Can you be a bit more specific about where you live....without giving a street address. County and topography (hill top vs valley bottom, which side of a hill, windy or mostly quiet air flow in winter). I know 6b rather well and there are some major variable and they do affect where things can survive (and where they will have some problems).

Ann (Grainger, hill top 1100' , windy summer and winter.)

I`m in Louisville, Ky. I only have one on your list, Honey Dijon. This rose has been great for me with no real winter protection. I try to mound a small amout of chopped leaves at the base, but I don`t always !!. I`m sure you will get more info from others. Lesley

Thanks Ann! I know you're not too far from me and are a great one to ask for help regarding my area! I'm off Chapman Hwy right on the Knox/Sevier county line near Seymour. My subdivsion sits between two ridges that are very close together, and I am at the bottom in the hollow. The ridges are to the north and south of me, and my house faces southeast. Winds whip through coming directly from the west both summer and winter. :)

I live in Tulsa, and have two Nacogdoches roses. They are beautiful and are magnificent in my no spray garden.

Sammy

I grow 2 Jeri Jennings in my Zone 6 (Kansas). I have never covered them for winter, but sometimes some oak leaves from my neighbors' trees surrounding my yard blow in and pile up a bit at the base of some of my roses.

Other than that, all my roses tough it out on their own--which means that the hybrid teas usually have to be spring-pruned back to several inches from the ground. However, my floribundas and shrubs usually do not need any drastic spring-pruning--just prune out dead-wood and trim the bush back about 1/3.

I'd guess that a lot of roses can readily survive in Zone 6 or higher.

Kate