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Lol, awesome pruning..hehehehehe
Man, some of my rose bushes have thorns size of two inch nails..I would be so afraid to plant them in my run
But I do have an arbor to the entrance of the run..yep ..that is where some new climbing roses are going
Xoxox
There are lots of roses that are completely or nearly thornless. Here are a bunch from one rose nursery that specializes in mostly antiques, using the search option "thornless."
https://www.roguevalleyroses.com/rose/special-uses/thornless/thornless
Being in Northern Virginia, you're probably in USDA Zone 7, which means that you can grow almost all the old rose classes (except for some Chinas, Teas, Noisettes, and some random species hybrids). I didn't go through all 95 roses that came up under "thornless" but I bet there are LOTS in that group that will grow by you.
I love roses, especially the ones from before the hybrid teas were bred, so if you want some info on them, feel free to PM me anytime.
~Chris
ETA -- it wasn't 95...it's a little less...I assumed each page had 12 listings except for the last, which had 11, but then I looked through them and saw that there were fewer. There are still PLENTY to choose from, and when I glanced through the varieties, I'm thinking that just about all will grow in your area.
ETA -- again -- I realized that selecting "thornless" brings up sub-categories, of which "thornless" is one. So the link I posted the first time included those roses with decorative thorns. I corrected the link, and now you'll see five pages of "thornless-thornless" (haha) roses.
