Like all roses, this vigorous climbing rose is a sun-lover.  Climbing roses don’t truly climb as plants like vines do — they don’t have holdfasts that cling to surfaces.  As climbing roses grow, their long canes, which may reach 15-20 feet, must be tied to supports such as the trellis shown here.  Not all roses are climbing roses.

Another note about this variety of rose:  its other name is the Katrina rose.  When Hurricane Katrina swamped the estate of noted rose grower Peggy Martin, a rose of this variety was one of the only two plants, out of hundreds, to survive.  It became known as a symbol of resiliency, and cuttings later taken from it were propagated and sold, with a portion of the sales going to a fund to rebuild New Orleans and some other Gulf Coast locations.  The rose shown below is a direct descendent of that original survivor.  A longer version of the story is here.