I also love ramblers----Albertine---had to be cut way back --it was trying to eat our house---
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Paul's Himalayan Musk
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Florence

Oh, Florence, those monsters are beeeeeuuutiful! : )

I have a couple modern climbers, but no spectacular pics of them. I'll post a couple later today when I have time, but I'd rather see your non-modern ones.

Kate

Thanks Kate----and here of is one of my favorite climbers---"Zeffy"
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Florence

Thanks for sharing your pictures Florence! I love those house eaters...but they sure are hard to take care of when they get that big aren't they? Sorry I am just now getting back to you, I moved so have been busy, and yes dug up ALL of my roses and took them with me. I don't care how silly I looked stuffing a huge Veilchenblau into my car. :)
Your Zeffy is so beautiful, for some reason I never had good luck with here, but I'll never forget how wonderful that rose smelled!

Im in a tough part of the country to grow ramblers, Ive tried a few of the marginal ones, like mde sancy de parabree.. It lasted about 4 years and I got like 20 blooms, it would grow to about 10-14 feet during the summer and die back to around 6 feet during the winter.. every year more of the original canes would die.

Right now I have Quadra, John Davis, Baltimore Belle growing, Im trying to get ahold of a lillian gibson this year. I have several large bushes, hansa will get to 7 feet this year, my great maidens blush to just about that height.

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Silverkelt, that is beautiful!