What is the name of your favorite rose to grow in your garden?

I am a rose-aholic. Everytime I'm at a garden center, I want a new rose plant more than anything else. But I have found some great tried and true roses over the years (I'm in Massachusetts, so you can imagine it is hard). So far, I think Hybrid teas should be considered an annual or avoided all together because they get disease and spread it among my hardy roses. I won't buy them anymore. I love the Hot Cocoa Floribunda, you can't kill it, and the Easy Going Floribunda. And a great performing shrub rose in hot pink is Lady Elsie May, it's a 2 x 2 foot shrub. Can't wait to hear your answers (then I'll go rose shopping again;)

What is the name of your favorite rose to grow in your garden?
Ahh! One of my favourite topics. So many to chose from. I have fragrant cloud (1 of 15) and the flower is coral in colour. The is all you smell when you come out my front door. It flowers right up to frost. Have you tried in the fall to bury the crown and a few inches of the canes with soil. Then step on them to remove air pockets. I live in Canada and it works for me.





Two great floribunda's are 'betty boop' and 'angel face'





Good luck.
Reply:I agree with you about modern roses... many of them are practically useless, because of the amount of work/ effort that has to be put into them. The aren't for the casual gardener, and barely for the avid gardener!





My personal fav. is one I took from my Grandmothers house. An old time beauty called Frau Karl Druski. This is an old White rose that used to be used for wedding flowers. It was hybridized in the late 1800's. I've gotten some (very little) blackspot. My rose is about 6' tall and wide. She only blooms once per year, but wow! what a show!





Enjoy your answers!
Reply:I don't know the actual names but I love long stem red roses! They are my favorite...
Reply:my favorite rose is the helen hayes
Reply:I love the Tropicana rose. It has the most beutiful orange flowers and it is quite hardy.
Reply:I am so glad you asked. I too love roses. We just recently moved so I had to leave my old ones behind---Better to start new!! I found this really neat one called Intrigue. It was just a hardware shop rose but it looked beautiful. Dark lavender!! I can't wait for it to bloom. Also I got this really cool magazine at the beginning of the year that is just roses and they have some beautiful ones. My favorite one is called the "Laura Bush" it is described as having "Texas sunset-colored petals" It is very pretty. An orange-red color.


Have you seen the "honey Perfume" floribunda?? It won the floribunda of the year in 2004!It is yellow.


Anyway the magazine is called: Jackson %26amp; Perkins.


Here is the web page that was in the book:





http://www.jacksonandperkins.com


Hope this helps. There were some really neat roses in there!!! Becky from Ohio