Climbing roses
The notion “climbing roses” is a little bit deceptive, because roses actually don’t climb that way the true vines do. They are just rose varieties with long, arching stalks that can grow about 10 feet tall.
These flowering plants may grow into big shrubs, hooking with their thorns into anything they can manage: a fence or any tree. But you can direct them to climb by tying the canes to a support post or latticed trellis. The gardener should wear long sleeves and leather gloves to protect from the thorns.
Canadian rose breeders have developed hardy shrub roses named after famous explorers. From the “Explorer” roses some are good climbers for sunny pspots: ‘John Cabot’ with its fragrant red double flowers, ‘Martin Frobisher’ with fragrant light pink flowers, and ‘William Baffin’, with deep pink, double flowers that have no scent.