Tiffany

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I like 'Firefighter' aka 'Hacienda' because it is prolific enough and reblooms fast enough to always have a few in a vase by the computer AND the fragrance is wonderful.

Gemini and Golden Celebration

From my Southern California garden, any of the Tea Roses (not Hybrid Tea), "Grandmother's Hat", 'Sombreuil,' and 'Prospero'.

Jeri

Julie Newmar lasts a week in a vase. Perfect to take into the office Monday and toss Friday.
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Black Magic is my favorite one.

Hot Princess.

Here are other threads from this forum and the Antique Roses Forum:
The very best roses for cutting
Best HTs for no-spray cutting garden
Favorite Cut Flowers?
OGR and Shrub Rose Vase Life

Thanks so much for the links. I searched for the subject but couldn't find anything except Whoops.

Yes that 'whoops' is really starting to chap my a**.

Crimson Glory, great for having next to your computer so you can constantly savor the delicious aroma.

Crimson Glory in Vase
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Beautiful photos, everyone!
I love Double Delight, Rouge Royale, William Shakespeare 2000, Golden Celebration, Teasing Georgia, Star of the Nile, Well Being, Hot Cocoa and Pink Peace especially!
:0) Phyl

So far PJPII lasts the longest in the vase for me...but if I cut it at barely-open, Angel Face does well, too.

Louise Estes, Moonstone, Pope John Paul 11, Pop Warner all make great cutting roses that last at least 5 days in the house. With fresh water every day, 7 to 10 days.

OMG I have to have that crimson glory. Gorgeous.

It's always a toss-up between Veteran's Honor and Black Magic. Moonstone and Hot Princess are great, too. I guess it depends a lot on your color preference.

Falling in Love is by far my favorite rose for cutting.

Most of the dark velvety reds make decent cutting roses for me. I have Veterans' Honor,Let Freedom Ring, Beloved, Liebeszauber, Olympiad, Ingrid Bergman, Grande Amore, Royal William, Dream Scarlett, and The Passion in my garden that are good red cutting roses.
As far as some of the other colors, Light Pink, Brown/Tans,and most yellows don't last as long as most other roses. Also a lot depends on the amount of substance the petals of the flower have. The more petal substance, the longer they last and unfortunately generally the less fragrant they are--just like most florist roses.
A few "others" that are good cutting roses for me are Terracotta, Mavrik, St. Patrick, Marilyn Monroe, O'rilla, Cary Grant, Pope John Paul II, Spellbound, Folklore, Elizabeth Taylor, Welcome Home, DayBreaker, Preference, Hot Cocoa. Also, some mini/miniflora's are pretty good for me as well. Just depends on the substance of the flowers. Try This Is The Day, Fairhope, Dr. John Dickman, Power Point, Ingrid, Denver's Dream, Ricky Hendricks, Camden, Leading Lady, Peter Cottontail, Rachel, Nancy Jean, Sassy Cindy, Jupiter, Conundrum, Charismatic, Irresistible, Dr. Troy Garrett, Coffee Bean, and Glowing Amber. These have been pretty cutting roses in my garden.
Make sure you cut your stems underwater and use something to feed the blooms like plain sugar, 7-up/Sprite, or a professional product like Chryshal. I also add a few drops of bleach per vase that keeps bacteria from forming a black plug at the bottom of the stem and keeps the flower from sucking up water it needs. Recut the stems and refresh the water every 3 or 4 days to keep them fresh an extra 4 days or so. And, keeping them in the fridge at night if possible will extend the vase life of cut blooms.
Sorry if this is too long and too much overkill on the subject.
John

Most of the HTs from the 70's & 80's. I just love Tiffany and Honor as cut flowers. For small vases I like the perfect buds of Pink Parfait and when the Polyanthas bloom, we have big sprays of them all through the house. Lately Radox Bouquet and Frederick Mistral have been favorites.

Why, Jont1-There could never be "overkill" when it comes to rose talk! LOL

Would you be so kind to compare/contrast the merits of those reds you listed? Which would you recommend for biggest blooms & best productivity?

Thanks! Dawn

Valencia (Kordes) is my best yellow/apricot cut flower.

Black Magic is my longest-lasting dark red. Vet's Honor is almost as good and larger.

I purchased a few Kordes' Freelander roses this spring from Palatine, which are supposed to be florist-quality roses for the average outdoor garden. I bought Caramel Antike, Masquerade, and Fantasia Mondiale - all have proven very long-lived in a vase, even in their first season.

One caveat:

In Southern California, where our fungal problem du jour is powdery mildew,
dark, FRAGRANT, red roses are often troubled by this disease.
The color and fragrance seem to be genetically-linked to the weakness.
Thus, you can get away with Olympiad (which most people can't smell)
but dark fragrant reds like Mister Lincoln and Crimson Glory require spraying.

I am pleased to say that 'Prospero,' which as a child of 'Chateau de Clos Vougeot'
OUGHT to mildew, does not here, as long as we don't prune it, or deadhead hard.

Jeri

Posted by jerijen Sunset Z24 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 28, 08 at 15:50

"One caveat:
In Southern California, where our fungal problem du jour is powdery mildew,
dark, FRAGRANT, red roses are often troubled by this disease.
The color and fragrance seem to be genetically-linked to the weakness.
Thus, you can get away with Olympiad (which most people can't smell)
but dark fragrant reds like Mister Lincoln and Crimson Glory require spraying."

This is true, but I have done very well this year against powdery mildew by only using Messenger, which is a protein and does not seem to have toxicity. I limit my spraying to Messenger and Miracle Grow for Roses and have avoided major problems with PM this year.

My favorite is Elizabeth Taylor. I just love this rose - so MANY flowers and the substance is wonderful.

Carol