Thanks for all the responses, everybody! Organic tosca, I don't have Vintage's catalog, but I did look up some of their old newsletters and saw a great article on the hybrid musks. Thanks. Nastarana and Monarda, I love the looks of the ones you suggested, but I don't think the Prince or those HP's would do very well here as far as blackspot goes. I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong because they are very beautiful. Cardinal Hume sounds like it might stay healthy here and would be a good possibility. Maureen, the pictures I see of Quadra on the forum and on helpmefind really are something. One day in the not so distant future, I can see myself taking out my puny Don Juan and putting in Fields of the Woods or Quadra in it's place. Luxrosa, I've got Lamarque growing up an arbor, one on each side. I under-estimated how much it would affect that one side as it grew up. It's just doing too good of a job! I do seem to misjudge a lot of the time and I am lucky roses are so easy to move.

And I'll fourth it. It's extremely common here anywhere birds perch...because birds love the berries and the seeds go right through birds' digestive tracts. Leave the pokeweed in your yard and the birds will love you! Dozens of species of birds relish the berries. Pokeweed is also a host plant for some interesting-looking caterpillars. And personally, I think it's a rather pretty plant over all, with the little white flowers followed by dark, glossy berries, the bright red stems, the large leaves, and the umbrella-like shape it takes as it gets larger. It's really a great wildlife plant all around, but most people don't let it stay in their yards because it's poisonous and the berries provide the birds with purple "ammunition." I leave it in my yard when it comes up because it's such a great wildlife plant and attracts so many birds, but I only leave it for one year. It can get huge if you let it come back year after year, so I pull it at the end of its first year (it's extremely easy to pull, even when it gets three or four feet tall); the birds will inevitably plant more for the next year. I'm providing a link to a page about pokeweed written by The Hilton Pond Center, which has a lot of info about plants and animals found in the Piedmont region of the southeast. Here is a link that might be useful: Pokeweed

I think #1 is a type of Ladies Thumb. White, insignificant flowers in a cluster... #2 is a Deptford Pink. Nice, delicate...will pop up wherever. #3 is Partridgeberry. #4 is Asiatic Dayflower. All four of these are "wildflowers," or "weeds," depending on who is looking at them! I would pull up #1...not much to look at. I have #2, and leave them in my garden...they are briefly pretty--don't do well as a cut flower, though. Some people pay money for #3--I think it's a pretty little groundcover. #4, well, that's up to you. I'm not sure how invasive they get...if they are taking up prime garden real estate, I'd yank 'em! Emily

Kinda reminds me of CRIMSON BOUQUET. I had it yrs ago, but it died on me. I don't know if it has any scent. And HMF doesn't mention scent. But it sort of looks like it. I see a darker almost black edge on it, and that's a characteristic of CB. Being a Kordes rose, it would probably be readily available overseas.