Belinda's Dream is also great in the humid heat of Florida. Maybe I'd call it the best all around rose for Florida. Who needs a Knockout rose?

Ingrid,
I so enjoy your postings! You had asked awhile ago about which Buck's stood up in the heat, and I can add that Distant Drums has steady, stunning flushes all summer. The color deserves to be close to a seating area as it is very subtle. My Carefree Beauty is non-stop - but I may be cheating a bit since it is on the NW corner and only gets six hours of full sun. A found rose - Caldwell Pink - blooms throughout the summer heat, but some folks will find its blossom form less than desirable. I like it - tough little buggers.

We've had a mild summer. It's a amazing what a difference ten degrees or so can make. My Doctor Huey has been blooming all summer. The garden is full of blooms. I can say that Madame Alfred tends to come into flushes whatever the temps. I agree about Cottage Rose too. I think the teas do well unless it's ridiculously hot.

Absolutely nothing is blooming! We had a horribly hot August and my roses are suffering. I suffer when they suffer! Hopefully by October I will begin to get some blooms again.

I envy those who have blooms during the summer months!

I've been still pinching blooms (probably going to stop soon) but... some roses that were blooming in 100+ heat despite everything:

La France cl.,
The Faun (WOO! The Faun doesn't care!)
Archduke Charles
Lavender Lassie

Some other roses that have been blooming, but I've studied them less, so I'm not sure how highly I can recommend them:
Tipsy Imperial Concubine
Larry Daniels
Felicia (get's morning shade but afternoon sun)
Wild Eden (get's morning shade but afternoon sun)

B's Dream. I can't say enough about this rose. Blooms stay large, foliage healthy.

Elina, old HT. Seems to bloom better in the heat than in cool weather. Blooms stay large, foliage healthy.

Christopher Marlowe, Austin. Blooms are a little smaller but not that much. Seems to bloom nonstop. Foliage is not as healthy as in cooler weather, but not bad. Who looks at foliage anyway when a rose is covered in blooms?

Haywood Hall, noisette. Blooms in huge clusters, nonstop. For that matter, all of the noisettes are blooming a lot, but the blooms don't last long and are very bleached out in this heat, except for HH. I can't really name the others anyway, as the well drilling crew displaced all of my nametags. I think next time I'm going to put the names on BIG ROCKS in front of each plant. Those won't be so easy to tear up.

Climbing Pinkie. Healthy foliage and bloomiferous, but small blooms.

Louis Phillipe, China. Healthy foliage, but the blooms are smaller than usual, though numerous. This hedge is not getting enough supplemental water and we are in drought. I need to redo my sprinkler system so they get more water.

Having gone through nearly 2 months of triple-digit heat (until 2 days ago--in the 80s now--what a relief), I can testify to which roses like heat the best:

Earth Song (hybrid tea/shrub?)--despite being transplanted in late spring, this tough rose (after a period of recovery) has put out about a dozen blooms daily for the past month. By the way, the bright pink flowers look especially good next to white bloomers, like the white garden phlox I moved Earth Song next to.

Molineux (Austin)--if you can keep this rose watered during excessively hot weather, it will reward you with regular blooms nearly every day. It may be the bloomingest hot-weather rose in my garden.

Buff Beauty (hybrid musk) and my Fru Dagmar Halstroop (sp?) (rugosa) get some afternoon shade but managed to put out periodic but light blooms during the whole 2 month triple-digit heat. They were well-watered also.

Mystic Beauty (Bourbon)--during the first month of triple-digit heat, my new Mystic Beauty (planted in mid-May) bloomed like a champ, but that may be thanks to Roses Unlimited--they send such healthy plants! It hasn't bloomed since then. Will see next year how it does.

Home Run (shrub)--is planted over on the far side of the house where I don't go very often. As a result, it missed some waterings and quit blooming. When I finally remembered it and rushed the hose over there, watering it faithfully for a week or so, it burst into greater, heavier bloom than I have ever seen it produce in the 4 years I have owned them (3 of them). Simply amazing!

Our Lady of Guadalupe (floribunda)--another rose which, if well watered, will bloom with abundance and determination, no matter how hot it gets.

Other roses managed a few blooms now and then, but the above put on the best show during our 2 month triple-digit heat period.

Kate

Oh! And Blush Noisette, and even New Dawn.
Daisy

Daisy, Aimee looks like she's well worth waiting for. I am surprised though, at your mention of New Dawn, a rose that did spectacularly poorly for me in the heat. But then, it's obvious that you are one superb gardener......

Ingrid

We've had a very hot humid buggy summer (ruins my disposition---LOL)---my garden is neglected.

Clair Matin ----Carefree Beauty---Lyda Rose----Knockout and Blushing Knockout bloomed all summer---

Just picked a couple of New Dawn blooms----

MacCartney (a wonderful rose) and Compassion bloom occasionally

these roses are true survivors---I would be ashamed to have anyone see my poor garden-----

but it still rewards me with a few blooms---

Florence

I can second Aimee Vibert's happiness in the heat. Mine is still a baby under one foot tall. Just got it this year (shrub form). It was ravaged by spider mites, but rallied back.

I thought I'd start pinching buds so it could grow more, but it promptly sent up more branches with even more buds. So tiny, and yet it wants to bloom like crazy. I'll try to take pictures.

I need to bump it up to a bigger pot.

I wish I liked the fragrance more. It's nice enough, but I prefer Blush Noisette's clove scent. But I think Aimee Vibert is prettier.

bellegallica, the same thing happened to me when I started pinching buds on my tea roses and Belinda's Dream - lots more buds! I kept at it though and did see more growth in the rose bushes too. Now there are so many buds I'm not pinching them any more but I do also have taller plants - with lots of flowers waiting to bloom!

Ingrid

Hey Ingrid, We have had a horrible heat way along with a very, very dry summer. My roses seemed to be doing OK at first but watering just doesn't cut it like rain. I do have that "sea of green bushes" minus lots of leaves thanks to the deer and lack of spraying for blackspot, (just plain lazy since it was so hot) lol!! We did get a good rain and lots of cooler weather so I am fertilizing next week in hopes of a pretty fall flush. Well, I guess I really haven't told you anything inparticular about any certain roses just complained alot!! :))

Daisy, Your Aimee rose is gorgeous!!

Judy