Noisette Rose, Tea Noisette Climbing Rose 'Marechal Niel'

I have had no experience with this plant but have been looking for this rose for many years...at least since 1967 or 68 since my grandmot...Read Moreher told me that she remembered this rose climbing on an arbor or trellis built next to the front entrace of the house where she grew up in North Georgia. I haven't had any luck finding it. If anyone knows of a source I would love to know about it.
Thank you!

My two plants are growing, but I'm not exceptionally happy about the buds and blooms. It's almost like they clump up when opening, and n...Read Moreever open fully. Maybe it's too humid for them here. I planned to train them on an arbor, but I think I'll go with another choice.

I have two plants (own root) of Marechal Niel planted each side of a hardpruned holly tree against my south facing chimney. they bloomed...Read More profusely for the first time this year. utterly healthy, wonderfully fragrant. Can't praise them too much

I planted a bush of Marechal Niel in front of my daughter's west-facing window when she was a toddler (she's now 28). It was an awkward n...Read Morearrow location between the house and a hedge; I relied on the comment that Marechal Niel can take more shade than the average rose. It's growing into the neighbor's treetops now.

When some close friends of mine got married, I gave them a plant of Marechal Niel and planted it for them. Their location was a better one, and the plant grew into a magnificent rose.

Both these plants are in Florida and are on our locally favored R. fortuneana rootstock. Incidentally, finding one is rather a job. When I told a nursery owner "What do you mean, you don't have a plant of Marechal Niel? There's one right here!" he said, "Oh, you mean MARSHALL NEILL!"

Like many hot-climate old roses--usually of Chinese origin (Marechal Niel is often said to be more Tea than Noisette)--Marechal Niel is highly blackspot-resistant, even in Florida. The yellow deepens instead of fading as the flower dies. The fragrance is like the fragrance of a tea rose, but stronger. Not, mind you, an in-your-face fragrance like that of Maria Callas or Sutter's Gold. The June bloom is heavy and there are roses other times of year too. For bouquets you have to give it support: it has a weak neck. It looks lovely together with blue or purple flowers.