Your best and worst rose?
Best: Fresia (Sunsprite) for flower power, disease resistance and able to
withstand anything. Not to mention great colour yellow, outstanding
fragrance and beautiful form. I like the look of the bud and partly open
flower of Freisa better than the (IMHO) artifical look some of the
exhibition HTs seem to have.
2nd Best: Climbing iceberg for flower power, reasonable disease resistance,
light/sweet fragrance and just looking cheery all the time
Worst: Hard but I have to say Eric the Red for his black spot problems. I
still think it is my fault because I don't spray him enough (a couple of
times a season but by then he is already defoliated). I keep him around
because he has great medium red, fragrant, little cupped flowers that last
for 2 weeks when he decides to flower. He is in a pot and I enjoy the
flowers when they are there.
Kirra
Brisbane, Australia
zone 10
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