Recommended scented rambling/climbing roses please

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  1. Mrs Biggles

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    Good morning everyone. This is my 2nd post, so hope it's in the right place! I love roses and had a lovely rose garden in our last house, and now trying to add more roses to our new garden. Has anyone got any recommendations for fairly hardy (have to stand up to an occasional dog "pruning") highly scented rambling or climbing roses please? I've found historically that even when garden centre labels advise scented they can be a bit bland. Any recommendations gratefully received.
     
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      Good morning @Mrs Biggles and welcome my friend:)

      "Roses have the widely ranging perfumes of all flowers. The weather condition on the day before the rose opens, the age of the flower, the season and even the time of day all influence the fragrance of an individual bloom".D/A

      It does of course depend on what type of Rose/colour/shape you prefer;)

      Ramblers as a general rule only flower once a year and can grow higher/faster than a climber.
      Climbers are usually repeat flowering and are a little easier to control.if you could possibly give us a little more information on your personal choices it would be most helpful :smile::blue thumb:

      I can recommend "Compassion" which I grow/Climbing Hybrid Tea/'Compassion' is a large and vigorous climbing rose to 3m, with glossy dark foliage on red stems, and fragrant, shapely, double, pink-tinged, coppery-apricot flowers 10cm in width:smile:

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          Good afternoon @redstar that is a lovely choice a beautiful Rose:smile:

          Medium pink Bourbon, Cl..
          Registration name: Zéphirine Drouhin
          Bred by Bizot (France, 1868).
          Bourbon, Cl..
          Pink. Strong, damask fragrance. 20 to 30 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
          Tall, climbing, thornless (or almost). Matte, light green foliage.
          Height of 10' to 15' (305 to 455 cm). Width of 6' to 8' (185 to 245 cm).
           
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            thank you @wiseowl , on my property, with more shady areas than sun, the choice had to be this one. I love the hardiness of it, and the proven longevity of it. It is an tough one indeed. And thornless.
             
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            • Anthony Rogers

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              I've always loved " Climbing Iceberg " I love the clusters of flowers, being a floribunda, the scent, and the fact that it always seems to be in flower.
               
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                Ive got one of these too,great rose.
                 
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                  Gertrude Jekyll - strongly scented, repeat flowering and tough as old boots.
                   
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