Hi from Brisbane

Hi Ali,
I love and grow Noisettes although they can be very large,the exception perhaps being Crepuscule,which is very available and bullet proof.
Another favourite climber to about 3 metres is Renae.While a more recent rose,1954,is very available,no disease,no thorns,always in flower and a musk scent to die for.ps my favourite,
Regards,
Stephen

Oh dear how remise of me I missed saying Hi to you, I hope you enjoy our forum
As for climbing roses, I have never lived in Brisbane so I don't know which roses would be happy there. My best advice would be think about what you would like, colour, perfume, size of flower, thorns - lack of them Then take a walk around you area and see what grows well there as they would have similar growing conditions to you. If you spot something you like (if you are brave) knock on the door and ask them the name. If not wait till you see them in there garden, admire said rose and ask.
Good luck.

Renae is one of my fav roses as well, so hardy and lots of blooms as well

Carole

One of the problems with living in Queensland (theres not many) is that hardly anyone grows roses. Nurseries don't really stock them and if you have a garden that is not "Bali Inspired" you are looked at as being strange or heaven forbid, thought to be a spy from Mexico.

You could walk along way up here before you see another rose, let alone one that you like or one that is actually growing well.

There are pockets of resitence to this Bali line of thought but these are few and far between. A shame really cause teas, chinas and noisettes love it up here.

Hi Ali in Brisbane,

how are your roses going after all our brisbane rain?
i'm onto Brindabella bouquet and Lamour' which are qld breed roses from Toowoomba
and wrote down all the names of the roses that smelt or looks pretty to my nose n eyes in New Farm park and started collecting that way the rose gardener there was very helpful in what survived our harsh brisbane sun.

Ms MW