Susan H. Simko wrote:

Love that last line! That's exactly what I'm hoping DD does which will
make any fussing with a temperamental rose well worth it.

I have a Double Delight that I bought for $2 at Home Depot last year, I have it
in a container (all my roses are in containers), and it did wonderfully last
season, bloomed and bloomed, great fragrance etc. I had no idea it was
considered fussy. Actually, I see folks talking here about several roses that
seem to be considerd fussy or sickly that I have, such as Blue Girl, that I
have had no problems with...BG is actually one of my favorites.

Maybe I've just been lucky, but I haven't lost or had difficulty with a rose
yet in the last 4 years of growing them. Maybe it's the climate...I'm in Sunset
zone 7 in the Sierra Nevadas...pronounced winters but hot dry summers, I guess
not friendly to fungus. I use large containers, mulch with spagnum moss, use a
water soluble fertilizer, and in the hotter months I water every morning by
hand. I'm growing all types, from the cheapie HTs to the OGRs that I had to
search the internet for. I find it a little funny because when I first started
with them I was told that roses in containers were very difficult. Seems to be
just the opposite sometimes. Oh well, to get back on topic, I won't name 30
favorites, but I will name a few:

Comte de Chambord (Damask Perpetual)
Royal Wedding (Shrub)
Chelsea Morning (Shrub)
Blue Girl (HT)
Double Delight (HT)
Pristine (HT)
Iceberg (Floribunda)
Duet (HT)
Irene Watts (China)
Europeana (Floribunda)
Dainty Bess (HT)
Natasha Monet (HT)


---Melanie Casey---