I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic'
but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central
Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice.

This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only
groundskeeping done there is mowing.

Thanks for any advice!

-- Karen

"Karen Fletcher" wrote in
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I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative
select a 'romantic'
but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a
gravesite in central
Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice.

This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose
since the only
groundskeeping done there is mowing.

Thanks for any advice!

-- Karen

As a first step, I would check local nurseries that
handle roses for roses that do best in your area.
One of the larger miniatures might be a good
bet, since they tend (all else being equal) to
be more tolerant of neglect.

Depending on what you mean by "romantic",
a red rambler called Red Cascade is very
tough and can be pruned using a weed whacker
with no ill effect. It can be used as a ground
cover or a pillar rose. The rose (like most minis)
has no scent but is a very deep red and blooms
profusely throughout the growing season once
established. I've never seen it bothered by
bugs or blackspot. I don't know how well it
would do in Ohio, though.

Good luck in your search -

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

Go to Heirloomroses.com and look at the Griffith Buck winter hardy roses.
Almost no care and tough to wistand Ohio winters.
Another choice is Sally Holems the best rated shrub rose in the USA.
Edmundsroses.com in Wilsonville Oregon can sell you this one. It does grow
large and needs no chemical control for spraying and it stays covered with
white to off white flowers all seasons. Blooms in clusters link a hydranga.
Hybrid Musk rose.
John Grunden
Seattle
"Karen Fletcher" wrote in message
...
I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic'
but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central
Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice.

This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only
groundskeeping done there is mowing.

Thanks for any advice!

-- Karen

Go to Heirloomroses.com and look at the Griffith Buck winter hardy roses.
Almost no care and tough to wistand Ohio winters.
Another choice is Sally Holems the best rated shrub rose in the USA.
Edmundsroses.com in Wilsonville Oregon can sell you this one. It does grow
large and needs no chemical control for spraying and it stays covered with
white to off white flowers all seasons. Blooms in clusters link a hydranga.
Hybrid Musk rose.
John Grunden
Seattle
"Karen Fletcher" wrote in message
...
I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic'
but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central
Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice.

This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only
groundskeeping done there is mowing.

Thanks for any advice!

-- Karen