On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:40:55 -0500 (EST), "Shiva"
wrote:


"Rogerx" wrote in message ...
Billy, there must be thousands of recommendations. Depending on who
you ask , and what their favorite rose is. The advice Charles gave
you is good, and since I too live in zone 7, I will tell you my
opinion.

I have 20 roses, most of them are Tea roses.

Roger, tea roses and hybrid tea roses are two very different
classes. I think you mean that you grow mostly hybrid teas.
You are right of course, I should pay more attention. Thanks

y favorite rose seems
to change from time to time, but always coming back to "Don Juan". I
have two of them. From mid summer until frost, they just erupt with
huge (4"to5") Scarlet red blooms. This is not a repeat bloomer but a
continuous bloomer. In the heat of the day you can walk within 20' of
them and smell the rich rose aroma. They are climbers, and if you
don't support them the large blooms will bend the canes to the ground.
I have mine on a fence.


I am also in Zone 7 and right you are about Don Juan!! It is my favorite
rose, and behaves just as you describe.


I only have one rose that is not in full sun. It is 9 years old and
seems quite content in the partial shade. During the summer it gets
about 7 hours of full to partial sun. It is a favorite of most: "Mr
Lincoln". Oh, and sometimes it is my favorite too..

Also an excellent rose, but it does get very tall in full sun. Mine
was all of 12 feet tall by its fourth year in the ground.

Mine is quite tall also, about 7 or 8 ft. What I did was graft an Ice
Berg at about 6 ft. The Ice Berg really likes the Mr Lincoln wood and
it is a real eye catcher when Mr Lincoln flushes.(the red and white
contrast).


Now, you can select some lesser varieties (my opinion) that are
disease and insect resistant. Some that you don't even have to spray.
But I like to select my roses for beauty and aroma , and if they
possess these other traits great. If you take this attitude, you
must have a spray program.

I agree with you here. I also love the classic, many-petaled,
high-centerd hybrid tea blooms. It will be fun to compare notes
with another Zone 7 person! I am in Raleigh, NC and have around
eighty plants in the ground.

Love your city, been to the State Archives many times.