I would recommend Gertrude Jekyll for colder zones. It is very hardy. I don't have too much trouble with blackspot in my no spray zone 5a garden although Lady Emma Hamilton sure gets some. Mary Rose is also good. Rugosa roses such as Pierette Pavement or Foxy Pavement are another alternative. Hardy Buck roses like Earth Song or Country Dancer are also hardy and disease resistant but, like rugosas, do not have old fashioned bloom form. Easy Elegance roses are also disease resistant.

I agree- Dr. Van Fleet. There was a huge bush next to our well where I grew up and it has always been one of my favorites. The one in our yard now was given to me by a neighbor long ago. I would like to try New Dawn- would love to have something like Dr. Van Fleet that reblooms.

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Flower looks too undeveloped to be a contemporary cultivar, more like a seedling that would never make the cut under today's standards. Maybe somebody was using seedlings as root stocks and that's how you ended up with it, the rose grafted onto it having died since it got planted there. Or maybe it produces fuller flowers from other buds.