I planted Harlekin from Palatine this spring. It and Antike 89 have been growing rather slowly in my garden, this fall reaching knee height. I'm hoping that both will be a prove to be great roses, but I'm planning to postpone my decision for five or six years. Although it doesn't go much over 90F most of the summer here, I notice that both only grow in coolish spring and fall weather here in zone 7b. And that's about two weeks in spring and two more in fall. Maybe the long spring/fall season of central TX would suit it much better. I've no idea how it will do with shade, though.
I grow Zepherine Drouhin in almost full shade here in Arizona, as I did in NJ. It is building up slowly and it it's been a little shy with bloom. When it gets to about 9 or 10 ft the highest shoots will start getting full sun at the height of summer. It's not as pretty as Harlekin and it will sometimes get a touch of mildew where that's a problem, but it is a trouper. In NJ it finally bloomed in its third or fourth year and it was glorious.
I grow Blossomtime on its own roots in a spot with about six hours sun. It's building up slowly, but I love the retro look of the blossoms and the fragrance. My Rosarium Utersen from Palatine grew very vigorously this year, also with about six hours of sun. My hope is that when it gets nicely settled it will bloom as generously as it has grown vigorously.
Ilse Krohn Superior in her second year from Palatine is eight feet tall and blooms all summer for me. I find the flowers wonderfully shapely and they are deliciously redolent of green tea. Were your site in full sun, I would recommend this rose without reservation.
Paul's Himalayan Musk will provide scent and grow in shade, but it will swallow the house. Felicite et Perpetue will produce
really neat little button flowers, but they may not have much scent.
It's the multiflora climbers that will do best in shade; but getting fragrance in a multiflora climber starts to be a problem. Not sure about Ghislaine de Feligonde and fragrance, but I've grown it successfully with 3 hours of sunlight. This spring I planted Psyche from Vintage Gardens where it got five hours of sun and it has made canes more than eight feet long in its first year. It's white blossoms are supposed to have fragrance. I hope to find out next year.
I hope something in here proves helpful.
