Easy to Care For, Long Lasting 'Northern' Rose Recommendation

14 years ago

Hi, I was hoping to ask the good rose minds here for some recommendations on a good rose for Michigan area. I am looking for something with the following characteristics in order of importance and would like to hear what people think would be some good choices.

Please note all requests below are "relatively" speaking i.e. relatively disease free, and relatively easy to care for, etc - realizing they are roses after all.

My top 4 things are

1. Obviously must survive zone 5

2. "Relatively" easy to care for - i.e. avoids black spots "most of the time", does not require daily hand holding

3. As long of a blooming season as possible - either continuous or in waves.

4. Bigger blooms always better

So that would be a "wish" list: hardy, not super high maintenance relative to the average rose with good disease resistance, and as much blooming as possible with larger flowers if at all possible.

I am completely ambivalent to color, I just want blooms in whatever shade for extended periods of time. Not looking for a climber as this is an open area so hybrid tea, grandiflora, floribunda, etc

Fragrance is a major bonus but if there are some great roses that fulfill the above 4 items, but lacks fragrance I can live with it, in return for color and blooms.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas.

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reedrune
14 years ago
Hey there - I'm in zone 4, but thought I'd chime in.

I have Winnipeg Parks and they have done awesome for me. Nice and bushy, BIG sort of 'hot pink' blooms (although it's usually listed as a red rose, I think it's mroe pink!) and lots of them. Also, the new growth is red, which I like. I don't spray, no problems with disease.

I also have Hope for Humanity, which I've had good luck with. Dark red blooms.

Both of these are Parkland series - bred in Canada to be hardy and disease resistant. The Winnipeg Parks has a pretty good scent, rosey, but light.

I also have a Snow Pavement Rose which is a Rugosa and is out of control, easy to take care of, lots of blooms and they smell GREAT!! This one doesn't bloom as continually as the Winn Parks or Hope for Humanity, but the smell is so nice and I like the bright green rugosa leaves.

Good luck!
olga_6b
14 years ago
Jacques Cartier is very healthy hardy rose with great damask fragrance and almost constant bloom. Really hard to find another rose that can beat this one for zone 5B.
Olga

Here is a link that might be useful: Jacques Cartier
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alisande
14 years ago
Julia Child, a yellow floribunda, and Quietness, a Buck rose, have received high marks from forum members. Both are fragrant.

The zones stated on HMF are often very conservative. I'm growing Quietness in Zone 4 without protection.
sc_gardener
14 years ago
I am in zone 5 IL - the ones that did well for me were: Winnipeg parks (already mentioned) which is a bright magenta color. Pickering sells Explorer roses for climates such as yours, and many varieties of rugosa roses.

Rugosa roses always will make it, although sporadic rebloom on many of them.

Also remember, that even if you have cane death, there are certain varieties that are very vigorous that will spring up very quickly come springtime. Buck roses come to mind (get own root from Chamblees), also I have good luck with Austin english roses here. heritage and the generous gardener and graham thomas survived. I have own root and very old grafted ones.

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predfern
14 years ago
Evelyn (Austin) and Bolero (Romantica) are especially fragrant varieties that survived the winter without protection. I don't spray.

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Jacques Cartier is not continuous blooming here.

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14 years ago
Rugosas. Many of them sucker wildly. But neither Will Alderman (magenta) nor Fimbriata (white) sucker, bloom almost continuously, are fragrant, grow quickly and completely maintenance free. Rugosas can't take spraying, but they don't get blackspot, deer leave them alone, they are cold hardy and have good fall color.
michael_in_chicago
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I have to take exception with predfern's saying that Jacques Cartier is not continuous bloom - it never stops for me (in relatively full sun). I second Quietness and Rose de Rescht (though it gets a bit of BS). Also, rugosas Belle Poitevine, Wasagaming. Also Lagerfeld and (Austin) Mayflower. All no-spray and hardy without protection, though Quietness, RdR, JC and the rugosas come through the winter nearly all green.

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