<p>I’ll bite;
as a nurseryman , these are some of the low care, disease resistant, winter hardy,(in our neck of the woods),high survivability roses we grow;</p>
<p>Rosa rugosa hybrids-(need no sprays, actually react badly to spraying )
Blanc Double de Coubert- double white very fragrant
Purple Pavement- compact, double purple fragrant
Therese Bugnet- double pink, fragrant, stems turn red in winter
Frau Dagmar Hartopp- single shell pink, abundant rosehips in fall</p>
<p>Knockout family
Double Red
Double Pink
Homerun- single deep red, immune to blackspot and powdery mildew
Pink Homerun single pink</p>
<p>Rose The Fairy- polyantha with hundreds of tiny double pink blooms all summer, very cold and wind tolerant, not fragrant</p>
<p>Rose Chihuly- magical blend of orange/yellow/pink
Rose About Face- apricot and deep dusky rose on back of petals</p>
<p>I second bareroot as the cheapest and best way to get the largest selection. Pickering Roses in Canada has a huge catalog of antique varieties.</p>
<p>wow! Rose Chihuly! I have a very small glass work by [Dale</a> Chihuly - Artist - Home](<a href=“http://www.chihuly.com/]Dale”>http://www.chihuly.com/) and I am a big fan of his work. Did not know that there was a rose named after him.
I need to snag that one!</p>
<p>June bugs: the Japanese beetles start out as grubs that eat the grass roots & destroy entire lawns (ahem, like mine). If you use ‘milky spore’ (organic, I think) or a pesticide intended for grubs, many times you can prevent the beetles.</p>
<p>My problem is that while I can control the grubs in my lawn, I can’t control the neighbors’…</p>
<p>Roses (because of smell and color)…attract those Japanese beetles like crazy. They can eat every bud off a bush. The Japanese beetles really go for certain colors, too…and not just roses. They’ll eat (ATTACK!!!) wisteria, crepe myrtle flowers, and many others. They really are just gross!</p>
<p>Knock out roses: I see these and wonder, but evidently I don’t wonder enough to search the net. What are they and what do you rose aficionados think of them?</p>
<p>Mafool: see my post #11 for my opinion of the KnockOut group of roses.</p>
<p>My KnockOut roses (I have pink and a orange-yellow one) are currently blooming like mad with NO signs of any diseases, viruses, or insects. While they have very little scent, they look so good I don’t care.</p>
<p>My Fragrant Cloud (I’ve also seen it spelled “Clout”, but that is probably a typo) is covered with saucer-sized, bright red blooms. The smell is simply incredible! I wish I could post it here. These flowers work great as air fresheners. </p>
<p>I need to replant my 4th of July climber, because it is not doing well in the middle of overgrown greenery.</p>
<p>Next to the original Knock-Out (single, covered with blooms, cherry red) I like the Rainbow Knock Out/ pink and yellow.</p>
<pre><code>Here’s what we like about Knock Out floribundas: They bloom early and late in the season, they don’t need dead heading (picking spent blooms) and they are covered in blooms, quick to repeat bloom. They are winter hardy. They don’t mildew. And here in Chicago, the blackspot capital…they don’t get blackspot! They are so beautiful you forget to mention it. They thrive even by gas stations and McDonald’s drive thrus. They’ll grow in part shade. Did I mention their SAT was 2600?
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