It really depends on the variety you select. I grow Jeanne La Joie for instance and she blooms at the ends of her canes. Bending a cane over stimulates more canes to sprout from leaf axils. More canes, more blooms. But if I cut one of her canes down low instead of bending it, she will still bloom on the end of that cane. She ranks deservidly high in the ARS ratings and there are others out there that are also very good. When you narrow your choices down you may want to ask about the experience others have had with them.

climbing rainbows end has a huge early flush and then blooms intermittantly the rest of the season. mine is 2 years old and about 10 feet tall, I think I will have more blooms next year judging by my friends more mature one. This climber seems more disease resistant than its bush variety!
Lee

Thank you both. I will definitely put climbing rainbows end on my list and as soon as I go through my list of wants I will post about certain ones :O)

Venessa

There is a new red miniature climber coming out in January. It sounds great with vigor and disease resistance and claiming lots of bloom. The name of it is Valentine's Day.

Venessa, I grow climbing mini Magic Dragon which I received at a swap at Trinity Park about 3 years ago. I love it. It blooms all summer. The flowers are red-it's peaking out from behind the bird feeder in this photo:

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