Some of favourites are -
- The once flowering climbing / scrambling /rambling roses
- The recurrent flowering OGRs - Bourbon and Portland especially, and some Hybrid Perptuals
Climbers include Francois Juranville, Paul's Himalayan Musk, Albertine, Meg, Cl Souvenir de la Malmaison, Felicite Pertue, etc. and many other climber/ramblers
Rose de Rescht, Comte de Chambord, Mme Isaac Pereire are some of my favourites, too, although you do need really look after Mme Isaac Pereire well....
And, some that are old but not technically OGR, such as some of the early climbing HT - Mme. Gregoire Stachelin - is absolutely stunning when in the middle of its one bloom cycle....
They all have different things I like about them. I still really like some of the best modern roses, and really admire Kordes health - they really are robust. But, I will take a few small blooms of Rose de Rescht over a giant bloom of Parole any day..
