"JoeSpareBedroom" expounded:


True. In my previous house, I had "beach roses" - rugosa, I suppose. Utterly
bulletproof. No diseases, they laughed at chunks of ice that fell from the
roof, and they bloomed from spring until heavy frost. They were single
flowers, which don't make rose worshippers' hearts flutter, but they scented
the whole yard.

I love them for that very reason - their perfume.

To me, no matter how beautiful a multipetaled rose is, if it has no
scent, it's just not going to grow in my garden.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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