[mumofstig]

This winter I'm putting up some trellis in the garden to screen my sitting area from the public pathway - obviously it will be the perfect place for a nicely perfumed climbing rose 

I quite like the look of either Gertrude Jekyll, Coral Dawn or Great Maiden's Blush..............has anybody grown any of them?
 
Perfume level and pros and cons would be helpful please 

[compostqueen]

Well, I had a Gertie on my trellis and I loved it. Vigorous, but no too much so, and always healthy and such a deep pink.  Some times you just need a good solid pink instead of a washed out one and this fits the bill. Not really a climber so will never get out of hand. I'd definitely recommend it 

[sunshineband]

I found Coral Dawn to be  very lightly scented tbh

Hope that helps

[ivor mace]

This winter I'm putting up some trellis in the garden to screen my sitting area from the public pathway - obviously it will be the perfect place for a nicely perfumed climbing rose 

I quite like the look of either Gertrude Jekyll, Coral Dawn or Great Maiden's Blush..............has anybody grown any of them?
 
Perfume level and pros and cons would be helpful please 

Try Generous Gardener, Pink, Semi Double, Nice Scent, Grow to 8ft, Very Healthy.

[Goosegirl]

Besides looking at your postings, you need to look at the vigour of the rose you want. I may be wrong, but doesn't Gt. Maiden's Blush grow very big? Also, some are repeat-flowering, others are not. Do you want less but big flowers ot more smaller ones? Scent is variable as to the person and the time of day. I have a rambler called "Sander's White" which, though I found it was too vigorous for where I planted it, it kind of repeat-flowers, but the perfume made me think of the most expensive soap you could buy and, on a humid summer's evening, it was glorious!

[mumofstig]

Great Maidens Blush is a lax shrub that can be grown as a short climber, so not huge 

I really can't make up my mind whether to have lots of early flowers and plant a clematis for later or to have fewer flowers but over a longer period 

It must however be strongly perfumed - that's the main requirement!

Your rose sounds lovely but I already have a white one Mme Alfred Carriere on the house wall

[Goosegirl]

Ah - then how about a hybrid musk rose like Felicia (mmmm - perfume) or Buff Beauty (mmm - tea-rose perfume, but elusive) or any rose that can be used as a small pillar climber. For perfume, Gertrude Jeykll and Felicia would be my best suggestions. They have a main flush in June, then again in August-September. If you prune them correctly, you can have lots of flowers, plus a cunning clematis to fill in the little gap whilst they are gearing up for the next show. I would look at rose catalogues and books to make your short-list and tick the ones that consistently get 3 stars for perfume. I have a book called "Gardening with Old Roses" by John Scarman which is very good for their siting, feed, pruning, and also a comprehensive cover of all types of roses for all sorts of situations.