Yes, got a lot of resting roses--or just a bloom here or there!

Cherry Parfait, however, is blooming away as though the temps had never risen above 90 degrees (it is 3-digit here). Homerun is the same--blooms on, regardless of heat.

The surprise though is Mystic Beauty (bourbon). It was new and small this spring--just came into its first blooming period. The plant is less than a foot tall (it kinda sprawls) but it has 6 lovely, delicate pastel pink blooms that don't seem to fry at all in this heat. It looks much too delicate to be that tough!

Our Lady of Guadalupe was blooming heavily as the heat spell began, took a short break, and now is loaded up again with hordes of buds. Looks like they may burst into bloom in the next few days! Another rose I would not have expected to be so tough!

Anything else that dares to bloom in this heat is either shrunken in size or opening and frying before the day is over. : (

Kate

Many of them, to one degree or another -- but the most notable of them are:

'Gloire des Rosomanes' ("Ragged Robin") an old rootstock plant almost certainly, grown to an impressive size, now, from a cutting collected in a deserted garden, and always, always flaunting vivid red blooms;

"De la Vina Mystery" a found Hybrid Perpetual which is rarely out of bloom; and

'Reve d'Or,' a Noisette, of great fragrance, great disease-resistance, and climbing habit.

Jeri

Julia Child and Knockouts do not seem to mind the heat.

Strawberry PArfait, Graham Thomas, Dark Night, Koko Loco, PAradise, Heaven on Earth, Abe Darby, Wedgewood Rose, Sweetness, Julia Child, Scepter'd Isle, Don Juan, and Joseph's Coat. And Secret Love, which really surprises me.

The tea roses are handling the heat best, notably Rosette Delizy, Le Vesuve, Miss Atwood, Mrs. Dudley Cross, Cels Multiflora, Souvenir de Germain de St. Pierre and Souvenir d'un Ami. Reve d'Or now has blooms and buds, also Bishop's Castle, Sophie's Rose, Burbank, The Fawn, Sea Mist and Margy's Rose, the last of which is covered from top to bottom. The remainder are resting or are roses that I've been disbudding to generate more cane and leaf growth. Belinda's Dream is continually putting out buds in this heat but I keep taking them off. It's one rose that doesn't seem fazed by the heat as long as it's mulched and watered.

Ingrid

Double red knockout, Outta the Blue, Livin Easy, Precious Platinum, Easy Does it, and Sunrise at Heirloom are blooming here in the heat. The blooms are not lasting long though...

We have the opposite problem here in the Pacific North West. Here, in the south western corner of British Columbia, the problem is that the sun has been a bit shy all summer long. We have a lot more cloudy, rainy days in June and July so far than I can ever remember since moving here in 1987. Max temperatures have been barely above 20C (68F).

Polereis & Stairway to Heaven flowers have hung on a fairly long time in out "hot for us" 80s. Also Champlain is winding down after a long flowering.

I have all of mine blooming. However, some of the blooms are smaller and they fade and fall off faster. Can't blame them because Southeast Louisiana summer is brutal. Of all of them, Sunsprite, Tropicana, Renaissance Amelia, New Dawn, Mirandy and Don Juan seems to be unaffected by the 95+ heat.

My Don Juan is going crazy :-)

Eurostar is blooming away. The flowers remind of a bowl full of lemons. Two of my species are really liking the heat, Rosa californica "Los Berros" and Rosa foetida "Persiana" (generally thought of as a once bloomer, but this is her second flush!). My hybrid perpetual Abbe Bramerel has continued to crank out the blooms. And newcomers "not Symphony", also a hybrid perpetual is just budding up, as is Golden Border, which I just brought home last month (pruned back severely) on a 104 degree day. Didn't faze this rose in the slightest.

Knockout is about the only thing blooming for me:(

Souvenir de la Malmaison, Lupe's Buttons, Secret Garden Musk, a couple of Noisettes and La France and Charlotte - both hybrid teas. Not much actually unless you want to add those with one bloom or two and there are only two or three of those, Zepherine, the Chestnut rose and poor shriveled up Pope John Paul who was a fine rose last year and is dwindling before my eyes.

We have about 1/3 of our 200+ rose bushes in bloom. We never have all our roses in bloom at the same time--the early bloomers finish well before the late bloomers start up. We have enough HTs to constantly cut exhibition blooms.

Like Tare, Iceberg and Easy Does It continue to be in full bloom. Yellow Submarine, Cinderella Fairy Tale and Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale have lots of blooms, as does Fredric Mistral, Molineaux and Apricot Nectar (second flush for those guys), Cape Cod, Royal Wedding (that one hardly ever quits blooming), and Isabel Renaissance are all in bloom. Most of the others, including the majority of my Austins, are resting between flushes.

Pink Pet has been going crazy. Also Tineke & Sun Struck have looked good this week.

Don Juan, Bon Siline, Belindas Dream, and Pope John Paul 2 (Havent sprayed all year long and still no black spot from this hybrid t rose in hot steamy Florida!!)

My highs in June averaged 99* and now we've had daily highs exceeding 100* for the last four weeks. Here are a few standouts for bloom production: Manchester Guardian Angel, Pleasant Hill Cemetary, Livin Easy, Souv de Malmaison, Belinda's Dream, Marie Pavie, Perle d'or, Mutabilis, Comtesse du cayla, Purple Buttons and Cinco de Mayo.

Most of mine are blooming to some extent, including Gertrude Jekyll which many consider to be a once bloomer. Tradescant blooms are getting slightly burned but this is not noticeable from a distance. Japanese beetles are causing the major damage.

The only one blooming normally for me right now is Brass Band. Everything else either has shrunken, mis-shapen flowers or isn't blooming at all. I can completely sympathise! I'm not made for 98 degrees and high humidity!

Here is a link that might be useful: The Stubborn Gardener

Yeah, can you imagine sitting in that hot sun all day for 6-8 hours?

NO!!! I'd be a large blond puddle on the ground! LOL!

Mr. Lincoln and Sundowner are two that I can always count on. My miniatures are in full bloom also. Seattle Scentsation is full of buds and smells lovely.

St. Patrick, Perfect Moment, Electron, Garden Party, Tabasco Cat, Bride's Dream, Taboo.

The heat doesn't seem to be affecting when mine bloom--it only seems to be affecting the size of the blooms.

I agree with kitcatclub. I need a gardening T-shirt that says "Please add water to reconstitute."

Crocus Rose, Winter Sunset, Traviata, Fragrant Cloud, John Paul II, the Squier, Abe Darby

Just Joey, Chrysler Imperial, Honey Dijon, Heirloom, Color Magic and Miss All American Beauty are blooming fools in this heat (dry heat though), with absolutely no degradation of bloom. Blue Moon's blooms are only a fraction of their normal size. Many others are resting between bloom periods.

I have a lot of things blooming. Mind you they don't last long and sometimes they look a little crispy. But they're blooming!

Paradise, actually looks good
Cherish, opens and drops
Knockout, well that's kinda a given
Angel Face, opens and wilts, lol
Hot Cocoa, lasts pretty well but the edges crisp
Iobelle, seems to like the heat as well as the cold
Crimson Bouquet, a blooming machine
Veterans' Honor, impervious to the heat
Folklore, Gorgeous!
Garden Party, lovely with a tad of the crisps
Trump Card, Wow, looks great and hasn't crisped at all
Home Run, eh, it's another kind of KO
Zenaitta, polys seem to like the heat, covered in sprays
Granada, opens and blows quick
Golden Wings, tons of blooms but they wilt fast
Dainty Bess, same as above
Rose de Rescht, they're beautiful in the morning when she's in the shade, by afternoon they look literally melted
Winter Sunset, another Buck like Iobelle that seems to laugh at the heat
And two other Buck roses doing well in the heat are Rural Rhythm and Country Music. Funny that the roses supposedly bred for winter hardiness are all fairing so well in blistering heat and humidity.
Golden Celebration, usually slow to open is just flying apart
Julia Child is about to bloom so we'll see.
The minis have more or less just shut down except for the micro, Cinderella!
The other surprising thing is that even with the humidity so high I'm not having much problem with the roses balling. I don't have amy PM and very little black spot too! Although I did see some aphids this morning but since I was going to blast them all with some cold water to cool them off I figured that would take care of them.

I have not much blooming, but the ones that are keep going are:

Bewitched
Georgetown Tea
Mme. Alfred Carriere
Pierre de Ronsard aka Eden
Iceberg
Pope John Paul II
Sweetness
Sweet Chariot
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Marie Pavie
Pretty Jessica

Great thread to get ideas, which roses are liking the heat. I need to get more of those ;-)!

Christina

Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams

Many of mine are blooming, but the blooms seem to be getting smaller and smaller and the temperature goes up! The ones that seems to be thriving of my 160+ are:
Souv de la Malmaison
Fairmount Proserpine
The Fairy
Phyllis Bide

Lesson for me: My Bourbons and Polyanthas LOVE the heat!! While my Gallicas (whom I always have problems with) are doing horrible!!!

Signature, Teasing Georgia, Love

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My Belinda's Dream hedge is going crazy....as many unopened blooms as open ones and smells WONDERFUL! The scent wafts in this heat. It is the only rose I have NOT on a watering system. NO blackspot either.....

Well I've mostly once bloomers, but my old friends the explorers are putting on a second flush. Jens Munk, Henry Hudson, Prairie Joy.. (Aus). Graham Thomas, I also have a red HT that was here when I moved here covered in blooms. I wish I knew the name, it always does so well every year. I'd like to buy another if I knew the name.

Mark

Baby Faurax is having a lovely time of it!

Mark, post a picture on the ID forum and let us have a try at IDing it for you!

Only KO and Flower Carpet Roses. 100 degrees and zero rainfall tend to slow most of 'em down.