My favorites (these all do well in my garden)..............

HT's :

Mr. Lincoln

Memorial Day

Peace

Baronne Edmond de Rothschild

Floribunda:

Our Lady of Guadalupe

David Austin rose:

Sharifa Asma

Bourbon rose:

SDLM

Becky

Pope John Paul II (likes summer heat)
Julie Newmar (an excellent Armstrong rose)
First Prize
Veteran's Honor
McCartney Rose (likes summer heat)

I thought Baronne Edmond de Rothschild was very pretty, too.

lemme see...

Bouquet Parfait - lovely musk, v. healthy and generally doing well for me so far. I like how apricot and pink tones blend with white in the blooms.

Plaisanterie - quite nifty wild rose look-a-like shrub, pretty much care free. Same as above, it is not one color, but rather blend of few tones in the blossoms.

Climbing Elfe - v. healthy, mannerly, pretty climber. The green color is somewhat present in the bud stage, otherwise it is nice light yellow climber.

Nahema - very nice soft girly pink, shiny and pretty in all stages of bloom, from bud to full open. Probably best light pink rose in my garden for cut flower.

Symphatie - an older climber I love, blooms pretty much continuously, nice fragrance, not bad health, care free when established, does not like too much shade and competition from other plants when young. Good as cut flowers, set hips, really lovely rose.

Rhapsody in Blue - very rich violet color, quite healthy, a bit chaotic shrub. Does not mind shade either it seems.

Iris Webb - one of the stranger color roses, what I like about it that it is pretty in all stages of blossom life, fades very nicely from orangy into purple. Healthy.

Our Molly - very bright red, blooms pretty much continuously, healthy.

There are a few that I do not grow, but who are on my wish list also: Warm Wishes, Prince Jardinier, Line Renaud, San Remo (best orange fade I ever saw, too bad also almost impossible to get), Pomponella, Whiter Shade of Pale, Aphrodite, Feeling (another Lens musk), Wonderland (crazy colors for the win), Ebb Tide (looks to be nice violet, not in commerce in EU though), Distant Drums (another interesting color, but also rather impossible to get in EU), Caf Maid of Kent. Yep, too many wishes, too little space. :D

This is a tough question - lots of older HTs are so wonderful and sometimes it takes all the willpower I have not to order everything in sight.

Of the ones I don't have but have seen at the Heritage, these to me are beautiful:

Snowbird
Prinzessin Marie von Arenberg
Edith Krause
Mme Jules Bouche
Mrs. George Shawyer
Prince de Bulgarie
Whittle Light Pink Tea (Lady Mary Fitzwilliam)
Ilse Haberland (not so old, and not even a HT, but still...)
Miss Rowena Thom (Vintage has it in its collection)
Mme Jean Goujard
Pink Pearl

I am sure I am missing a whole bunch but these are the ones that I like. Because I don't actually live in the garden:-), I can't quite comment on their overall performance and mostly think back to an amazing spring flush.

There is the Radiance clan which has lots of admirers.

I like Pernetianas, almost all of them, for their blend of colors and fragrance. They are not usually the cleanest or the most vigorous of roses...

I have heard lots of good things about Dr. Debat, but have not seen it in person, and the colors are not my favorite.

Of the ones I have I love all of them:-), but if I had to confine myself...

Condesa de Sastago - clean, willing to bloom and fragrant.
Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel - very fragrant.
Mme Caroline Testout
Sutter's Gold - the fragrance!!
Mrs Wakefield Christie-Miller - I love the luminous clear pink. I don't know about fragrance because it is a tiny rose (which is an advantage for me)
Mrs. E.G. Hill - vigorous, clean so far, good rebloom, love those light reverses.

I am sure I missed a good few, and a lot of mine are still babies:-), but I hope it's a start.

Masha

I really love Belinda's Dream, which is classified as a shrub rose. Also like some of the Bucks, such as Earthsong. In the floribunda clan, I have an affection for Julia Child and Lavaglut. Westerland is another that I really like - it has such sweet fragrance.

I love my old HT, Mme Abel Chatenay.

Sherry

Thanks you guys! it's fun to look these up! It doesn't have to be an old rose, it could be modern, whatever. :) :)

Nahema's really pretty and Pomponella's on my short list, too. :)

Masha, is Whittle Light-Pink Tea really only about 3 feet tall? :O it's so lovely. Love Mrs Wakefield Christie-Miller, too. Mrs. E.G. Hill is love, too, I love those kind of reverses, too. Though I worry about getting too many that are similar. (I have La France and Maman Cochet cl) but I love those type.
(I love Madame Jean Gaujard and Dr. Debat, too, but I can't quite bring myself to do a custom root)

I love Earthsong and Juliachild, too. :)

Aimee, if you wait long enough, it will probably be available again. No Whittle Light Pink Tea is not really 3' tall:-), more like 5-6' but narrow.

Masha

narrow like 3 feet narrow? ;)

Mrs. Oakley Fisher.

Bolero is my favorite modern. Big fragrant white blooms on a nice shaped plant.
One thing I've learned the hard way with old hts- they may be first generation hts, they may even have tea parents.... but they are shaped like hts. Tall, narrow, with typical ht bloom on stick look. I love many of their colors and fragrances, but don't be fooled by their genetic code. Whoever gave them their classification was correct!

I have very few moderns and most of them are yellow. I love the few HTs I have: Karen Blixen, Elina, Sutter's Gold, Princesse and not so young Mme Caroline Testout. Favourite floribundas are Amber Queen, Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels, Irene of Denmark and Bernstein-Rose. The polyantha Katarina Zeimet is a must in my climate. A shrub that's new to me that I am beginning to like a lot is Wartburg 77, a fairly rare yellow rose from the former GDR.

The only HTs I have are ones I found surviving in our garden after 30 years of neglect, or a couple I rescued from nearby empty houses - the ones of those I actually like are:

Cl Peace
Cl Madame Caroline Testout
Cl Crimson Glory
Suttter's Gold

There is another one - large medium pink ruffled blossoms with a lighter reverse - haven't been able to identify it. I think many of the old old ones may be climbers because they survived by mutating to climbers to get to where there was some sun.

Jackie

I don't have or haven't had most of these, but have thought about potentially buying them at some future point because of liking their looks and seeing favorable remarks by someone somewhere that possibly these might not be particularly disease prone varieties. (No spray here.) I've had some of these varieties but have lost them to RRD; those are listed first, before the break:

Pink Rosette
Grüss An Aachen
Julia Child
Belinda's Dream
Climbing Pinkie
Mortimer Sackler
Renae
Annie Laurie McDowell
Belmont Yellow

Jacqueline Humery
Pope John Paul II
Veteran's Honor
Sympathie
Rise 'N' Shine
Lullaby
Happy Climbing
Ferdinand Pichard
Thomas Affleck
John Franklin
Carefree Wonder
Earth Song
Carefree Marvel
Golden Celebration
El Catala
The Gift
Snow Gosling
Sequoia Ballet
Ivory Fashion
Memoire
Amazone AKA Soncy
Spice (Bermuda found)
Paloma Blanca
Irresistible
Louisa Stone
Lupe's Buttons
Aïcha
Pas de Doux
Princess Alice
Sun Flare
Golden Zest
Birthday Boy
Mother of Pearl
Sans Souci
Heaven On Earth
Pirouette
Open Arms
Prairie Sunrise
Margo Koster
Lavender Pink Parfait
Baby Faurax
Verdun

As you might imagine, I've saved many, many more modern rose links then these that I'd like to have if I had a place for them. But these are at least among the best.

Best wishes,
Mary

Here's a few that come to mind.
Zalud House Shingled Rasberry
Souvenier de Marcel Bolauge
Ophelia
Julia Child
Bolero
Mrs. Oakley Fisher
Baronne Edmond de Rothschild
Meilland Decor Harlequin
Sonia Rykiel
Tolouse Letrec
Valencia

i really make it a point to avoid HTs here, but I have always loved Chrysler Imperial and always try to have one or two (OMG the scent !!!). I also have a PJP II that is very nice and again the scent is incredible.

Also ...

I had the pleasure of visiting Roses Unlimited this spring and fell for White Knight, an old fashioned HT. The bush looks more tea than most HTs (bushier, maybe?), but the mother plant there was very tall and handsome and I confess that I loved the name. He seems to like blooming even in the hot Georgia sun, but his blooms are small now. Very unique scent. I just never seem to find any information on this not very popular HT. I am hopeful that mine will eventually look like the one I saw. Anyone else grow it?

notrafficinga - They had White Knight for sale at Vintage, maybe you should try it and then take pictures for all of us and put them on HMF. ;)

It's fun looking through all of ya'lls choices. Valencia sure is gorgeous!

This is my 3rd and final attempt at this. I do not know what I did but, I erased my reply twice. I probably shouldn't confess that but, I'm just so frustrated. You know what would be funny? If I check back and all 3 replies go through. Here's # 3 reply:

I love the purple color of:
ebb tide
midnight blue
night owl

As for reds, I like Oklahoma more than Mr. Lincoln. Oklahoma is darker and takes on that cool dahlia shape. Mr. Lincoln is pretty, but I'm having some trouble placing bright reds.

Quadra is great for me because it's blooms have that old rose look, the color is more of a cherry-red and it blooms non-stop even though I planted it under a tree. And last but NOT least, I don't have to bury it.

Sven (shrub)I didn't love at 1st because the blooms are small, but they're a nice shape and there can be purple and almost white flowers at the same time.

The rest of my roses are just o.k, other than the Austins, but they're considered old. Right? I have way too much to learn!

Hope this works this time,
Another kitty

Good question to ask here on the Antique Rose Forum, Aimee! I enjoyed reading the answers of other ORG lovers and discovered some really exciting roses this way for myself!

Here is my input:

Hybrid Teas:
Anna Pavlova. This one is a real gem in my opinion that found its way into my garden by accident. I do believe it is a rarely grown HT even though it was just released in 1981, that deserves more attention. Very beautifully formed, pale pink, full bloom and a surprisingly strong damask fragrance to die for.

Frederic Mistral. A winner in my garden, light warm pink color and strong fragrance. Vigorous grower.

Memorial Day. Deep pink color, huge blooms with a very intense perfume.

Moonstone. Huge and I mean really huge classic white HT blooms with a pink edge. Very good cut flower. Unfortunately I only can smell a very faint scent.

Mr. Lincoln. Dark red, that fades to blue-ish red, which I love, with a super strong fragrance. If you are looking for a red rose to give to the very special person in your life, this is the one.

Pope John Paul II. My favorite white modern HT. The flowers are humongous and the fragrance knocks your socks of and is wafting. Vigorous rose in my garden that has been never without flowers since the first flush this year.

Floribundas:
Iceberg and Iceberg, climbing. I love them because they are so floriferous here in SoCa. Always give you a reliable punch of white color, where you need it. Only flaw in my garden susceptible to mildew at certain times of the year, but the advantages outweigh this drawback.

Nimbus. Very unusual flower color. Brownish-mauve at times. It is a very special interesting rose, that I am sure will not be loved by everyone, but if you are into unusual colors it might be the one for you.

Our Lady of Guadalupe. Silvery shine on cool pink flowers that open in a very elegant way.

Grandifloras:
Sweetness. Relatively new introduction. Produces very beautiful lavender colored blooms with a strong fragrance. What stands out for me is that this rose is completely healthy in my garden. That is very rare for a lavender colored rose, which are known to be disease prone.

Shrub Roses:
Belindas Dream. Very awesome, full pink flowers. Strong fragrance.

Cymbeline. Older David Austin rose with a very unusual elegant almost pink-grayish color, that is hard to describe.

Eden Rose 88/Pierre de Ronsard. To me one of the most beautiful modern roses with an old-fashioned look. Flowers are large, cupped and very full. Color is a creamy white with pink in the center. Even though many people claim that this rose has no scent, I can clearly detect a pleasant, mild, fruity, fragrance.

Pretty Jessica. Small bush with exquisite, clear pink, very cupped, flowers. I like that this rose doesn't get the monster size of many other David Austin roses.

Scepter'd Isle. Very elegant, pale pink, cupped shaped, flowers with a strong myrrh fragrance. It shows it yellow stamens in a very charming way, when the flower gets older. My plant is still very young but so far I love it.

The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild. Also new to me, but already won my heart over with its strong citrus fragrance and beautiful, pink (darker in the center), cupped shaped, blooms.

The Prince. Another new arrival in my garden, but boy the very dark crimson flowers fading to a wonderful dark purple color of this rose are just outstanding. It looks almost like velvet and the intense fragrance is another nice addition to the already very impressive blooms.

Christina

For years I wouldn't grow H.T.s until I saw a couple dozen Pernetiana cultivars at the Oakland, California rose garden.
Fell in love with those.
I'm also a fan of "Mrs. Herbert Stevens" a Tea Hybrid that has the long bloom season of a Tea rose.

Lux.

Yves Piaget (huge, ruffled pink blooms)
Casino (yellow climber, flowers look more old-rose
Mr. Bluebird (actually a cross of two old roses)
Queen Nefertiti (older Austin, hard to find now)
Cottage Rose (another older Austin)

Generally, I dislike modern hybrid teas. I'm intrigued by some of the older ones but don't know how well they'd do for me in my oven (oh, I meant my garden).

Ingrid

Don't like many moderns, but these two are among my favorites:
Pretty Jessica
Pacific Serenade

They both stay small, smell terrific, have bloom shapes & color that interest me, are nearly thornless, and bloom a lot. Absolutely perfect for containers!

Randy

Hi Aimee, my favorites are for lots of different reasons...(WHFAE = will have forever and ever)

Yellow: a tie plus one
Tie: 1a) Golden Celebration (WHFAE), fabulous blooms, wonderful scent, great bush, resistant (AND a favorite of Jeri's ;-) Shade tolerant.
1b) Henry Fonda (WHFAE and DH's favorite), the most amazing bright, pure yellow that does NOT fade, very pretty ruffled edges on the petals. Hardly any mildew.
2) Julia Child. Fabulous landscape rose. Haven't really cut any off, but totally clean for fungus and I cannot believe how prolific it has been.

Color Magic (WHFAE): ginormous, best sweet smelling blooms, one will fill an entire room (even if you have dogs! ;-) that have more color intensity with more sun. I love all the different shades from light pink, peach to magenta, ymmv. Blooms last a week in the house even when picked fully open. Problems with mildew down by LAX probably also due to it being in a pot. I'm starting over with new VID bands and think it will be pretty clean in Wrightwood and be stronger in the ground. Depending on your mildew load up there, might be clean for you. Put it in your 'cutting garden' if you have one.

Shrub: Gartendirektor Otto Linne. La-la-love Otto. Fabulous shrub to slip on a fence. I have mine trained on a small trellis on the side of the house. Train at an angle or horizontally and trim as a small climber for *thousands* of blooms. AMAZING amount of flowers on first flush, good rebloom throughout the season, very pretty. I have some pics posted here on GW somewhere. Flowers fade a bit after opening creating a lovely palette of various pinks. Mine has some smell, but others say no. Shade tolerant. Not enough mildew to talk about.

A few years back I planted a number of HTs for cutting roses. At that time my MIL was living in a nursing home and I wanted a supply of roses for my DH to take in to her on his weekly visits. Most of them are gone now but I did keep a few. My favorite for a fragrant red rose is Oklahoma. In fact, if I were putting in a cutting bed today, I'd plant half a dozen of them to keep a generous supply. I don't think any other rose has quite the same swoony factor, so romantic and mysterious and bold, much like a man with a cape on a galloping horse. Okay, back to the roses. It does very well in my climate here in the Bay Area of California and is the sole survivor or an experiment in growing older dark red, fragrant HTs. (I do have Cl Crimson Glory and a couple of others but they weren't part of that experiment.) I've also kept a cluster of three HTs in large pots on my back patio, Lemon Spice, Whisky Mac, and Sutter's Gold. Our own Luanne encouraged me to plant them and I am very glad she did. The colors fade a bit in mid summer but are wonderful in the spring and fall flushes, and all of them are deliciously scented. Right now I have a faded Lemon Spice in water on my kitchen counter. It looks pretty ragged by now but a ghost of its former perfume still lingers.

I also grow one climbing floribunda, Westerland, out on the far corner of my back fence. I grow some warmer colored roses in the back, which mostly means teas, tea-noisettes, or reproduction roses, but in this case, a modern rose is the right rose in the right place.

Most of my other "modern" roses are quite a bit older and less modern in form and behavior, or else they are reproduction roses, which I don't think is what you are looking for here.

I have to add two more: 'Talisman', which was one of my favorite roses in my grandmother's garden; and 'Santa Anita' - I just discovered this HT on Vintage's website, and their photo of it is the only one I have seen, plus I have never seen it "in the flesh". But it looks SMASHING!. The color is unbelievable, and I like the name, too - we used to visit relatives in Pasadena in the '40s, and this rose would have been perfect there!

Paul Bocuse, Midnight Blue, Morden Blush, White meidiland,
Charles Mallerin, Lavender Dream
One of the best new introductions Paul Bardens Treasure Trail an absolute gem .