Absolutely enormous with tremendous hooked thorns and it only blooms once for me. The spring bloom is good, but overall I don't feel that it is worth the prime real estate. I plan to move it this year (when I get my courage up....)

chellamaral, I will soon be posting pics of my Climbing Pinky to a thread on the Florida Forum. Mine has been in the ground for 8 months and is above the edge of my patio roof. It is blooming nearly continuously in huge clusters of a nice pink.

Nearly thornless and starting to bloom at its lower canes, too!

Veronica, west central Florida.

In my experience, some are thorny (Marechal Niel and Buff Beauty), others less so(Lamarque and Mme Alfred Carriere), some barely have milk teeth (Crepuscule, but it's more apricot-ish).

Easy to grow in a warm climate, fragrant, and most will flower regularly between big seasonal flushes. Mine treat any teensy bit of blackspot like the minor inconvenience of a broken fingernail.

First rose I ever planted was a Mme Al. When she climbed halfway up her arbor in the first year, I thought, boy, nuthin' to this rose growing business. Then I bought some hybrid teas, and learned otherwise...