No need to make excuses for a single rose, I love them all.. 'Bloomfield Dainty' sounds like a possibility...
I'm in a canyon in the mountains above Santa Cruz, and although we're only 6 or 7 miles from the ocean, we're easily 10 degrees hotter (and colder), and much drier. I do get occasional balling up on some of the high count petals.
'Colette' is lovely.. So she's easy to train on an arch?
I remembered that I've got a 'Buff Beauty' and possibly 'Polka' in containers... I think Polka is going to be too stiff.. Anyone have experience training a 'Buff Beauty'?