Here's what I went with when I divorced and had to downsize from 80 roses to 9:

Aloha
Buff Beauty
Oklahoma
Memorial Day
Liebeszauber
The Prince
Marie Pavie
Amelia Earhart (regretted keeping that one)
Secret

In no particular order:
*Tiffany-A classic and very fragrant.
*Rouge Royale-Great fragrant cut flower
*Aloha-Climber. I like its compact growth. Fragrant.
*Tineke-A white that doesn't have the usual Thrips problem.
*Our Lady of Guadalupe-Can't get much better. Fragrant
*Lady Mitchell-An almost perfect container rose.
*Magic Carousel-A disease resistant mini. Another classic.
*June Laver-A great mini edger. Too bad it's unavailable.
*Tamora-Can take some shade. Good container rose. fragrant.
*Symphony-A compact upright winter hardy rose from Austin.
Destined for future stardom?? Queen of Sweden and Easy Does it. Both look very promising. QOS blew me away this spring.

I'm more into old roses so forgive me if some of these are not familiar.

Cottage Rose
Le Vesuve
Yves Piaget
Bishop's Castle
Mme. Dore
Wild Blue Yonder
Aunt Margy's Rose
Rosette Delizy
William R. Smith
Mutabilis
Westside Road Cream Tea
Mrs. B.R. Cant

Oh, the pain of not being able to grow them ALL. LOL Also the bother of having everyone ask (especially my mother) why I could possibly want more, and that it's ridiculous to have that many. I have about 30. Luckily my husband is HUGELY supportive!!!

My favs would be:

1. Big Purple
2. Jadis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. Enchanted Evening
4. Tournament of Roses
5. Yves Piaget
6. Valencia
7. Golden Celebration
8. Julia Child
9. John Cabot
10. Morden Blush
11. Prairie Joy
12. Paradise

Sigh, I am totally in love with Jadis. I can't believe how wonderful it is. Incredibly fragrant, Huge swirled, stuffed flowers, tons of flowers, fantastic pink. Gaaaahhh!!!

Carol

If I had to get rid of all my roses except 12, I'd keep:
Abraham Darby
Jude the Obscure
Bella Donna
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Evelyn
Heritage
Madame Hardy
Great Maiden's Blush
Rouge royale
Madame Isaac Pereire
Yolande d'Aragon
and, lastly, an unidentified rose that my friend Nick Weber and I call
"The Driveway Rose"

I would choose:
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Cramoisi Superieur
Reve d' Or
Perle d' Or
Caldwell Pink (Pink Pet)
Penelope
Bubble Bath
Mrs. B.R. Cant
Splendora
Square Dancer
William R. Smith
Quietness
Georgetown Tea

I wouldn't just stop at 12.

Sammy

I would probably have a nervous breakdown if I had to chose only 12, but it is a great exercise in choosing one really want/needs, which is probably important in this economy. I am assuming this house, zone, etc. Elsewhere I would make other choices. In addition to fragrance and bloom, I want 1) variety, 2) hardiness/adaptability, 3) sentimental attachment, So, my 12:

Crepuscule
Lily Marlene
Excellenz von Schubert
Madame Hardy
Mutabilis
Nastarana
Musk Rose
Reine des Violets
St John's Rose
Mrs. Oakley Fisher
Clotilde Soupert
Marie Pavie
Robin Hood

This has been a gut-wrenching experience!!!

I think about this a great deal as I continue to downsize my collection. Yes, that's admitting that BS, midge, RRD and Japanese Beetles got the better of me.

When the paring down is complete, most likely to remain:

Peace
Westerland
Tamora
William Shakespear 2000
Tiffany
Folklore
Oklahoma
The Mayflower
Firefighter
Earth Song
Sweet Surrender
Souvenir de la Malmaison

Wouldn't it be interesting if we could collate this thread. I faced this exact question to build my new garden, and aside from the note that this varies by climate, here goes:

Mellow Yellow
Black Magic
Just Joey*****
Perfect Moment
Ingrid Bergman
Disneyland Rose
Gemini
Intrigue
Angel Face*******
Fragrant cloud (you think I could grow it in a pot, I ran out of room, chuckle)

Beth

And America
Double Delight
Love.....ahhhh ahhh sorry

For those of you who said "huh" to Canadians choice, my TOR rose was nothing special year 1, nothing special year 2. Year three, it turned Volkswagen size and threw so many roses I had full vases in the house AND on the bush.

I do miss my Mutabulis too; it would take up my entire space! I miss the Multicolored Butterflies in the Wind affect.

Beth

TOR is a GREAT rose!!! Glad we agree on that Beth! :) Do you have a picture of yours?

Carol

In no particular order, my fav. list this season so far:

1 Alnwick Castle
2 The Pilgrim
3 Elfe Climber
4 Glory de Dijon
5 Felicia
6 Jasmina
7 Laguna
8 Macrantha Raubritter
9 Naha
10 New Dawn
11 Perle d'Or
12 Sympathie

Being that we live in a townhouse, I faced an even harder dilema...I could only fit 7! So far we agreed on six. Going to do the 7th next spring.

Here is our selections:
1. Opening Night
2. Pope John Paul II
3. Disneyland
4. Sedona
5. Sundance
6. Billy Graham

Any suggestions for the 7th

They would all be David Austins - the tough part would be selecting my 12 favorite Austins!

I'm into repeat blooming roses (and a fragrance hound :P) so I'd say:

(1) Hacienda AKA Red 'n' Fragrant AKA Firefighter
(2) Pope John Paul II
(3) Double Delight
(4) Barbra Streisand
(5) The McCartney Rose AKA Sweet Lady
(6) Arthur Bell
(6) Typhoo Tea AKA Doux Parfum
(7) Tiffany
(8) Belle Story
(9) Darlow's Enigma
(10) Golden Wings
(11) Wanderin' Wind
(12) The next rose I get excited about and have to try!! :P

That was fun!

Debbie

Hmmm....every time I answer a question like this, I come up with a somewhat different answer. Let me try:

Bride's Dream
Veteran's Honor
Valencia
Pope John Paul II
Red Intuition
Chicago Peace
Blue Moon
Leading Lady
Always a Lady
Electric Lady
Papa Meilland
Rock n Roll
Osiana

Lol, Mike! I see by the roses you grow that you are quite a "lady's man". ;)

Debbie

My 12 would be: Lady of the Dawn(F), Hannah Gorden(F), Moonstone(HT), Brinessa(HT), Pop Warner(HT), Souv. de la Malmaison(OGR), Pink Pet(OGR), Whirlaway(Miniflora), Tiffany Lynn(Miniflora), Joy(Mini), Fairhope(Mini), Sepder'd Isle(DAustin).

Gertrude Jekyll
Evelyn
Bonica
Lady Elsie May
Double Delight
New Dawn
Westerland
Nearly Wild
Lyda
Fourth of July
Amazing Grace
Memorial Day

Here are mine:

1. Lady Emma Hamilton
2. Carding Mill
3. Full Moon Rising
4. Garden Sun
5. Traviata
6. Shropshire Lad
7. The Mary Rose
8. Lunar Mist
9. Sunsprite
10. Coral Drift
11. Sir John Betjeman
12. Teasing Georgia

And please could the Japanese Beetles go away?

Boy, there are some wonderful choices on this thread. Glad you started it, Peachy Momo. :)
And you have my sympathies, NH Mom 2 Four. We don't have Japanese Beetles here yet, and I've often wondered if I will still grow roses when we get them. :( So yeah, JB's scram why don'cha?!! Truth be told, you aren't wanted anywhere. ;)

Debbie

My grandmother has had a problem with japanese beatles for the last few years. She lives 3 hours north of where I live. We do not have any here yet. I am paranoid that we will get them too eventually. I hope not though. Anyhow, here are my picks for my 12 favourite roses.

DOUBLE DELIGHT
TIFFANY
PEACE
JULIA CHILD
RAINBOW NIAGARA
JOSEPH'S COAT
HERITAGE
SCENTIMENTAL
GOLD BUNNY
BONICA
CROWN PRINCESS MARGARETA
ROSE-MARIE

Ok here's what I would pick (today):

RED INTUITION
BUTTERSCOTCH CL
VENDEE IMPERIALE
STRANGER
SUPERSTITION
ROEDEAN
JOSHUA BRADLEY
BRINESSA
STEPHEN RULO
REMEMBER ME
RUSTY
NOSTALGIE

Ask me tomorrow and it could easily change, somewhat.

Okay, here we go... I was feeling bored. :)

A
1 Autumn Sunset
2 ALOHA
1 Aunt Margy's Rose
1 Abraham Darby
2 ANGEL FACE
1 Alnwick Castle
1 Arthur Bell
1 Always a Lady
1 Amazing Grace
1 Aromatherapy
1 April in Paris

B

1 Buff Beauty
1 Bishop's Castle
1 Big Purple
1 Bella Donna
1 Bubble Bath
2 BLACK MAGIC
1 Billy Graham
1 Barbra Streisand
1 Belle Story
1 Bride's Dream
1 Blue Moon
2 BRINESSA
2 BONICA
1 Butterscotch cl.

C

1 Chris Everet
1 Cabbage Rose
1 Cramoisi Superior
1 Caldwell Pink
1 Crepuscle
1 Clotilde Soupert
1 Chicago Peace
1 Carding Mill
1 Coral Drift
1 Crown Princess Margareta

D

1 Dream Come True
3 DISNEYLAND ROSE
3 DOUBLE DELIGHT
1 Darlowe's Enigma

E

1 Enchanted Evening
2 EVELYN
1 Excellenz von Sherbet
1 Earth Song
1 Elfe Climber
1 Electric Lady

F

1 Folklore
2 FIREFIGHTER/HACEINDA
1 Fragrant Cloud
1 Felecia
1 Fairhope
1 Fourth of July
1 Full Moon Rising
1 Fire and Ice

G

1 Gold Medal
1 Golden Celebration
1 Great Maiden's Blush
1 Georgetown Tea
2 GEMINI
1 Glorie de Dijon
1 Golden Wings
1 Gertrude Jekyll
1 Garden Sun
1 Gold Bunny

H

1 Helmut Schmidt
2 HERITAGE
1 Hannah Gordon

I

2 INGRID BERGMAN
2 INTRIGUE

J

3 JULIA CHILD
2 JUST JOEY
1 June Laver
1 Jadis/Fragrant Memory
1 John Davis (I mistakenly wrote John Cabot)
1 Jude the Obscure
1 Jasmine
1 Joy
1 Joseph's Coat
1 Joshua Bradley

K
Nil

L

1 Lieszebauer
1 Lady Mitchell
1 Le Vesuve
1 Lily Marlene
1 Laguna
1 Leading Lady
1 Lady of the Dawn
1 Lady Elsie May
1 Lyda
1 Lady Emma Hamilton
1 Lunar Mist

M

1 Milineux
1 Midas Touch
2 MEMORIAL DAY
2 MARIE PAVIE
1 Magic Carousel
1 Mme. Dore
2 MUTAILIS
2 MRS. B.R. CANT
1 Morden Blush
2 MADAME HARDY
1 Madame Isaac Pereire
1 Musk Rose
1 Mrs. Oakley Fisher
1 Mellow Yellow
1 Macrantha Raubritter
1 Moonstone
1 Mary Rose

N

1 Nastarana
1 Nahema
2 NEW DAWN
1 Nearly Wild
1 Nancy Reagan
1 Nostalgie

O

2 OKLAHOMA
2 OUR LADY OF GUATEMALA
1 Opening Night
1 Osiana

P

1 Prairie Joy
1 Paradise
2 PERLE D'OR
2 PEACE
1 Penelope
1 Perfect Moment
3 POPE JOHN PAUL II
1 Papa Meilland
1 Pop Warner
1 Pink Pet

Q

1 Quietness

R

2 ROUGE ROYALE
1 Rosetta Delizy
1 Reve d'Or
1 Reine des Violets
1 Robin Hood
2 RED INTUITION
1 Rainbow Niagra
1 Rose-Marie
1 Roedean
1 Remember Me
1 Rusty

S

1 Sheila's Perfume
2 SUNSPRITE
1 Secret
1 Symphony
4 SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON
1 Splendora
1 Square Dancer
1 Stl John's Rose
1 Sweet Surrender
1 Sympathie
1 Sedona
1 Sundance
1 Scepter'd Isle
1 Shropshire Lad
1 Sir John Betjeman
1 Scentimental
1 Stranger
1 Superstition
1 Stephen Rulo

T

1 The Prince
4 TIFFANY
1 Tineke
2 TAMORA
1 Tournament of Roses
1 The Mayflower
1 The Pilgrim
1 The McCartney Rose
1 Typhoo Tea
1 Tiffany Lynn
1 Traviata
1 Teasing Georgia

U

Nil

V

2 VALENCIA
1 Veteran's Honor
1 Vendee Imperial

W

1 Wild Blue Yonder
2 WILLIAM R. SMITH
1 Westside Road Cream Tea
2 WESTERLAND
1 William Shakespeare 2000
1 Wanderin' Wind
1 Whirlaway
1 Welcome Home

X

None

Y

2 YVES PIAGET
1 Yolande D'Aragon

Z

None

Any spelling mistakes were because I was typing very quickly and because I believe some of the words were misspelled within the lists. LOL

The winning roses so far are Tiffany and Souvenir de la Malmaison.

Carol :)

I have way more than 12 but these stand out as my best in no particular order:

1) Chrysler Imperial - Everything a rose should be: fragrant, sensuous and repeats well

2) Gruss An Aachen - Another smelly, healthy (in Southern California) rose with good repeat

3) Golden Celebration - Beautiful shade of yellow, wonderful fragrance, good repeat; a little rampant and sprawling but not bad for an Austin

4) Mutabilis--No fragrance but never stops blooming. Beautiful singles.

5) Altissimo--Striking red climber with big single blooms and decent repeat

6)Don Juan--another red smelly mannerly climber with good repeat

7)La Marne--never stops blooming--great hedge rose

8)Darlow's Enigma--a touch of the wild in this one; never stops blooming for me and you can smell it 10 feet away. The only rose I have that wafts.

9) Fabulous--a mannerly floribunda that I find a little more refined and prettier than its parent Iceberg

10) Little White Pet--Love this dwarf polyantha; tough as nails and always covered with blooms

OK I didn't quite make it to 12 and believe me I have many others that I like intermittently but these 10 are the keepers

Abe Darby
Angel Face
Double delight
PJP 2
Eden
Lemon spice
Teasing Georgia
Sandra Renaissance
Cherry Parfait
Memorial Day
SDLM
Bride's Dream

If I could only have 12 and had to grow them in Phoenix, I'd split them by class first and that would automatically drop out rugosas and most albas.

HT - Red Intuition, Opening Night (still outta be a GF)
MiniFlora - Autumn Splendor
Mini - Trickster
Floribunda - Scentimental
Climber - Sombreuil
Hybrid Perpetual - Baronne Prevost
Polyantha - Cecile Brunner
Noisette - Madame Alfred Carriere
Portland - Rose de Rescht
Bourbon - Souvenir de la Malmaison
David Austin English - Molineux

My dozen would take up a good sized yard, lol.

These are picked for fragrance, form/color & repeat bloomers

Heirloom
Double Delight
Oklahoma
Memorial Day
Elle
Secret
Disneyland
Easy Does It
Tiffany
Julie Newmar
Sharifa Asma
Chicago Peace

My Bakers Dozen would be
1. Daybreaker
2. Veterans Honor
3. Moonstone
4. Gemini
5. Pride of England
6. Double Delight
7. Norma Major
8. Gold Medal
9. Solitaire
10. Lucille Ball
11. Preference
12. Heart of Gold
13. Peace (My 35 year old "new" one"

My 12 alternate runner-ups--
Marilyn Monroe
Memorial Day
Brigadoon
Pop Warner
Mavrik
Over The Moon
Paradise
Louise Estes
Spellbound
Tahitian Sunset
Love & Peace
Shiela's Perfume

John

lol, I moved last year and am in the process of rebuilding the rose garden, here are the immediate MUST haves

1. Oklahoma- scent, color, my all-time fav
2 Oregonian (Sight Saver to those outside the States) - huge, produces flowers like mad
3. Cecil Brunner- Again, a power-house producer
4. Autumn Damask- can't beat the scent
5. Gold Glow- alway has been vitually care-free for me
6. Lavender Pinnochio
7. Rainforest - both for unique color
8. Cardinal de Richelieu- 'cause I need my spring flush

John Davis
Louis Jolliet
Champlain
Winnipeg Parks
Quadra
red Frau Daugmar Hartop
Stanwell Perpetual
Red leaf rose/rosa glauca/r. rubrifolia
William Baffin
Marie Bugnet
Snow Pavement
white double burnet

Wow what a hard question, i currently have 88 roses and just place an order for 14 more. I love striped roses,and orange roses and big hardy high centered rebloomers with high petal count, or at least more than 20 petals.These 12 are my favorites.
cabana
rock & roll
janice kellog
don juan (red)
pink travita
double delight
black magic
sweetness
Tineke
Wildfire
lady bird johnson
lover's lane

DOUBLE DELIGHT (hybrid tea, 1977) - strawberry vanilla swirl
EVELYN (english, 1991) - apricot pink blend
HERITAGE (english, 1984) - shell pink; Rose-Marie is a fabulous ivory sport
MOLINEUX (english, 1994) - yellow blend
PAT AUSTIN (english, 1995) - tangerine with a lemony reverse
PRETTY JESSICA (english, 1983) - lilac blushed rich cherry pink
REINE DES VIOLETTES (hybrid perpetual, 1860) - magenta turning soft purple
ROUGE ROYALE (hybrid tea, 2000) - rich ruby red
SOMBREUIL (large flowered climber, 1880) - ivory white
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON (bourbon, 1843) - pale pink
THE PILGRIM (english, 1991) - white blushed clear canary yellow
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 2000 (english) - crimson red

My top three would be Molineux, Reine des Violettes and Souvenir de la Malmaison.

I know how this feels. When we moved 2 years ago I had 106 roses. I had to scale back for a few reasons, one was my health and the other was there was a bed already here at the new house that fits about 12 to 15 roses in it. Since our ground is so hard here in the desert I was not going to try to dig another bed, so I used the one I had, it had a dead palm tree in it that we pulled out and dug out a nice rose bed. My husband has been after me for sometime to scale back because of the surgeries I have been having. So I had to pick which roses I was going to bring from the old house.
I chose the following, these are the ones I love and are happy with:
Princess of Wales
Pope John Paul
Gemini
Mr. Lincoln
Black Magic
Tahitian Sunset
Ice Cream
French Perfume(just for info this one does very good in hot areas)
Radiant Perfume
Black Cherry
Honey Perfume
St Patrick
It is not easy to have to pick only 12. I have a few standards but since the rule was pick 12 that is what I did.
Carrie

I've thought about this from time to time. I don't think I could get it down to a dozen but probably two dozen would work. I really like climbers and big shrubs so I'd still need a bit of space.

I'm going to cheat and not give you a list. I'm still auditioning for the final cast.

Rosefolly

If you're really serious about forcing me to choose twelve, here they are, but you can count on my sneaking out with a few more.

Souv de la Malmaison
Le Vesuve
Anna Olivier
Mme Abel Chatenay
Clotilde Soupert
Maman Cochet
Mrs B R Cant
Gruss an Aachen
Duquesa
Souv de Francois Gaulain
Louis Philippe
Arcadia Louisiana Tea

The others hidden under my coat: Enchantress, Polonaise & Capitaine Dyel de Graville

Sherry

Lawrence of Arabia - Wonderful colors, blooms through rain, starts early in the season and goes late, still blooming out there

Mary Rose - Also does well in rain, started early and has been not stop all season. Am going to get the white version, Winchester Cathedral next season

Marie Curie - Ruffled, med. fragrance, floribunda - just like her

Bonica - Fabulous

Julia Child - licorice smell, wonderful

Betty Boop - Always blooming, no deadheading.

Alec's Red - Full gorgeous, fragrant blooms

Double Delight

Fourth of July - vigorous amazing rose

Gosh, couldn't even come up with 12. Am always trying new varieties, 10 plus per year. This was fun!

Out of the 30some roses I've grown, yes, I know, a small amount compared to some of you, there are only a few thus far that I would not want to be without.
#1 hands down don't want to garden without has to go to: Duchess de Brabant (if heaven has a scent . . .)

Crepuscule
Double Delight
Black Cherry
Mrs. Dudley Cross
Molinuex
Don Juan

Well, I could only come up with 7. The rest of my roses are okay. Perhaps I need to broaden my horizon some but first I think I need to broaden my flowerbeds.

My taste has changed a little in the last six months, or maybe the roses have. Here are my current favorites:

Mutabilis
Mrs. B.R. Cant
Aunt Margy's Rose
Mrs. Dudley Cross
Le Vesuve
Julio Iglesias
Mmr. Dore
Cottage Rose
Bishop's Castle
Mr. Bluebird (I have six(
Sophy's Rose
Souvenir de la Malmaison

Ingrid

12? 12? E E E K.
There are more than 200 of them out there. How could I possibly choose. Okay let's see if I can do this from my armchair on a cold rainy day:
Blue Mist
Brandy
Magenta
Vielchenblau
Crepescule,
Lady Hillington Cli
Renae
Rostock
Dapple Dawn
Talisman
Circus
White Wings

Yikes....that doesn't even touch the surface, but those 12 would keep me in constant roses.....Might have to trade Vielchenblau for something that reblooms if I can only have 12, so....

Souvenir de St. Anne

and just thinking about the roses seems to have brought the sun out....

OK, so I already responded to this quite a while back, but since it came up again, just for fun, I want to list the 12 (at the moment) that I am most intrigued with and would like to try but hadn't grown yet. I'm going to list 3 I just bought as little babies, since they haven't grown out yet for me to see them. Here goes:

Over The Moon
Vino Rosso/ aka Vino Rossi
Love and Peace
Santa Fe (golden yellow florist variety)
Tahitian Sunset
Eternal Flame
Royal William
Beloved/ aka Cesar Chavez
Sugar Moon--a fragrant white from Weeks due out in 2012
Remember Me
Buxom Beauty/ aka Parole
Neptune

Since it came up again... After a year of growing I decided some of the roses just didn't get enough sun in my not-ideal garden, so they moved over to my mother's house where there is a lot more sun and space. I've replaced them with some new bands that I am excited about.

New list:
Buff Beauty
Bishop Darlington
Golden Buddha
Abraham Darby
Jerri Jennings
Julia Child
Molineux
Dream Come True
Sunsprite
Helmut Schmidt
Gold Medal
Autumn Sunset Climber

Here is my list of favorites from my garden of about 250. I have several new ones that may join the list soon, but I decided to just list the tried and true. Most are very healthy, bloom a lot and are fragrant.

ROUGE ROYALE- This Romantica blooms frequently with huge, fragrant, dark red blooms on strong stems. It is a consistent winner of the Decorative Rose class at shows.

SCENTED MEMORY - This rose is very similar to the above, but is an apricot blend. It has huge scented blooms with an old-fashioned multi-petaled form.

FIREFIGHTER - To me, this rose should get the Gamble Award for Fragrance. And, in addition to it's wonderful damask fragrance, it has beautiful, velvety dark red blooms. I have two, which in my garden means I love it!

SPELLBOUND - This coral rose has exquisite form. It doesn't have much scent, but it is really beautiful. I have two of this one, too!

TAHITIAN SUNSET - This is an amazing rose. It is huge in my garden (on fortuniana rootstock) and has huge yellow blend, scented blooms.

ELLE - Elle is another constant bloomer with lovely pink blend blooms with a delicious scent. She is a feminine as her name.

QUIETNESS - Another very feminine rose of a lovely pale pink and great scent. It is very healthy.

NIMBUS - This mauve blend floribunda is has the loveliest color blooms - hard to describe. It has great scent, too.

PRETTY LADY - The name says it all! This white and pink floribunda is constantly blooming and seems to be immune to blackspot.

PASSIONATE KISSES - Another lovely floribunda in constant bloom with big candy pink blooms.

BLACK CHERRY - This is my favorite floribunda. It truly never seems to stop putting out tons of dark red blooms and is extremly healthy. I have Preference, too, and it is very hard to tell the difference. Black Cherry is a little darker red.

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE - Another matchless floribunda that blooms all the time with beautiful pink blooms with nice form. It is very healthy also.

Whew! That was hard! I love a lot of others that people mentioned but decided to list the ones I really would grow if I could only have twelve. That actually could happen when I grow to old to take care of all the ones I have (That could happen any time!)

So difficult to pick-argh!!! I have a new bed with room for about 15 new roses this Spring. These will be my first to plant in the ground and I am doing my best to modify the horrible clay soil we have. I am partial to David Austin Roses and need help narrowing them down also--- there are so many to love. I lean towards the apricots, yellows, and soft pinks. I have room for two climbers and the rest need to be hedges.

My favorite regular rose, which is in a container as of right now, is the TRUMPETER. I am surprise it has not been listed thus far. It is an amazing shade of red-orange, that almost burns your eyes off with it's intensity. It blooms constantly and is very disease resistant. I highly recommend her.

...I'd suffer, but grow more daylilies.

But my twelve would be:

Madame Hardy
Prairie Harvest
Comte de Chambord (sp?)
Carefree Beauty
Hope for Humanity
Jeanne Lavoie
Champlain
Harison's Yellow
Marie Bugnet
Rugelda
Rosa eglanteria
Variegata de Bologna

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Musings blog

I'm surprised I haven't posted previously. Here goes:

Ginger Hill, Moonstone, Hot Princess, Black Magic, Gold Medal, Paradise, Sweetness, Over the Moon, Veteran's Honor, Louise Estes, Autumn Splendor, Conundrum