<p>mstee you can grow roses in Minnesota. The super hardy Canadian roses like John Davis (thornless, prolific climber) and William Baffin (huge, thorny climber), almost any rugosas (except some of the hybrids) will grow. The old roses too. The heirloom once-a-season bloomers, some of which are winter hardy, are great because they have a spectacular flush, which is done by the time the Japanese beetles arrive. There is nothing worse than seeing a blooming rose bush covered by ravenous shiny brown beetles.</p>
<p>Emilybee at least it wasn’t euphorbias. An instructor of mine was cutting them with gloves on , but then she pushed her hair out of her face and was almost blinded.
Nasty stuff.</p>
<p>^ Had to google euphorbias. Yikes!</p>