's what it's called ), which is pale pink and repeat flowers so looks lovely all summer.

I love roses! I have a gorgeous one called 'Handel' that is ivory with deep pink/red edges and a white rose called 'white cockcade' also did well at my two previous houses. Enoy!

I've just put a lovely pink, fragrant one in called Zepherine Drouhin. We used to have it all over the front of the house when we were little and so I've just gone for the same again. Bonus points for being thornless!

Zephirine not Zepherine! Bloody phone!

I have just bought Claire Austin I chose it because of the colour, it has a strong scent, it repeat flowers and it has few thorns.
I'm really looking forward to the summer and its blooms.

Another vote for Claire Austin. Fabulous scent and very vigorous (but not out of control like a rambler) and repeats reliably all summer.

Only downside is that the blooms are very full and heavy and can become waterlogged and spoil during a rainy spell. No matter - just cut them off - there are always plenty more to come.

Bathsheba is my new favourite. Scent to die for, and it doesn't get big
The David Austin website has a really useful filter system so you can select for colour/size/site etc.

I have a cream David Austin called Tranquility. It is very reliable.

This might be a daft question but do rose climbers need frames to help climb or do they hook themselves into concrete /brick? I'm looking for rose climber for South facing breezeblock outhouse. Thank you

A climbing rose needs to be tied to domething, not necessarily a frame but wires or trellis will do. In time they will make a stiff self-supporting network of branches with flowering side shoots.

Thanks, I vaguely remember a Virginia creeper can damage brickwork and that's what I want to avoid.

I have an obelisk type thing Trethew in my front garden but have eyes and wire on some outbuildings.

My absolute favourites are David Austin and they are Gertrude Jekyll and crown princess margereta as they are not too tall if pruned.
I have another one I love too not DA called Bridge of Sighs but it's very vigourous and prickly.

I like David Austins A Shropshire Lad.

www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/a-shropshire-lad-climbing-rose

Its lovely.

We also have The Generous Gardener, beautiful flowers & a good climber. It was a wedding gift (& one of my favourite gifts!)

Thank you everyone for all the suggestions - so many lovely roses! It's so hard to choose so I decided to go to the garden centre with a short list and let fate decide depending on what they had there...and they didn't have a single David Austin climbing rose!! Arrgghh so now I'm going to have to make a choice after all and order online instead

Our garden centre does not have many just yet. After Easter they said there will be more in.

I have a David Austin Maigold for my climber - very fragrant, repeat flowering after first flush. It's very hardy and pretty disease free which is a bonus but it is a little thorny. I absolutely love it

www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/maigold

Do you have to be careful about planting roses where another has been? David Austin could advise.

Thank you so much for that tip Claudia - I've done some googling and it looks like you do need to take care when replanting a rose in the same spot. I had no idea - thank you

I read recently that they have decided it's not a disease that causes roses to fail to thrive where other ones have been, but exhausted soil, as roses are so greedy. So you may be ok if you bung in lots and lots of well-rotted manure, rather than replacing all the soil.