Maybe it just does well in my climate, but I adore Dorcas. Bucks dont have much scent, but I dont care - this one is out in full hot Texas sun, is a big huge strong bush with well shaped blooms that stay on the bush a long time - I just finished deadheading another flush - and great disease resistance. I think the "dorky" name has hurt it - it is anything but dorky! Maybe not much is heard about it because it isnt grown much. Mine is in the middle of Sally Holmes and Chuckles on the other side [another fabulous, heavy blooming, beautiful rose, much underused!] and they are along a front fencline in the all day sun. They bloom all the time - the 3 of them are always putting on a show. I decided I wanted Dorcas near the house to enjoy and it was very hard to find. I get most of my Bucks at Chamblees but they didnt have it anymore. Got mine from Hortico, they are being shipped right now, so should get them in a few days. I will be sure to put my 2 Dorcas roses in a prime spot so I can enjoy their beauty. For me, this is one of Dr. Bucks very best! Give it a try! I have some photos someplace on my memory stick, but finding them is another matter. If I have time to look, in between putting up Christmas, I will post some photos. Dont overlook Bright Melody either, and you should see Barn Dance today! Covered in lovely pink blooms, big strong bush....I would like another of this. Dorcas's blooms are more well formed or "finished" - they arent loose and floppy and they remain on the bush a long time. Tough as boot leather, as we say in Texas.

Valrose FL Zone 8b your American Legacy is stunning !! Agree with Val about Buck roses. I'll wait until Roses Unlimited summer sale mid-June, then order a few on sale (for $14) plus a bunch of Buck roses full-price at $19 each. I can see why Rose Unlimited STOP SELLING water-hogs zillion-petals with great perfume like Grand Dame and Betty White. Betty White survive 4 winters until we had a a dry winter/spring then it died (planted up in a hill). In my zone 5, we have 2 rose parks nearby: Chicago Botanical Garden with over 5,000 roses, and Cantigny rose park with over 1,200 roses. Buck roses ARE THE BEST LOOKING BUSHES at Chicago Botanical Garden, beating French and Austin roses. The prettiest roses that I had seen in my life (after visit to Elizabeth Rose garden in CT with 15,000 roses) ARE STILL BUCK roses, perfect in shape since they survive winter and drought well plus disease-resistant. I was into zillion petals roses and didn't care for Buck rose, until a friend in Texas sent me Prairie Harvest, it survives 9 winters and looks better each year !! It's my prettiest and most neglected bush (planted up hill), while hybrid teas are down to my ankle, and Austin roses get crazy with octopus canes after my zone 5a winter. Folks from zone 10/11 hot Hawaii, to my friend in Texas (100 F in summer), to DRY & HOT New Mexico rave about Buck roses in HMF. So I spent 2 days researching on Buck roses, plus consulting with Paul Redfern in my Chicago area who grows several of them. These are the best Buck which are very winter-hardy & drought-tolerant plus bush-beauty: Deep orange Honeysweet and pink Hawkeye Belle plus Quietness plus light orange Prairie Sunrise (folks rave about its scent). Possibly Joseph F. Lamb (dark red with 6 days vase-lie) or Iowa Belle (bi-color) or Enchanted Autumn (orange). All have great scent. Here's link of Buck Roses: https://www.extension.uidaho.edu/publishing/pdf/bul/bul0874.pdf Hi Neighbor (seen at Chicago Botanical garden) plus Simon Estes plus Polonaise (blooms last 2 weeks in the vase) are the BEST-LOOKING BUCK BUSHES but no scent. Last night I did a search on "favorite buck rose" in HMF' Q & A tab (on the left side), and someone who grew 20 varieties of buck in hot & dry New Mexico stated that April Moon is her favorite. April Moon gets wide 3' x 4', but it has the best-looking foliage & fragrant. Buck rose Iowa Bell is absolutely beautiful plus almost thornless (need more water). It's mentioned by one who grows lots of Buck roses. here's a comment in HMF "Iobelle made it through our extremely harsh winter with about 50 percent dieback, while Mystic Beauty and Cymbeline died. I would say that this rose is probably hardy to Zone 5? It performed about as well as Sugar Moon but is growing back much faster. I garden in Zone 6b CT but we had a Zone 4 winter!" https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3402.1&tab=32 "That's my Buck story-Favorites are Apple Jack (with scented leaves),Polonaise(non stop red shrub) Earth Song(my wife's favorite) Honey Sweet(there was bed of these outside Kildee Hall in the mid 70's striking and fragrant), Summer Wind, Prairie Harvest,(tall yellow shrub) and ElCatala. just planted April Moon. Have grown Amiga Mia in Iowa in the 90's unprotected every winter. It reached 36" and preformed well in landscape. Moved to New Mexico in '97 planted 2 own root Amiga Mia's in 2000. We experience hardly any die back here in the Rio Grande valley. This rose is a 5 - 6 feet and have to heavily prune back each year-it is a show stopper. Would recommend anywhere." Initial post 9 JUN 06 by NMrose High Country roses in zone 6, Colorado (dry climate) carry a good selection of Buck roses: https://www.highcountryroses.com/category/special-collections/dr-griffith-buck-roses/

Hi Sara Ann ! I think that sounds like a great plan . I had to do it to one of my roses as well . It was crammed in the bed and suffered a lot of winter die back and it looks like it's going to be happy till I can find a new home for it . Good luck!!

Straw, that's what I'm doing with thorny climbers ... growing them up my downspouts to deter thieves breaking into my house AND stealing my downspouts. I'm growing them right up the downspouts! They're copper and it's ridiculous these days what people looking for a quick buck will steal. I've planted Florentina and will be adding Phyllis Bide when she's grown up a bit. I'm still debating on this sale as I have to get a couple that are expensive shipped and still have my gift certificate from HCRs. I'll be going there next week to pick them out so maybe I need to give this a miss until next year. I did really want Purezza and a couple of others so I reserve the right to change my mind. : ))