"Mark. Gooley" writes:

(Consoled myself for dead roses by, yep, buying more. A hardware
store in Orange Park has a not-bad selection of own-root old roses
for $15 a bush, a buck off that if you buy more than one; the woman
in charge of their nursery department has a web page I stumbled
across via helpmefind.com: http://www.antiqueroses.net/ )

Sorry I can't help with the deer issue. Well not exactly sorry that I don't
have any experience with them. More like I'm sorry you have deer problems.

I did check out the website though, she has some very interesting roses there.
Many of them are good Florida roses, a change from all the Dr Huey HTs we
generally see available.

Bassino, a groundcover, red single with gold center sounds intersting as does
Mlle Franziska Kruger, 1880 tea, 5’ bush, copper/yellow & pink, very double.

The photo that most caught my eye was Lafter. I really liked that one.

(If you don't have these roses, you should go buy them and report back on how
they do for you. g)

Julie