I'd like some suggestions for roses that do well in hot, dry climates. I
live in non-coastal Northern California--zone 9--so we have relatively mild
damp winters with potentially very hot dry weather in the summer.

The area I'm thinking of planting is not huge so I'm mainly looking for
medium sized plants.

I'm looking for:
1. strong fragrance
2.disease resistance (aren't we all!)
3. more compact as opposed to sprawling roses
4. repeat bloomers since this will be in front of our house
5. flowers that will hold up in the heat.
6. most any color except out and out orange--I do like blends

I'm not set on any one type of rose, i.e. hybrid teas, floribundas, shrub-in
fact I kind of like a mix.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Bonnie
Interior Mendocino County, CA Zone 9

"22brix" wrote in message
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I'd like some suggestions for roses that do well in hot, dry
climates. I live in non-coastal Northern California--zone 9--so we
have relatively mild damp winters with potentially very hot dry
weather in the summer.

The area I'm thinking of planting is not huge so I'm mainly looking
for medium sized plants.

I'm looking for:
1. strong fragrance
2.disease resistance (aren't we all!)
3. more compact as opposed to sprawling roses
4. repeat bloomers since this will be in front of our house
5. flowers that will hold up in the heat.
6. most any color except out and out orange--I do like blends

I'm not set on any one type of rose, i.e. hybrid teas, floribundas,
shrub-in fact I kind of like a mix.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Bonnie
Interior Mendocino County, CA Zone 9

I'm in Zone 8, but the last two summers here
have been hot (temps in high 90s, low 100s)
with lots of sun and drought. I don't spray
my roses and some will get some blackspot,
but not enough to be worrisome. My roses that
have done well and fit your criteria include:

Purple Heart, Floribunda [dark mauve]
Marilyn Monroe, Hybrid Tea [yellow blend]
Scentimental, Floribunda [red & white striped]
Moonstone, Hybrid Tea [white, pink edges]
Rose de Rescht, Damask or Portland [reddish pink]
Souvenir de la Malmaison, Bourbon [pink]

My color descriptions aren't great, so you might
check photos at www.helpmefind.com to get a
better idea of what these roses look like.

Gail
near San Antonio TX USA Zone 8

"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
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"22brix" wrote in message
...
I'd like some suggestions for roses that do well in hot, dry climates. I
live in non-coastal Northern California--zone 9--so we have relatively
mild damp winters with potentially very hot dry weather in the summer.

The area I'm thinking of planting is not huge so I'm mainly looking for
medium sized plants.

I'm looking for:
1. strong fragrance
2.disease resistance (aren't we all!)
3. more compact as opposed to sprawling roses
4. repeat bloomers since this will be in front of our house
5. flowers that will hold up in the heat.
6. most any color except out and out orange--I do like blends

I'm not set on any one type of rose, i.e. hybrid teas, floribundas,
shrub-in fact I kind of like a mix.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Bonnie
Interior Mendocino County, CA Zone 9

I'm in Zone 8, but the last two summers here
have been hot (temps in high 90s, low 100s)
with lots of sun and drought. I don't spray
my roses and some will get some blackspot,
but not enough to be worrisome. My roses that
have done well and fit your criteria include:

Purple Heart, Floribunda [dark mauve]
Marilyn Monroe, Hybrid Tea [yellow blend]
Scentimental, Floribunda [red & white striped]
Moonstone, Hybrid Tea [white, pink edges]
Rose de Rescht, Damask or Portland [reddish pink]
Souvenir de la Malmaison, Bourbon [pink]

My color descriptions aren't great, so you might
check photos at www.helpmefind.com to get a
better idea of what these roses look like.

Gail
near San Antonio TX USA Zone 8


Hi Gail,

Thanks for responding! I just ordered a couple of Moonstone roses yesterday
so I'm glad to hear good things about them! I'll check out the others. I
also ordered a few roses from David Austin Roses--on his website there's a
listing for roses that do well in hot areas so I ordered several of the
highest rated ones. I've grown Austin roses before and in our climate they
seem to do very well--usually quite a bit larger than described. Also, most
of the Austin roses I've grown have been fairly resistant to disease as
well. I'm running the risk of buying more roses than I have space for!

Thanks again!
Bonnie

Gail Futoran wrote:
Not a lot of anythng worth a shit......being that all Gail Futoran is,
is an attention whore that loves to create problems in other groups and
then skip on out and let the turmoil stew. What happened Gail did old
Ron give your sorry useless trashy ass the heave ho for the pond group
as you thought you were the only one that mayttered. Good freaking
ridence toyou and your tuypes. Your really worse than the big time
attention whore you love to mimick so much Carol Gulley....... YOu
thought your shit did not stink but the entire group had to be
fumigated when you got booted!


Thank goodness for google history now we all know where yur sorry ass
hangs so we can there fore divide our attention to where you now hanbg
like you did to us in the other aquaria groups.....I suspect your
groups are gonna see lots of traffic veryshortly. Folks can thank you
for this Gail.......YOu should have stayed home when yu left with your
toys instead of inviting disaster like you have.

Gail Futoran wrote:
Not a lot of anythng worth a shit......being that all Gail Futoran is,
is an attention whore that loves to create problems in other groups and
then skip on out and let the turmoil stew. What happened Gail did old
Ron give your sorry useless trashy ass the heave ho for the pond group
as you thought you were the only one that mayttered. Good freaking
ridence toyou and your tuypes. Your really worse than the big time
attention whore you love to mimick so much Carol Gulley....... YOu
thought your shit did not stink but the entire group had to be
fumigated when you got booted!


Thank goodness for google history now we all know where yur sorry ass
hangs so we can there fore divide our attention to where you now hanbg
like you did to us in the other aquaria groups.....I suspect your
groups are gonna see lots of traffic veryshortly. Folks can thank you
for this Gail.......YOu should have stayed home when yu left with your
toys instead of inviting disaster like you have.

"22brix" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Hi Gail,

Thanks for responding! I just ordered a couple of Moonstone roses
yesterday so I'm glad to hear good things about them! I'll check out
the others. I also ordered a few roses from David Austin Roses--on
his website there's a listing for roses that do well in hot areas so
I ordered several of the highest rated ones. I've grown Austin
roses before and in our climate they seem to do very well--usually
quite a bit larger than described. Also, most of the Austin roses
I've grown have been fairly resistant to disease as well. I'm
running the risk of buying more roses than I have space for!

Thanks again!
Bonnie

Hi Bonnie -

I was going to mention David Austin roses, so
I'm glad you're getting some of those. Some
can grow quite large and sprawling. Others
seem to be nicely compact and medium sized.
I have "The Prince" which seems to fall into
the latter category. Also "Pat Austin", but that's
an orange. The only Austin rose I haven't had
much luck with is a yellow, "Symphony". I have
two copies and neither is doing well. But my
other Austins are doing great.

Gail

aahhhhhhhh ain't that precious......how sweet.....gail trying to find
new friends since her friends showed her sorry ass the door in
rec,.ponds when she started to show her lilly white ass........and
think she was somebody special!


Gail Futoran wrote:
"22brix" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Hi Gail,

Thanks for responding! I just ordered a couple of Moonstone roses
yesterday so I'm glad to hear good things about them! I'll check out
the others. I also ordered a few roses from David Austin Roses--on
his website there's a listing for roses that do well in hot areas so
I ordered several of the highest rated ones. I've grown Austin
roses before and in our climate they seem to do very well--usually
quite a bit larger than described. Also, most of the Austin roses
I've grown have been fairly resistant to disease as well. I'm
running the risk of buying more roses than I have space for!

Thanks again!
Bonnie

Hi Bonnie -

I was going to mention David Austin roses, so
I'm glad you're getting some of those. Some
can grow quite large and sprawling. Others
seem to be nicely compact and medium sized.
I have "The Prince" which seems to fall into
the latter category. Also "Pat Austin", but that's
an orange. The only Austin rose I haven't had
much luck with is a yellow, "Symphony". I have
two copies and neither is doing well. But my
other Austins are doing great.

Gail

This is what happen... when paranoid bipolars go off the meds.........

Roy "Tristan" wrote in message
...


And your point is??????????????????

They sell all kinds of crap but it doe snot mean its the best or the
right thing to use now does it dumbass?



"Carols Nightmare" (Roy Hauer) wrote in message
ps.com...
aahhhhhhhh ain't that precious......how sweet.....gail trying to find
new friends since her friends showed her sorry ass the door in
rec,.ponds when she started to show her lilly white ass........and
think she was somebody special!


Gail Futoran wrote:
"22brix" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Hi Gail,

Thanks for responding! I just ordered a couple of Moonstone roses
yesterday so I'm glad to hear good things about them! I'll check out
the others. I also ordered a few roses from David Austin Roses--on
his website there's a listing for roses that do well in hot areas so
I ordered several of the highest rated ones. I've grown Austin
roses before and in our climate they seem to do very well--usually
quite a bit larger than described. Also, most of the Austin roses
I've grown have been fairly resistant to disease as well. I'm
running the risk of buying more roses than I have space for!

Thanks again!
Bonnie

Hi Bonnie -

I was going to mention David Austin roses, so
I'm glad you're getting some of those. Some
can grow quite large and sprawling. Others
seem to be nicely compact and medium sized.
I have "The Prince" which seems to fall into
the latter category. Also "Pat Austin", but that's
an orange. The only Austin rose I haven't had
much luck with is a yellow, "Symphony". I have
two copies and neither is doing well. But my
other Austins are doing great.

Gail