ugh, forgot to say that I need a repeat bloomer since my Lincolns are repeat and so is the Sutter's Gold.

I can recommend 'Memorial Day' - very fragrant like Mr. Lincoln and I have seen it grow in Iowa - If it can make it there then it can also make it in Kansas.

You may want to consider a Gertrude Jekyll, Perfume Delight,Country Dancer,Aromatherapy (couldn't find hardy info),
Most English & Austin roses are very fragrant.
You may also want to check out Jackson Perkins site, www.JacksonandPerkins.com
Lioness

Memorial Day!

queen elizabeth, double pink knockout, gertrude jekyll, romantic roadrunner, therese bugnet, hermosa...
There are so many shades of pink you could choose from! Going from the saturated bubblegum pink of double pink knockout to the silverly-pale pink of conrad ferdinand meyer.

Here's one you may want to consider but find out how it does in your area first.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tiffany

Queen Elizabeth
The MacCartney Rose
Tiffany
Our Lady of Guadalupe
First Prize

Most of my pinks are Austins but you will sure have a lot of HTs to choose from!

Wow, thanks everyone! My absolute favorite colors so far were the Tiffany, the Queen Elizabeth and the Guadalupe (but I realize now that it is floribunda but liked the color and shape enough, I did check out the fragrance but like the Gemini it is on the light side)... Tiffany was sooo gorgeous but I am so confused: most sites list it as a warm Zone 7 climate and above but then I found one reviewer in Zone 4! who absolutely loved it. And then I really liked the pink of the Country Dancer and it would do fantastic in Kansas climate from what I'm reading online but it is a shrub rose and would get dwarfed by all my surrounding hybrids. Maybe in a couple of years when I get filler roses, rose shrubs may be an option down the line. But for me all in all HTs will always be the winner!

J&P tends to exaggerate their fragrances and are quite inaccurate in describing fragrance so usually I prefer the tried and true of real-life gardeners such as yourself or a place like RU or Dave's Garden for details.

I'm a fan of the fragrance, shape and color of the Tiffany rose.
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I second Queen Elizabeth!!! Tall, pink, and pretty!

Hi Again Serena,

What I suggest you do is call one of your local rose society CR's and ask about the best pinks for your srea.

Tiffany came to mind because it's the favorite pink rose of the wife of my mentor:)

I posted a message once about a favorite pink rose too and her name came up a few times:)

I also like OLOG, saw it in person. It was loaded with blossoms, floribundas are nice plants as well. If you ever look for a yellow floribunda, I might suggest Julia Child:)

Good luck in whatever you choose, take your time and study, I know how attached you can become to your roses :)

TTYS,
~Evie

I love Tiffany Rose, in fact I named my daughter Tiffany rose after the flower.

Other fragrant medium pink hybrid tea roses to consider are Sweet Surrender, The McCartney Rose, Bewitched, and Perfume Delight. Sweet Surrender has the most fragrance of them all, in my opinion, and is an above average bloomer in my garden.

Sweet Surrender
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Perfume Delight
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The McCartney Rose
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Take a look at Fredric Mistral. It is a HUGE growing and blooming bubble gum pink Romantica hybrid tea with great smelling flowers. It is also very disease resistant and winter hardy. They just don't get any better for an outstanding pink.
Not quite as good IMO, but still wonderful is Belinda's Dream. Check it out as well.
John

Lookie what I found:)

Here is a link that might be useful: KC Gardens

I second jont1's suggestion of Fredric Mistral - it has been hardy here in zone 5 and soooo fragrant. Two other pinks with a hybrid tea form and hardy too - Austin's Queen of Sweden (hardy, disease resistant and wonderful blooms on long stems) and Buck's Quietness (very full & beautiful pink blooms with excellent disease resistance and hardiness). Neither of those is a hybrid tea, but they have the look and are much better suited for our colder climate. I also love Gertrude Jekyll, as some of the other posters have suggested. Her fragrance is absolutely wonderful! In my garden she has two shades of pink - deeper in the middle and softer and lighter on the edges. One final suggestion is Buck's Les Sjulin - not super fragrant but really lovely and very hardy.

Quietness -
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Les Sjulen
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Queen of Sweden
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Gertrude Jekyll

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You got some great feedback Serena, even from your area:)

Please let us know what you decide.

If you really want an HT in zone 5, you will most likely need to prepare for some winter die back. I have had good luck in zone 6 with Tiffany and Sweet Surrender. As they have matured, there has been complete hardiness here. However, we rarely go much below 0 and my HT's are along the south side of the house to protect them from north winds.

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A great Buck choice for you is Earth Song. It will be hardier than those above, but has less fragrance.

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Truthfully, you should just give in and buy all three. Plus some of the others mentioned above.

Not that this message is meant to enable you in any way. We are all opposed to such behavior.

Wowwww, so many gorgeous Pinks photos! Thank you, thank you everyone! That Sweet Surrender too is absolutely breathtaking and for the nonhybrid teas they put in their own special unique loveliness like Queen of Sweden and Quietness. Harryshoe yes! It's like I want one each of everything LOL! (except the ones without the strong fragrance), of course. I am thrilled that RU still has Tiffany and Queen Elizabeth in stock so I will get one of each. They are too beautiful for me to resist. And found out that Tiffany can grow in Zone 5. I've got a good South protective side that won't get too hot or too cold. Then next year! since I found out Quietness tree shrub can take a little shade, I can plant those and mingle it with creeping phlox close by this huge but empty tree bed. I definitely want to get Sweet Surrender next year, when I hire someone to dig up this fallen fir conifer so I can start a new Rosebed and maybe start a new crazy purple rose huntdown then hahaha! Hee-hee, but one baby step instead of one clumsy, silly newbie Elephant trampling on and killing all her new roses. But Glories of surprises my newly transplanted Lincolns seem to have two tiny flower buds????!! I am shocked. Because I swore I saw a brilliant crimson hidden behind this tiny rosebud-like enclosure. But it's too early for rosebuds, I just transplanted them with only a tiny bit of sea tea mixture...There's no way? they should be blooming. But man, again I am so excited about May 11. That's when I'll get the pinks.

My wife likes Earthsong.