Climbing roses

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I have an arched front porch and I’ve been thinking about getting some climbing roses to grow around it however I’ve no idea where to start. I’ve been looking at David Austin roses, would I be able to grow something like that from a pot? The ground is concrete so it would be a big job growing them from the ground. Also, does anyone have any tips on which variety to choose? Thanks!

Generous Gardener is my favourite. Light pink flowers for months. It is evergreen too. Might need a very big pot though.

Trevor white Roses has a great website with better filters so you can select climbing roses that can be grown in containers etc.

www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk/shop/

David Austen don't explicitly advertise any of their climbers as being suitable for containers, so far as I can see.

You might get a climbing/rambling rose to survive in a pot for a good few years, though, so I suppose the question is whether you are planting a forever garden, or something for now. If you accept it might struggle eventually, you could probably manage a vigorous rose in a pot. I grew a banksia lutea in a pot for years and it was easily 8 or 9 feet tall; I grew the rambler 'wedding day' in a pot temporarily and it flowered just fine.

OTOH, you could try a shrub rose more suitable for growing in a container, and grow something else on the other side of the door, so you'd have the rose coming up on one side and the other climbing plant meeting it? Things like trachelospermum or certain clematis are very happy in containers and would look really nice balanced by a rose.

@Towcester Thank you, I’ll have a look at those roses. I’ve never heard of that website and it looks like they have a great selection.

@SarahAndQuack Thank you for taking the time to go into so much detail. I think if a pot could survive a few years I’d be happy with that. I also hadn’t thought of growing something else up the other side to meet in the middle, that would look wonderful and I know what to look for now.

I have Golden Showers and Dawn climbing roses on very large planters, they are both doing well. I do feed them throughout spring and summer.